Increase of living sky rocketed on top of how the economy was doing. People were hesitant on renting out their home to these people so more money had to be put down and rules were far beyond what they were at one time. Crime also skyrocketed. Drugs were coming in and out and eventually the state issued Allegany County a new police task force on top of the sheriffs department, C3I and police department we already had. My parents noticed there more police logs in the paper per day then employment...

It was never like this before. As I continued to talk with my husband we decided that once we had children we would have to leave Cumberland for them to have a proper education. At the same time we knew that it would be harder for us to have children and continue to live in the same environment. We knew that if we did we would be stuck in this town forever. I confided in my girlfriends about our concern and they agreed that they would also leave if they could get out. My husband and I worked more...

Cumberland is very beautiful and it was more beautiful back then. Just because its historic and it’s pretty doesn’t mean that you should move there. Do your research and you’ll find out that it’s not all cracked up to be what it is. It’s just a matter of time when there are no natives living there besides the trash that is moving in now. I love Cumberland, I really do but it’s not practical and it’s not a way to live. I have included websites that you really to look at before considering...

Area ranked 305th out of 318 metropolitan areas in per capita income. [2][3]

In 2007, The Baltimore Sun newspaper citing the National Association of Realtors figures on home prices stated that while most areas currently stagnant, Cumberland home prices are rising by more than 17%, the highest in the country. (The Sun, 06/29/07)
According to the 2000 Census, educational achievement levels of the city residents lag behind those of Allegany County and the state of Maryland. High...

Most of the residential housing stock in North End was constructed to house industrial workers, and date from the middle and late 19th century. The housing stock is characterized by adjoining brick rowhouses and duplexes, set on small lots with narrow streets. As you move east to west through the neighborhood, the house lots become larger, the streets wider, and the housing stock more recent. Due to the age of the housing stock, many North End streets contain large numbers of vacant and deteriorating...