Relocating to Suitland, MD... (Baltimore, North Beach: apartment, for rent, crime rate)

[tttcomrader]

I'm currently working in a Southern coastal city with a salary of $51,000. I'm thinking about taking a job in Suitland, MD, the position pays about $60 a year, where can I afford to live seeing that the adjacent areas all have such high cost of living... (If it is at all possible?)

I'm looking to live there by myself at first, and perhaps move my family there (a wife and a kid) once I make enough money.

Thank you!

[justtitans]

Originally Posted by tttcomrader

I'm currently working in a Southern coastal city with a salary of $51,000. I'm thinking about taking a job in Suitland, MD, the position pays about $60 a year, where can I afford to live seeing that the adjacent areas all have such high cost of living... (If it is at all possible?)

I'm looking to live there by myself at first, and perhaps move my family there (a wife and a kid) once I make enough money.

Thank you!

Income is important but it's not going tell how you can actually afford. How much debt (car notes, credit card, mortgage, etc.) do you have or what is your budget for rent? How old is your child? What type of area would you prefer to live in, urban, suburban, rural? Do you like to live near certain types of shopping options (Target, Walmart, grocery stores, coffee shops)? How would you prefer to commute to work (drive, take train)? How long a commute are you willing to have?

[Renznceman]

RE: tttcomrader "...the position pays about $60 a year, where can I afford to live?"

Comrade, even in former Soviet Union it was difficult to live on $60 a month. Stay away from the utopia of Suitland unless you can make more rubles and pay for Russian weaponry.

[North Beach Person]

https://www.city-data.com/city/Suitland-Maryland.html

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[bufflove]

Originally Posted by tttcomrader

I'm currently working in a Southern coastal city with a salary of $51,000. I'm thinking about taking a job in Suitland, MD, the position pays about $60 a year, where can I afford to live seeing that the adjacent areas all have such high cost of living... (If it is at all possible?)

I'm looking to live there by myself at first, and perhaps move my family there (a wife and a kid) once I make enough money.

Thank you!

We need a lot more info, as someone else noted. If you tell us your housing budget and needs (2br apartment? 5 bedroom house?) we can tell you where you can afford. Some guidance as to what lifestyle you want would also be helpful so we know whether to recommend quite 3rd ring suburbs or amenity-filled cities.

[slowlane3]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

https://www.city-data.com/city/Suitland-Maryland.html
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Wow - Am I reading that chart right? How by any stretch of the imagination, can Suitland's crime rate possibly be LOWER than the MD State average -- and LOWER than the U.S. average in several categories ?

[slowlane3]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

https://www.city-data.com/city/Suitland-Maryland.html

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Wow - Am I reading that chart right? How can Suitland's crime rate possibly be LOWER than the MD State average -- and lower than the U.S. average in several of the categories shown ?

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by slowlane3

Wow - Am I reading that chart right? How can Suitland's crime rate possibly be LOWER than the MD State average -- and lower than the U.S. average in several of the categories shown ?

Yeah, that struck me, too.

The only explanation I can think of is that Baltimore skews the whole state (which we already knew).

[Lubina]

Wow - Am I reading that chart right? How by any stretch of the imagination, can Suitland's crime rate possibly be LOWER than the MD State average -- and LOWER than the U.S. average in several categories ?

Cuz it's not as bad as people make it out to be. Is there crime? Sure. As bad as it used to be? No. Is it Gaza? Far from it. Predominately African American working class/blue collar neighborhoods in PG often get classified as dangerous or ghetto when yes there are a few idiots who commit crimes but the rest of the residents go about their day. Does Suitland look like Disney's main street or a smurf village? No, but that doesn't mean it's a horrific place. It's not a destination spot with restaurants and cutesy shops but a number of people call it home.

[justtitans]

The perception of crime is always subjective. One person can look at the same data as someone else and draw completely different conclusions as seen here in this thread. If you ask me for my personal opinion, if there is a place that has some crime that is generally more than the average town in the US, as Suitland is, that would give me a pause but that's just me. Some people are okay with that. To the OP, given that you have kids, even in spite of the crime, I would not recommend you live in Suitland, but there maybe some suitable options that won't have you having a crazy commute.