When we moved to Baltimore for work in our 20's we immediately bought what we assumed would be our forever home in Cockeysville. Seven years later we moved into the city and have never looked back.

When considering the commute to UMMC you need to consider how long it takes to get to 83 and whether there will be traffic on 83 at the times that you go. Most homes in Cockeysville are on the other side of York road from 83 and there are frequent accidents on 83 that can greatly lengthen your commute.

We did not really understand what living in true suburbs was like when we moved to Cockeysville and while there are lot of choices for groceries we could not walk to anything.

But the most important reason we did not like Cockeysville is that most of the people, in addition to being older, were born and bread in the suburbs of Baltimore and it was EXTREMELY difficult to meet/make friends. "Old Baltimore" culture is based around where you went to high school.

As some of the other threads recently have hinted at, Baltimore suburbs are very opposed to public transportation. I remember thinking that when they were going to put a bus stop at the entrance to our development that would be a good thing and would expand the number of nannies that I could hire but the neighborhood was universally opposed and the agreement was that the bus would go down the street but not have any stops anwywhere near the neighborhood. The listing comments included concerns that we were too close to apartment buildings, the closest which were over a mile away. Now, if this is the attitude you are looking for you might really enjoy Cockeysville.

We love living in the city..we have a yard that is just big enough for entertaining, and we enjoy being able to walk along the trails in the city and walk to the grocery store, Walgreens, our eating spots occasionally. We have been living in the city for fourteen years. Our neighbors are friendly, work together and are not limited to hanging out with their high school friends.

There are a lot of smaller family homes or townhomes with larger yards tucked away in the north baltimore corridor...Evergreen is close to the Stoney run trail, Miss Shirley's and other eateries and the homes have large enough yards to entertain...all of the neighborhoods listed in this thread are good choices.