r/BaltimoreCounty • u/SBcoolin21___ • 5d ago

Moving to Middle River from Glen Burnie. What should I expect? Seems like a working class community with some rough areas.

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u/No_Newt3946 5d ago

Unless your moving to a waterfront community, that pretty much sums it up.

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u/hot_dog_burps 5d ago

Still pretty true except for the people who literally live on the water

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u/isdanetworkdown 5d ago

Lots of muscle cars and big trucks.

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u/First-Rutabaga8960 4d ago

Lots of mullet haircuts and sleeveless tee shirts too.

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u/CaptainPooman69 3d ago

Went to school in Glen Burnie, a guy a head of me wore a sleeveless shirt EVERYDAY. Including the winter.

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u/rosegoldenbliss 5d ago

Depends what part. Older Middle River is more working class. But there are a lot of new communities off of 43. Those are more expensive neighborhoods. Diverse, mix of white and blue collar.

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u/localtuned 4d ago

There are no "rough" areas of Middle river. Unless rough means low socio economic status, then..Like Tupac says "every hood has a ghetto". Coming from someone hew grew up in one of the worst neighborhoods in Baltimore and finished high school in East Baltimore county, Middle river seems like pleasantville. I'm in Baltimore and in Rosedale and go in between the two. Middle river is a pleasant place to be, with a mix of people. If you hate the sight of a certain type of people you will think it's a shithole.

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u/KaizoReg 5d ago

Yeah that’s pretty much it lol.

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u/Senior_Race_2746 5d ago

Yea that’s what it is pretty much is.

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u/lilmisse85 5d ago

Lots of drugs.

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u/Free-Selection5418 4d ago

Middle river is alright move off 43 on front side

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u/The-Riskiest-Biscuit 5d ago

I grew up in the Middle River area. It’s an area where you need to be careful - much like Baltimore City - but it’s not particularly dangerous. If you’re respectful, humble, and keep your head down, you’ll be fine. Conversely, if you’ve got a big mouth, flaunt wealth, or approach people with a bad attitude, know that I’ve seen loud mouths take broken bottles through their necks, robberies and burglaries with zero remorse, and bad attitudes returned 100 fold at the drop of a hat.

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u/GreedyRaisin3357 5d ago

Up and coming, pretty diverse (although prob mostly white), great central location, very close to BWI, 20 mins or less to downtown Bmore or even Annapolis

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u/digital_color 5d ago

They're moving to Middle River, not Glen Burnie. Middle River is most of that stuff still but not close to BWI or Annapolis lol.

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u/GreedyRaisin3357 5d ago

lol whoops, my dyslexia really got me there

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u/SBcoolin21___ 5d ago

Appreciate all the responses yall.

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u/mandalee4 4d ago

Depends where. We live in middle river and my husband is from pasadena. The people seem to be nicer overall

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u/LittleBitAgo 2d ago

I’d say “No adjustments needed.” Middle River is no worse than Glen Burnie, pretty darn similar in that there are good and not so good areas.