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Anonymous
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What's the area of Maryland called that's closest to DC.
I am writing a proposal and I don't know what to call it.... DC, Northern Virginia, and ??? No, I am not from here and I have never lived in Maryland. Thank you |
Anonymous
| DC metro area including DC and parts of Northern VA and Southern MD? |
Anonymous
| Suburban Maryland. |
Anonymous
| It's Suburban Maryland. It is not Southern Maryland. |
Anonymous
| Its called Suburban Maryland. The Baltimore suburbs are called the Baltimore metropolitan area. |
Anonymous
| MoCo? |
Anonymous
| Well if it is called Suburban MD that makes zero sense considering how much of MD is suburban and not much of it is next to DC. OP you'll just have to be more specific in naming the areas of MD that you're talking about. |
Anonymous
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OP here.
What parts of MD count as metro DC and is there a general name for it like how people say Northern VA for metro DC in VA. |
Anonymous
The short answer is no. NOVA has it's own distinction because it is so different from the rest of VA whereas the close comparison in MD would be Montgomery Co., but there are many other areas in MD that are closer to DC that are included in the metropolitan area. |
Anonymous
| It is called Suburban Md. It includes MoCo and PG counties and possibly Howard (though some consider that part of Baltimore). |
Anonymous
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I agree with Suburban Maryland. You would never confuse it with the Easten Shore, Southern Maryland, the Baltimore region, or Western Maryland.
NoVa is easy because the state is so big. However, even in VA there is Tidewater, Shennandoah, Northern Neck, Richmond, and Southern VA. |
Anonymous
| Another vote for Suburban MD, right from my phone book. |
Anonymous
| Maryland is called one of these: "The Old Line State" or "The Free State." For this area it is part of the Wash. Metropolitan area. Unless you know this area, I would think 'Suburban Maryland" could be confusing. |
Anonymous
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Suburban Maryland makes sense if you live in the DC area, because it is implied that you mean the nearby suburbs. But that won't make sense for readers halfway across the country.
If you first define them as the Maryland Suburbs of the Washington Metropolitan Area, then I think from then on you can just refer to them as Suburban Maryland. Lastly, if you need to be really precise, you should know that there are some counties commonly included in the DC Area that are not really in the MSA, the formal definition. Check the Wikipedia page out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metropolitan_Area |
Anonymous
| The crab state! |