What do you consider “middle of nowhere Maryland” or “middle of nowhere Virginia”, where did your mind take you?

[Anonymous]

I grew up on the Eastern Shore. That felt like the middle of nowhere to me. An hour to Annapolis, 2 hours to Salisbury. An hour just to drive to a Walmart or Target is the middle of nowhere imo.

[Anonymous]

The majority of people who derisively refer to places an hour from DC as the middle of nowhere grew up in small towns in the Midwest and are now over compensating

[Anonymous]

FarmVille va.
Cumberland md

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up on the Eastern Shore. That felt like the middle of nowhere to me. An hour to Annapolis, 2 hours to Salisbury. An hour just to drive to a Walmart or Target is the middle of nowhere imo.

Eastern shore has changed. Lots of development in Easton and Cambridge. Lots of money in st Michael’s. Still pretty close to Annapolis, etc

[Anonymous]

This is relative.

I'd say probably somewhere 20 minutes from a grocery store where you can't really see neighbors that you haven't really heard of.

I definitely have friends who consider "Olney" or "Chantilly" to be the middle of nowhere. But to be clear, they are just snobs who get in a snit about crossing a bridge into VA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does rural = middle of nowhere though? Salisbury, MD is more suburban city setting but I would say it could qualify as middle of nowhere. Harrisonburg, VA same.

WHAT?!?Harrisonburg? When was the last time you were there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My aunt lives in Garrett County, MD and that feels like middle of nowhere to me. She lives on several acres off of a dirt road. But she's only 20 minutes from Deep Creek so I guess its not as remote as it feels.

Yeah I was thinking south of Deep Creek because I don't know what's there.

I also feel I have a mental Bermuda Triangle east of 270 to Frederick for areas that are not DC outlying suburbs but aren't Baltimore either. Like where the two metros have a borderland, all the way north to the PA border.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t even think there is such a place in either state.

I grew up in the middle of nowhere WV. It was 30 miles to the nearest town of 17,000. That is rural.

How about Highland country, VA? I think the largest population Center is Monterey with population of about 200. Rural in every direction, a long way from Harrisonburg, separated by a long stretch of national forest.

NP. I was going to suggest Highland County and Grundy like a PP also.

[Anonymous]

Va, SW of Culpepper.

[Anonymous]

Danville VA
Farmville VA
Wise Va

[Anonymous]

Anywhere outside of the beltway

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FarmVille va.
Cumberland md

Too close to Richmond/Charlottesville and Hagerstown/PA to be middle of nowhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Va, SW of Culpepper.

You mean Charlottesville?

[Anonymous]

My grandparents lived in Claremont. In the sticks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I grew up in Chevy Chase. I would consider Marshall the middle of nowhere. It's definitely rural.

Same and same. I’ve lived here my whole life and have never heard of it which makes it the middle of nowhere.

Other middle of nowhere places - upper eastern shore in MD, almost anything in RoVa south of 64, west of 85/95 and east of 81. Also the eastern shore in VA.