Almost 50% of Marylander's wish they could leave MD.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland has the top schools in the nation. We have one of the highest standards of living and per capita income. It's beautiful here -- the mountains, the ocean, the Chesapeake Bay. We have the most affluent majority African-American county in the United States.

Because things are so good here, Maryland is probably more transient than a lot of other places -- hence people want to go back to whatever crapburg they came from. I'm a native Marylander but I can't count too many among my circle of friends who are. And yes, they all want to go back to Pennsylvania (ha) or Illinois, because home is home.

Maryland doesn't have the top schools in the nation by a long shot. Virginia, California, etc have better state schools. Other states definitely have better private colleges.

Maryland does, in fact, have the best public schools in the nation. I wasn't speaking about higher education. Although I would argue that while Virginia schools may have more cachet (UVA, William and Mary), Maryland's public colleges are great. St. Mary's is a hidden gem. UMBC is becoming a powerhouse and College Park has some stellar departments.

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MD sucks and I left (3rd gen.). It's gone downhill considerably in MoCo anyway. And you couldn't pay me to live (again) in the Baltimore area omg it's the most ghetto place I've ever seen in my life. And the eastern shore is all farms. The Appalachia panhandle is hillbilly. There's Fredneck. Howard county, while improved, is a suburb of Baltimore. I would only live there if I was African American due to the lack of in NoVA. I wouldn't feel comfortable being way in the minority in my town.

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Anonymous wrote:MD sucks and I left (3rd gen.). It's gone downhill considerably in MoCo anyway. And you couldn't pay me to live (again) in the Baltimore area omg it's the most ghetto place I've ever seen in my life. And the eastern shore is all farms. The Appalachia panhandle is hillbilly. There's Fredneck. Howard county, while improved, is a suburb of Baltimore. I would only live there if I was African American due to the lack of in NoVA. I wouldn't feel comfortable being way in the minority in my town.

Why are you uncomfortable being the idea of being a minority? How do you think minorities in your community feel?

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland has the top schools in the nation. We have one of the highest standards of living and per capita income. It's beautiful here -- the mountains, the ocean, the Chesapeake Bay. We have the most affluent majority African-American county in the United States.

Because things are so good here, Maryland is probably more transient than a lot of other places -- hence people want to go back to whatever crapburg they came from. I'm a native Marylander but I can't count too many among my circle of friends who are. And yes, they all want to go back to Pennsylvania (ha) or Illinois, because home is home.

+1 Love it here.

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Born and raised Marylander. Wasn't thrilled with it for a long time. Moved to Northern Virginia when I got married. Quickly moved back and much more appreciative of Maryland, especially Montgomery County. Traffic isn't great, but it's better than NoVa. Parks are better. Urban planning is better. Public transportation is better. Wine stores are worse. Libraries about the same. Rec Department about the same. Snow clearing is better.

Can't speak to corruption in politics, because I don't know Virginia well enough. Maryland has a lot. But I do prefer Maryland's liberal policies for sure.

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Anonymous wrote:MD sucks and I left (3rd gen.). It's gone downhill considerably in MoCo anyway. And you couldn't pay me to live (again) in the Baltimore area omg it's the most ghetto place I've ever seen in my life. And the eastern shore is all farms. The Appalachia panhandle is hillbilly. There's Fredneck. Howard county, while improved, is a suburb of Baltimore. I would only live there if I was African American due to the lack of in NoVA. I wouldn't feel comfortable being way in the minority in my town.

"If I were AA." If you don't want to sound hillbilly, you need to get these things right.

(Also making you sound hillbilly: looking down on minorities in particular, but also your disdain for farms compared to your admiration of Howard sub-development hell.)

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Anonymous wrote:Born and raised Marylander. Wasn't thrilled with it for a long time. Moved to Northern Virginia when I got married. Quickly moved back and much more appreciative of Maryland, especially Montgomery County. Traffic isn't great, but it's better than NoVa. Parks are better. Urban planning is better. Public transportation is better. Wine stores are worse. Libraries about the same. Rec Department about the same. Snow clearing is better.

Can't speak to corruption in politics, because I don't know Virginia well enough. Maryland has a lot. But I do prefer Maryland's liberal policies for sure.

Oh, and I'd take Maryland hospitals over almost any other state's any day. Maybe Ohio.

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Md is the best!
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I love to travel but always want to come home .

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murrland and virginny

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I love Maryland, and don't want to leave! I do miss my family in Upstate New York, but the only place I've lived that I really pine for is Portland, OR.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland would be smarter to be less liberal. Just because you suck off the federal government doesn't mean you have to attack big business and have high income and every other tax!!

Why not be totally hippocritical like everybody in the world and do both. Parasite off the Fed then draw big business have low taxes? All this liberal stupidity is for dummies.

That's what Virginia does... It's smart.

There is not enough money in the world to make me live in Virginia. Too much tea party mentality.

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Maryland doesn't attack big businesses. They do just fine here. It's small business that feels the burden of overregulation.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland has the top schools in the nation. We have one of the highest standards of living and per capita income. It's beautiful here -- the mountains, the ocean, the Chesapeake Bay. We have the most affluent majority African-American county in the United States.

Because things are so good here, Maryland is probably more transient than a lot of other places -- hence people want to go back to whatever crapburg they came from. I'm a native Marylander but I can't count too many among my circle of friends who are. And yes, they all want to go back to Pennsylvania (ha) or Illinois, because home is home.

Maryland doesn't have the top schools in the nation. I live here and I like it, but I think you'd be hard pressed to back up that claim with data.

Maryland is consistently ranked No. 1 in the nation in public schools by the education group that does the national rankings. I'm too lazy to google a link.

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Anonymous wrote:MD sucks and I left (3rd gen.). It's gone downhill considerably in MoCo anyway. And you couldn't pay me to live (again) in the Baltimore area omg it's the most ghetto place I've ever seen in my life. And the eastern shore is all farms. The Appalachia panhandle is hillbilly. There's Fredneck. Howard county, while improved, is a suburb of Baltimore. I would only live there if I was African American due to the lack of in NoVA. I wouldn't feel comfortable being way in the minority in my town.

I'm can't wait to hear what heavenly place was lucky enough to get you as a resident. If you say Northern Virginia, i will be quite amused.

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Anonymous wrote:It's about taxes.

The taxes are so low here! In Long Island NY, my friend pays 19,000 year for a tiny house on a 60 x 100 lot. Westchester is similarly high-NJ just as bad too.