Amazon's Reality Check for MD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow this thread got nasty - even by DCUM standards...

This is standard. No doubt OP is from NoVa, but has some hangup on bashing MD. It is a recurring thread here, literary. Don't know why they care. They live in NoVa and yet spend so much time bashing MD. Why? I posted once that it is some insecurity issue, and if NoVa is so great and they love it, even more the reason I don't get it. Rarely is there a thread started about NoVa being bad, in decline, by an MD poster. Now, there are posts about Ws schools and real-estate being awesome and other MoCo pps putting down other parts of MD. Also weird.

Lotta solutions being offered... waiting...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the key here is "20 years ago" pp.

Also tiny MD (mostly DC bordering state) may be richer than huge VA but NOVA specifically is blasting past People's Republic of MD.

as business escapes MD their share of the DC Areas economy will continue to fall. everyone from MD publications and officials to Wapo see this. But go ahead and ignore the issues, NOVA thanks you for absorbing the regional crime and being weak competition where economic development is concerned.

Oh sweetie, bless your heart. You're so cute. #ignoranceisbliss

Sweetie here you go sugar.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/local/homicides/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7cc8d3aaf205

See all those little dots in MD hon, those are homicides. See how there are a galaxy of them in MD?

231 homicides in 2018 on the MD side of the Potomac vs 32 on the VA side? It’s no wonder that Amazon decided on the less crime-ridden area. VA is blessed.

Get your house in order, MD, and maybe the next business won’t cut you out of the action.

The main drag in Crystal City honors a Confederate leader. Get your house in order, bitch.

There is no cause - NONE - for that kind of language here. You can attack someone's opinion or point of view without throwing names like that around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly - these fools in Maryland think it’s ‘no big deal’ and ‘at least we were in the top 20!’. Newsflash - everyone does NOT get a trophy.

Hans Riemer thinks it’s hecause we don’t have enough rapid buses. No one wants to ride on a damned rapid bus.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/marylands-amazon-loss-prompts-questions-about-its-competitiveness/2018/12/03/c568085c-e930-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html

But hey - we get a new zillion dollar day laborer job center.
Much fanfare and happiness from CASA Montgomery - an organization which is highly interested in getting low wage jobs for Latin American immigrants but this does not grow our economy here. We are in deep trouble here in MoCo.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/news/county-officials-dedicate-new-immigrant-worker-center-in-wheaton/

Trains.
I’d rather be on a train system that connects to our already established metro system then a rapid bus.
There’s a right way to do things and a half assed way to do things. Does New York have ‘rapid buses’ or does the train system just extend out into Ling island? What about Chicago?

Chicago has a beautiful train system that winds through all of the neighborhoods far and wide.

There should be trains running from Frederick and Burtonsville/Upper Silver Spring towards DC and Virginia metro stations.



People are really bad at distinguishing between "I don't want to do x" and "Nobody wants to do x".

I would love to be able to take a bus that got me up and down 355, in its own lane, with signal priority. But if you prefer sitting in your own car in traffic and watching the bus goes by, that's your prerogative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly - these fools in Maryland think it’s ‘no big deal’ and ‘at least we were in the top 20!’. Newsflash - everyone does NOT get a trophy.

Hans Riemer thinks it’s hecause we don’t have enough rapid buses. No one wants to ride on a damned rapid bus.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/marylands-amazon-loss-prompts-questions-about-its-competitiveness/2018/12/03/c568085c-e930-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html

But hey - we get a new zillion dollar day laborer job center.
Much fanfare and happiness from CASA Montgomery - an organization which is highly interested in getting low wage jobs for Latin American immigrants but this does not grow our economy here. We are in deep trouble here in MoCo.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/news/county-officials-dedicate-new-immigrant-worker-center-in-wheaton/

Trains.
I’d rather be on a train system that connects to our already established metro system then a rapid bus.
There’s a right way to do things and a half assed way to do things. Does New York have ‘rapid buses’ or does the train system just extend out into Ling island? What about Chicago?

Chicago has a beautiful train system that winds through all of the neighborhoods far and wide.

There should be trains running from Frederick and Burtonsville/Upper Silver Spring towards DC and Virginia metro stations.



People are really bad at distinguishing between "I don't want to do x" and "Nobody wants to do x".

I would love to be able to take a bus that got me up and down 355, in its own lane, with signal priority. But if you prefer sitting in your own car in traffic and watching the bus goes by, that's your prerogative.

Trains.
I’d rather be on a train system that connects to our already established metro system then a rapid bus.
There’s a right way to do things and a half assed way to do things. Does New York have ‘rapid buses’ or does the train system just extend out into Ling island? What about Chicago?

Chicago has a beautiful train system that winds through all of the neighborhoods far and wide. It’s efficient, convenient and wonderful.

There should be trains running from Frederick and Burtonsville/Upper Silver Spring towards DC and Virginia metro stations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the key here is "20 years ago" pp.

Also tiny MD (mostly DC bordering state) may be richer than huge VA but NOVA specifically is blasting past People's Republic of MD.

as business escapes MD their share of the DC Areas economy will continue to fall. everyone from MD publications and officials to Wapo see this. But go ahead and ignore the issues, NOVA thanks you for absorbing the regional crime and being weak competition where economic development is concerned.

Oh sweetie, bless your heart. You're so cute. #ignoranceisbliss

Sweetie here you go sugar.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/local/homicides/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7cc8d3aaf205

See all those little dots in MD hon, those are homicides. See how there are a galaxy of them in MD?

231 homicides in 2018 on the MD side of the Potomac vs 32 on the VA side? It’s no wonder that Amazon decided on the less crime-ridden area. VA is blessed.

Get your house in order, MD, and maybe the next business won’t cut you out of the action.

The main drag in Crystal City honors a Confederate leader. Get your house in order, bitch.

There is no cause - NONE - for that kind of language here. You can attack someone's opinion or point of view without throwing names like that around.

Calm down - it’s not that bad a word.