Suburban MD Prestige Rankings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^i don’t disagree that west laurel/columbia is nice, but it’s not really connected to the DMV. it’s far from the Greenbelt metro. Yea you can drive to Bethesda on the beltway but that’s quite a stressful drive…if your job is near laurel yea it’s a no brained

I and all my neighbors disagree. We all work in DC. Including lawyers, Feds, and other professional services types (tech, engineering, etc).
After doing this for the last 12 years - it’s a 42 min commute to my office in DC. 30 minutes on weekends. I don’t take metro however.

[Anonymous]

If you're willing to drive from Rockville, Gaithersburg or Olney then look at a map and see that West Laurel and surrounding areas are equivalent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What kind of jobs support people buying houses in Odenton/Severna for 1M+? I can understand someone in the DMV area buying a 1M home in Rockville and that being the starter level because of so many law firms, biotech, etc. what’s there around Anne arundel?

We have friends in a million dollar house in Severna Park. She's a doctor and he works remotely in Tech. They are 'boat people'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of jobs support people buying houses in Odenton/Severna for 1M+? I can understand someone in the DMV area buying a 1M home in Rockville and that being the starter level because of so many law firms, biotech, etc. what’s there around Anne arundel?

We have friends in a million dollar house in Severna Park. She's a doctor and he works remotely in Tech. They are 'boat people'.

We are in the general vicinity and both in STEM and commute to DC. Many neighbors are doctors and some others have DC jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^i don’t disagree that west laurel/columbia is nice, but it’s not really connected to the DMV. it’s far from the Greenbelt metro. Yea you can drive to Bethesda on the beltway but that’s quite a stressful drive…if your job is near laurel yea it’s a no brained

I and all my neighbors disagree. We all work in DC. Including lawyers, Feds, and other professional services types (tech, engineering, etc).
After doing this for the last 12 years - it’s a 42 min commute to my office in DC. 30 minutes on weekends. I don’t take metro however.

People throw out commute figures like this and never indicate what times they leave. Not all of us have jobs that are compatible with a 6 AM to 2:30 PM schedule.

[Anonymous]

This is like people prestige ranking their Walmart purchases. It’s still Walmart, suburbanites

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is like people prestige ranking their Walmart purchases. It’s still Walmart, suburbanites

>suburbanites

Enjoy getting shot in DC by some “economically disadvantaged youth”

[Anonymous]

Severna Park is one heroin overdose away from becoming the next Pasadena, and two more from becoming the next Dundalk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Severna Park is one heroin overdose away from becoming the next Pasadena, and two more from becoming the next Dundalk.

Are the nicest middle class Baltimore suburbs still Pikesville and Towson?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is like people prestige ranking their Walmart purchases. It’s still Walmart, suburbanites

>suburbanites

Enjoy getting shot in DC by some “economically disadvantaged youth”

Not in my DC neighborhood. We have tons of Secret Service (and did in the preceding Admin) DC police and private security around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Severna Park is one heroin overdose away from becoming the next Pasadena, and two more from becoming the next Dundalk.

Are the nicest middle class Baltimore suburbs still Pikesville and Towson?

I would put Severna Park above both of those. Towson itself is just as nice as Severna Park, but SP has better schools than Towson. The Towson Mall absolutely sucks now though. If you visit it, you wouldn't assume you're in an upper-middle-class neighborhood at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Severna Park is one heroin overdose away from becoming the next Pasadena, and two more from becoming the next Dundalk.

Are the nicest middle class Baltimore suburbs still Pikesville and Towson?

I would put Severna Park above both of those. Towson itself is just as nice as Severna Park, but SP has better schools than Towson. The Towson Mall absolutely sucks now though. If you visit it, you wouldn't assume you're in an upper-middle-class neighborhood at all.

Cockeysville to Hereford >>> all that crap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^i don’t disagree that west laurel/columbia is nice, but it’s not really connected to the DMV. it’s far from the Greenbelt metro. Yea you can drive to Bethesda on the beltway but that’s quite a stressful drive…if your job is near laurel yea it’s a no brained

I and all my neighbors disagree. We all work in DC. Including lawyers, Feds, and other professional services types (tech, engineering, etc).
After doing this for the last 12 years - it’s a 42 min commute to my office in DC. 30 minutes on weekends. I don’t take metro however.

People throw out commute figures like this and never indicate what times they leave. Not all of us have jobs that are compatible with a 6 AM to 2:30 PM schedule.

Leave 7:15-7:30am.