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. 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.

Here, I googled it for you: http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/01/14/states-with-the-best-and-worst-schools-2/3/

[Anonymous]

Or this http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-schools-insider/post/maryland-schools-ranked-number-one--again/2012/01/11/gIQA7NEqrP_blog.html

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Anonymous wrote:Or this http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-schools-insider/post/maryland-schools-ranked-number-one--again/2012/01/11/gIQA7NEqrP_blog.html

If you take Montgomery and Howard County Schools out of the equation it will definitely a different story. The fact that both Howard and Montgomery County Public Schools carry the state of Maryland is interesting. Outside of those two counties the schools in Maryland are terrible. People in PG County aren't faking addresses to send their children to DC Charters for nothing. People in Baltimore City aren't paying for private schools or fleeing to northern Baltimore County schools for nothing. Hell, some folks in northern Baltimore County are fleeing to York, PA. Almost all of the schools in York County are now flooded with students from Maryland which has created problems up there.

Now I really like Maryland and I used to reside there. However, let's not pretend that the schools in the entire state are on the level of Howard and Montgomery County Public Schools. The schools in Baltimore City aren't even fit my dog.

[Anonymous]

Now I really like Maryland and I used to reside there. However, let's not pretend that the schools in the entire state are on the level of Howard and Montgomery County Public Schools. The schools in Baltimore City aren't even fit my dog.

Wow, it must be a might dog!

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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.

If you don't go west of Ashburn/Leesburg, Virginia has normal people, too, you know. Although I am transplant from a deep blue state.

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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.

You obviously didn't live in Arlington.

[youngblackdude]

I mean as an outsider in my opinion Maryland is cool.when I first started coming to the state in early 2000's I wasn't a fan of it or the people but it slowly got on my good side.better opportunities here then in ny(affordable housing depending on where you live..etc etc).I like the suburban areas most ( Columbia in howard county...silver spring in Montgomery county).but the people being from the state I can understand if they wanted to experience something different

[Anonymous]

Maryland is California without sillicon valley or any job industry.

[Anonymous]

Maryland sucks. So glad I left.

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Anonymous wrote:Or this http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-schools-insider/post/maryland-schools-ranked-number-one--again/2012/01/11/gIQA7NEqrP_blog.html

If you take Montgomery and Howard County Schools out of the equation it will definitely a different story. The fact that both Howard and Montgomery County Public Schools carry the state of Maryland is interesting. Outside of those two counties the schools in Maryland are terrible. People in PG County aren't faking addresses to send their children to DC Charters for nothing. People in Baltimore City aren't paying for private schools or fleeing to northern Baltimore County schools for nothing. Hell, some folks in northern Baltimore County are fleeing to York, PA. Almost all of the schools in York County are now flooded with students from Maryland which has created problems up there.

Now I really like Maryland and I used to reside there. However, let's not pretend that the schools in the entire state are on the level of Howard and Montgomery County Public Schools. The schools in Baltimore City aren't even fit my dog.

Baltimore County also has a number of excellent schools but I don't get the sense you really know what you are talking about anyway.

[Anonymous]

People go to York County, PA because they can't afford a house in Maryland and housing in super cheap in that part of Pennsylvania; same reason some people commute to DC from way out in West Virginia. That's an affordability issue.

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Anonymous wrote:People go to York County, PA because they can't afford a house in Maryland and housing in super cheap in that part of Pennsylvania; same reason some people commute to DC from way out in West Virginia. That's an affordability issue.

How long is that each way?

[Anonymous]

Maryland's problems are due in large part to one party rule.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland sucks. So glad I left.

I'm glad you left too!

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Anonymous wrote:Most people in the DC area are stuck here for jobs. Maybe schools. Obviously msny of us want to retire to someplace beautiful, quiet, not crowded... We want to escape from work a day life.

Most people who live in Maryland probably live in th DC burbs. No wonder they want to leave.

The only place I hear this claim is on DCUM. But the Gallup poll, if you're using that as evidence, doesn't support this point. Maryland is in the "worst" 10, but neither DC itself nor Virginia (the other suburb, remember?) are. Meanwhile, is everyone moving to Illinois just for jobs? New Jersey? Connecticut? How do you explain the less popular states? This "DC sucks but it's where the jobs are" is not actually supported by anything other than vague DCUM declarations....