Olney vs Columbia, MD?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Columbia was always wear my friends move when they can no longer afford Rockville or Gaithersburg

And Olney is where people move when they're racist and don't think Rockville or Gaithersburg schools have enough caucasians and can't afford living in Bethesda.

Or aren't stupid enough to pay for an overpriced house.

[Anonymous]

Doesn't Ellicott City have SERIOUS flooding issues. Like bigtime?

Perhaps that does not impact residential areas nearby though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of my friends who moved to Olney wouldn't move to Columbia because columbia is more "diverse" and "urban" and that wasn't what they wanted for schools. That's the Olney mindset (and has been for decades - it was the original white flight destination from silver spring)

Olney is a quiet diverse town. It is not the olney mindset like this person states.

My friend moved from Silver Spring to Olney after someone got shot in her front yard.

She did not move to be by white people. She wanted to keep her family safe. There is a difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't Ellicott City have SERIOUS flooding issues. Like bigtime?

Perhaps that does not impact residential areas nearby though.

The downtown, which is an very small part of overall Ellicott City, has had major flooding issues but the County has been putting in place a plan to drastically improve the infrastructure. Long, long overdue. The downtown, however, continues to have a strong dining and retail presence and is a very nice place to spend an afternoon or date night. But no, the flooding hasn’t really impacted the town as a whole—EC is consistently ranked as one of the best places to raise a family, etc.

But should be clear, while Main Street Ellicott City is a nice amenity close to Columbia, Ellicott City and Columbia are pretty distinct places.

[Anonymous]

Columbia has deteriorated over the years. Sorry to the Columbia “booster” on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Columbia was always wear my friends move when they can no longer afford Rockville or Gaithersburg

And Olney is where people move when they're racist and don't think Rockville or Gaithersburg schools have enough caucasians and can't afford living in Bethesda.

Olney is 70% white and Rockville is 60% white; Columbia is 55% white.

The big difference is Olney has less socioeconomic diversity (read: far less rentals).

Public schools in Olney and Kensington have comparable racial demographics.

I don't think your numbers are correct.

Olney is 59% white, Rockville is 47% white and Columbia is 44% white as of 2017.

https://www.city-data.com/city/Olney-Maryland.html
https://www.city-data.com/city/Rockville-Maryland.html
https://www.city-data.com/city/Columbia-Maryland.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Columbia was always wear my friends move when they can no longer afford Rockville or Gaithersburg

No because Columbia is more Baltimore based. You don’t have AS many people who travel to DC for work although there are some.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Columbia was always wear my friends move when they can no longer afford Rockville or Gaithersburg

And Olney is where people move when they're racist and don't think Rockville or Gaithersburg schools have enough caucasians and can't afford living in Bethesda.

Olney is 70% white and Rockville is 60% white; Columbia is 55% white.

The big difference is Olney has less socioeconomic diversity (read: far less rentals).

Public schools in Olney and Kensington have comparable racial demographics.

I don't think your numbers are correct.

Olney is 59% white, Rockville is 47% white and Columbia is 44% white as of 2017.

https://www.city-data.com/city/Olney-Maryland.html
https://www.city-data.com/city/Rockville-Maryland.html
https://www.city-data.com/city/Columbia-Maryland.html

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/olneycdpmaryland

The US Census site has Olney at 70% white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/md/olney

Olney is safer than Columbia (dramatically safer per this data).

Isn't this like saying kale is better for you than broccoli? Neither community's "crime stats" are alarming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Columbia was always wear my friends move when they can no longer afford Rockville or Gaithersburg

No because Columbia is more Baltimore based. You don’t have AS many people who travel to DC for work although there are some.

We live in Ellicott City. Completely rough estimate: Around a third of the couples we know have one person commuting into DC (and the other Baltimore-area) and a few more where either one-half of the couple stays at home and the other goes into DC or both halves of the couple go into DC but only occassionally. This is totally just my experience and should be taken with a huge grain of salt, but I have found more folks in Ellicott City to have more ties to DC-based careers than the people I know in Columbia.

Pre-COVID, I used to commute into DC 2-4 days a week, my husband can WFH whenever he wants, though keeps an office in DC. For family reasons it made more sense for us to be up here and we love it.

I will say that the folks who live around here and go into DC are typically Maryland (and a few NoVa) natives, as opposed to transplants to the area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Columbia was always wear my friends move when they can no longer afford Rockville or Gaithersburg

And Olney is where people move when they're racist and don't think Rockville or Gaithersburg schools have enough caucasians and can't afford living in Bethesda.

Height of hypocrisy when someone calls Olney racist, but half of pps here are recommending to OP to look just a bit further to Ellicott City that just might be the most racist town in MD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Columbia was always wear my friends move when they can no longer afford Rockville or Gaithersburg

And Olney is where people move when they're racist and don't think Rockville or Gaithersburg schools have enough caucasians and can't afford living in Bethesda.

Height of hypocrisy when someone calls Olney racist, but half of pps here are recommending to OP to look just a bit further to Ellicott City that just might be the most racist town in MD.

In case people are curious what PP is referring to, one example was a really ugly, unacceptable pushback to Howard County’s redistricting efforts.

Anyone thinking about relocating to Maryland should do real research to the issues throughout the state—Anne Arundel County, which I often see referenced here as a good place to move to (and it can be!) has the highest rates of hate and bias incidents across the state. I believe there was an article focused on Pasadena in WaPo recently that discussed.

I’m from Howard County, and there are many lovely things about the area, but a lot of work to be done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Columbia was always wear my friends move when they can no longer afford Rockville or Gaithersburg

And Olney is where people move when they're racist and don't think Rockville or Gaithersburg schools have enough caucasians and can't afford living in Bethesda.

Olney is 70% white and Rockville is 60% white; Columbia is 55% white.

The big difference is Olney has less socioeconomic diversity (read: far less rentals).

Public schools in Olney and Kensington have comparable racial demographics.

I don't think your numbers are correct.

Olney is 59% white, Rockville is 47% white and Columbia is 44% white as of 2017.

https://www.city-data.com/city/Olney-Maryland.html
https://www.city-data.com/city/Rockville-Maryland.html
https://www.city-data.com/city/Columbia-Maryland.html

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/olneycdpmaryland

The US Census site has Olney at 70% white.

Yeah, that is the 2010 census. We are now in 2020, so that's 10 years ago.

[Anonymous]

This just came out today. Columbia ranked #1 safest city.

COLUMBIA, Md. —
Financial website WalletHub published its 2020 list of safest cities in America, and Columbia is ranked No. 1 for the third consecutive year.

Columbia is ranked at the top of the safest cities list while Baltimore was 155th, which is an improvement from 158th last year.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/columbia-safest-city-in-us-for-third-straight-year-on-wallethub-survey/34821537?fbclid=IwAR3soRtiiy601RyRntPhKIufB5GdOorN1nbVUJE1ctHRWsoETiU4szY7bRU

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Columbia was always wear my friends move when they can no longer afford Rockville or Gaithersburg

And Olney is where people move when they're racist and don't think Rockville or Gaithersburg schools have enough caucasians and can't afford living in Bethesda.

Height of hypocrisy when someone calls Olney racist, but half of pps here are recommending to OP to look just a bit further to Ellicott City that just might be the most racist town in MD.

As a black woman who grew up in Ellicott City (graduated from Glenelg High School in 1987), even I would not call EC racist. I feel more uncomfortable in Olney. I like Olney and I didn't write the previous post, but come on. Glenelg is certainly more racist, but that's not EC.