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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is such a dumb post.  Yes, MoCo is a bedroom community.  Ok?  It's not like their housing got cheaper.  Please still choose to live there.  This is the DMV, people live and work all over.  Who cares if there are more jobs in NoVA.  I could see if housing prices were suppressed b/c of it, but they aren't.  I hate NoVA.  Would never live there.  Who cares?  I should live there b/c there are more jobs?  I'm a lawyer.  BTW, I live in DC.  [/quote]

Because MD and MoCo don't diversify their tax base, duh.  If everyone in MoCo has to drive to VA for jobs, it means the only real revenue for the county overwhelmingly comes from income taxes.  When the county needs more money what can they do? All they can do is raise property and income taxes.  The fact that MoCo cannot grow organically and create jobs other than ones that suck off the govt teat means it misses out on tons of corporate taxes that help reduce the taxation burden on residents.  Residents will flee if all the county can ever do is raise taxes and struggles to create quality jobs. [/quote]

I'm from Howard County, the richest county in MD.  I'm sure they have very few jobs there.  No one is complaining.[/quote]

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