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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=singledadmclean][b]People have been leaving MD for VA for at least 40 years. [/b] The tax differential between the two states actually used to be larger.

People in Montgomery County won't admit it, but the "social" failures of Montgomery County are driving them out, especially education (every year SAT scores drop) and crime.  The number of homicides, rapes, and assaults are all way up, in some cases double what they were 6-7 years ago.  A lot more juvenile crime, too, which predicts even more adult violent crime in the future.  [/quote]

A PP had a post from an obviously biased right-wing site about Maryland that had actual data on immigration between the two states. Turns out almost the exact same number left VA for MD as the other way around.

Do you have any actual evidence for people leaving MD for VA?[/quote]

If you actually read the thread, that information was provided. The number of people leaving MD for VA, and vice versa, is less relevant than the incomes they are taking with them. In the DC region, the money flow favors VA.  And, since MD is a higher-spend state, it means the pressure to tax the wealthy to pay for it all only increases, so it's a vicious cycle.  At some point proximity to Georgetown Prep and Burning Tree loses its luster when you're being taxed to death.[/quote]

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