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[quote=Anonymous]Sigh, maybe we're just disagreeing on the definition of snobby. Yes, Severna Park suburbia with strip malls but when we lived in DC we would have to drive up to an hour into the suburbs to find any kid-centric businesses. Now 5 minutes away I have a toy store, a music store, their taekwando lessons, a great library, a children's book store, Froyo House and Rita's, a ton of kid-friendly restaurants, their neighborhood pool, and their school in walking distance. Not to mention our boat and six kayaks at the community dock down the street. Where I lived in DC with a walk score of 95 we literally had no kid friendly businesses and had to drive out to the burbs for almost everything. The kids went to a charter school I had to drive them to, that had no path to high school.

Here in Serverna Park we don't have great dining (except I love The Point Crabhouse) but I can easily get to Annapolis and I regularly go to DC to see friends (not during rush hour - it's 45 min); my sister's place in Baltimore by the Inner Harbor is 30 min.

As to snobbiness - here's a sampling of neighbor professions: NSA (management), IT consultant, nonprofit management, construction small business owner, airline pilot, airline mechanic, Baltimore City school teacher, Severna Park schoolteacher, software engineer, bank commercial lending, lawyer, business consultant, active military (multiple), retired military, feds (Homeland Security, USDA), NSA (security and administrative), construction manager, nurses, DC firefighter, clothing small business owner, florist. At least 1/4 are in blue collar or trades jobs. My husband is the construction small business owner and is in heaven compared to DC where there were very few blue collar people. He talks all the time about how much more down to earth it is here.

Again, YMMV but for us the great parts have been our very affordable house compared to DC (yes I get it is expensive compared to Pasadena or other places), access to the water, super beautiful area, access to great schools and kid friendly activities, and yes, very friendly people.[/quote]

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