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Anonymous wrote:Common sense suggests that suburban MD here is defined as the parts of Maryland that are included in the Washington metropolitan area:

Calvert County
Charles County
Frederick County
Montgomery County
Prince George's County

Common sense suggests that HoCo is as close to DC as Loudoun County is, so why wouldn't HoCo be included? Is it because HoCo's has a big city (Baltimore) that's closer to it? But then why would Loudoun county be included as part of NoVa? I am not from this area originally, so I really don't understand how NoVa is defined and how suburban MD is defined.

I mapped the center of Loudoun County to DC and HoCo to DC, and the center of HoCo is a tiny bit closer to DC than Loudoun county, so again, I really don't get the demarcation.

I think fixation on which counties are included in suburban Maryland is a little bit off topic. The important thing here is that Maryland needs to do more to attract business.

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Anonymous wrote:Dems took over and this will slow here in NoVA.

Dems have been fully in control of Arlington for decades. Still not progressive control, though. Yet.

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Anonymous wrote:Common sense suggests that suburban MD here is defined as the parts of Maryland that are included in the Washington metropolitan area:

Calvert County
Charles County
Frederick County
Montgomery County
Prince George's County

Common sense suggests that HoCo is as close to DC as Loudoun County is, so why wouldn't HoCo be included? Is it because HoCo's has a big city (Baltimore) that's closer to it? But then why would Loudoun county be included as part of NoVa? I am not from this area originally, so I really don't understand how NoVa is defined and how suburban MD is defined.

I mapped the center of Loudoun County to DC and HoCo to DC, and the center of HoCo is a tiny bit closer to DC than Loudoun county, so again, I really don't get the demarcation.

Anonymous wrote:Common sense suggests that suburban MD here is defined as the parts of Maryland that are included in the Washington metropolitan area:

Calvert County
Charles County
Frederick County
Montgomery County
Prince George's County

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Anonymous wrote:Once again, comparing a tiny part of Virginia to all of MD. Comparing a huge Virginia to a tiny DC. Overall in the first quarter of 2019, VA had 2.7% economic growth. MD overall was slower, 1.9%, I think. This is comparing apples and oranges overall. MD has population over 6m, and VA over 8m nad is a huge state compared to MD. The only reason for any growth is NoVa. I am glad that it has growth, as MoCo leadership is basically doing nothing but talking. NoVa progress might eventually help MoCo. Still, comparing NoVa to all of MD is stupid.

DP. The article compared job growth in NoVa to that in “suburban ,” not all of Maryland.

Suburban Maryland is this region’s clear loser.

Why was "suburban" MD called out but NoVa is NoVa? Does NoVa include Loudon county? What does "suburban MD" encompass exactly?

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Anonymous wrote:This is why Maryland real estate is so comparatively cheap. MoCo and PG just can’t compete with what NoVa and DC have to offer.

Comparatively cheap? MoCo real estate inside the Beltway is way out of reach for most people, same as in Arlington. The article should compare inside the Beltway MoCo to Arlington. Arlington is a tiny very close in county, a fraction of MoCo's size.

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Anonymous wrote:Once again, comparing a tiny part of Virginia to all of MD. Comparing a huge Virginia to a tiny DC. Overall in the first quarter of 2019, VA had 2.7% economic growth. MD overall was slower, 1.9%, I think. This is comparing apples and oranges overall. MD has population over 6m, and VA over 8m nad is a huge state compared to MD. The only reason for any growth is NoVa. I am glad that it has growth, as MoCo leadership is basically doing nothing but talking. NoVa progress might eventually help MoCo. Still, comparing NoVa to all of MD is stupid.

DP. The article compared job growth in NoVa to that in “suburban ,” not all of Maryland.

Suburban Maryland is this region’s clear loser.

Anonymous wrote:Once again, comparing a tiny part of Virginia to all of MD. Comparing a huge Virginia to a tiny DC. Overall in the first quarter of 2019, VA had 2.7% economic growth. MD overall was slower, 1.9%, I think. This is comparing apples and oranges overall. MD has population over 6m, and VA over 8m nad is a huge state compared to MD. The only reason for any growth is NoVa. I am glad that it has growth, as MoCo leadership is basically doing nothing but talking. NoVa progress might eventually help MoCo. Still, comparing NoVa to all of MD is stupid.

Anonymous wrote:No one is comparing all of VA to MoCo. Certainly not the article cited. Whatever gave anyone this wrong idea??

Anonymous wrote:No one is comparing all of VA to MoCo. Certainly not the article cited. Whatever gave anyone this wrong idea??

Anonymous wrote:What is the point of the article, I wonder? It's more hand wringing that MoCo didn't get Amazon but that's silly. Amazon was going to NoVa for a long time. Bezos's competition was for show. It's an opportunity for Hans to point the finger at everyone but himself. He always voted along with the rest of the council. He's voted to raise taxes, he voted along with Navarro on all her hair brained schemes. He's done nothing to promote the business climate in MoCo. Up until recently, he didn't act like that was even very important.

Anonymous wrote:This is why Maryland real estate is so comparatively cheap. MoCo and PG just can’t compete with what NoVa and DC have to offer.

Anonymous wrote:“ In the first 10 months of 2019, Northern Virginia gained an average of 19,500 jobs from a year earlier, compared to 5,700 jobs in the District and just 200 in suburban Maryland, according to preliminary data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.”