Anonymous wrote:Driving? If that's the predominate complaint I'm pleasantly surprised. I've lived in NoVa and MoCo. Prefer MoCo but commute is King.

that appears to be the case. They don't like MD because of bad drivers. If that's the only thing, I'd say people are being nitpicky. But whatever floats your boat.

Because of the civil war

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Anonymous wrote:Because SO many of the drivers are awful. Yes, there are bad DC/VA drivers. Yes, there are some good MD drivers. But there are so many negligent, incompetent, all out terrible MD drivers.

Yes! Worst drivers in the US bar none.

According to the insurance institute:

https://insurify.com/insights/states-worst-drivers-2022/

VA #9

MD - not on the list

But sure, don't let statistics and facts get in your way. Your anecdote is so much more accurate.

What a BS list! It is not corrected for LAWS, let alone enforcement.

In Maryland, it is not even a felony to drive 20 mph over the speed limit, but in Virginia, it is.

yea, when I don't like a list I also complain about the methodology, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Because SO many of the drivers are awful. Yes, there are bad DC/VA drivers. Yes, there are some good MD drivers. But there are so many negligent, incompetent, all out terrible MD drivers.

Yes! Worst drivers in the US bar none.

According to the insurance institute:

https://insurify.com/insights/states-worst-drivers-2022/

VA #9

MD - not on the list

But sure, don't let statistics and facts get in your way. Your anecdote is so much more accurate.

I'm a scientist and their methodology is flawed.

All the transplants like 😲 drivers!
It's BECAUSE of the transplants. The mix of transplants, natives, immigrants, transients. It's all of the DC metro area, equally terrible. Case closed.

For alcohol laws, Maryland is ridiculous.
Maryland's flag sucks.
Can't easily park in close-in MD. Parking garage for target? No thank you. But then VA is full of parking lots, driving driving everywhere.

And Bethesda is the hands off winner for awful people that are oblivious to others sharing their space. Not all Bethesdans (I'm one) but you know who they are. (They don't)

I'm from MD living in VA and the driving in VA is absolutely horrendous, especially parking lots. It's quite dangerous to park here. I was so elated when I visited Maryland recently, a very packed shopping center around Silver Spring, and the drivers were all so courteous and aware using waving hand signals so we all knew who was going vs. stopping. Hell no, not in VA! If you turn in a VA parking lot, you better be on red alert and pray for best and have good insurance.

And the slow drivers in VA. Holy crap. I get it, you aren't in a hurry. But do you possess a rear view mirror? If you have all day to get somewhere and want to drag as-, and you clearly see I at least wish to drive the speed limit at a minimum and I am tailing you, just get out of the lane or pull over and meditate and relax or whatever you do so I can move on. I do this myself all the time. If someone is in a hurry behind me and riding me, I let them pass, even if it means pulling over a sec. Why don't VA drivers let people pass? Why?

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Anonymous wrote:You're all TERRIBLE, selfish a**le drivers. Don't matter if you're from VA, DC, or MD. Alllllll terrible. I say this as a transplant. Never before have I ever seen so many a***oles on the road in a single region. It's truly shocking how big of an a**le people are around here when they get into a car.

Massachusetts is infamous for a**hole drivers (hence the term “M*sshole”), but there’s a certain of order to their madness. They don’t squat in the left lane. They use their turn signal. They don’t have a bunch of phony paper “ghost” plates and drive like lunatics who stole a car.

I’m pretty certain that a lot of the more reckless MD drivers are legit criminals in stolen cars. Look at the correlation between paper plates and just wantonly reckless driving in Maryland. It’s 1:1.

What are ghost plates? I thought those were plates for people who just got a new car and have no idea how to drive it.

The Maryland DC suburbs always felt suffocating to me and my driving option were either the beltway or traffic choked routes like East West Highway. It felt scattered and disorganized and just different. Hard for me to articulate.

Driving? If that's the predominate complaint I'm pleasantly surprised. I've lived in NoVa and MoCo. Prefer MoCo but commute is King.

Anonymous wrote:First of all I find it funny that Virginians don't like people from Maryland because of their driving..but when is a skill a personality? Also don't let FACTS get in your way.

https://quotewizard.com/news/the-best-and-worst-drivers-by-state

Maryland isn't even on the top ten!

But Virginia is number 7!

Anonymous wrote:Why don't you?

My ILs are from MD and they are awful.

I’m from MD (BCC area) but live in Arlington now. I used to think Arlington was gross because it didn’t have zoning. Houses next to shopping. Now, I like that. Also, whenever I go back to MD, I go insane at how horribly timed the lights are I get serious road rage. Also, why is little falls parkway blocked off?? Plus Md has speed cameras.

First of all I find it funny that Virginians don't like people from Maryland because of their driving..but when is a skill a personality? Also don't let FACTS get in your way.

https://quotewizard.com/news/the-best-and-worst-drivers-by-state

Maryland isn't even on the top ten!

Why does dcum not work on google?

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Anonymous wrote:There are nice parts of MD, but a lot of is dirty with sketchy people.

I grew up in Fairfax County and always had the impression that Maryland was kind of trashy, but I don’t know where it came from.

The people are trashy and not ashamed of it. White people in annapolis are very trashy. The annapolis mall is trashy. I was in there randomly a few months ago and a young black guy who looked sane went to the middle of the food court where everyone was eating and vomited then he covered it in paper. Nobody left stood up or did anything and there were a lot of people eating. That wouldn't happen at a virginia mall. Also some crazy white lady driver there got angry when she didn't want to yield and flicked off and screamed in her car. Also that mall is a ghost town I'm surprised anyone would pay to live nearby and the doctor I saw there is a cash guzzling joke as well. I regret making them my doctor.