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Anonymous wrote:PG is not southern Maryland now. My grandfather had a huge tobacco farm in St. Marys and my family still has a waterfront place down there. I know southern Maryland and PG is not it.

I don't know... my family also had a huge tobacco farm in St. Mary's and there are still many down there. I'd qualify at least the southern end of PG as southern MD...

How about south of the beltway at Branch Ave? I definitely think Ft. Washington is southern MD. But not Greenbelt/College Park.

You might think that, but you're wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:I clicked on the thread thinking it was about gerrymandering. Southern Maryland is about the only Republican area in the state....

Except for Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore?

Western md is democrats. Old farmers.

Nope. Not since Reagan, probably. Check out the percentages for McCain and Romney in Garrett and Allegany, a tiny bit less so in Washington, here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland,_2008
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland,_2012

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Anonymous wrote:Fascinating, all of this, for someone relatively new to MD.

So would you draw an imaginary line from Chesapeake Beach through Ft Washington, and all points south of that in Maryland (other than the Eastern Shore) are "Southern Maryland"?

Southern MD consists of the counties of St. Marys, Calvert and Charles. I do concede that the very bottom of PG is pretty much southern-maryland-ish, and certainly used to be culturally, but PG is not southern maryland.

western md consists of the three counties out west, Garrett, Allegheny and ______ (drawing a blank). The Eastern Shore is obvious enough. The rest of MD is either Baltimore metro or DC metro or the blurred area in between (looking at you, Nats fans in Laurel). Not sure where Cecil fits in though ....

Washington county.

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Anonymous wrote:I clicked on the thread thinking it was about gerrymandering. Southern Maryland is about the only Republican area in the state....

Except for Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore?

Western md is democrats. Old farmers.

Anonymous wrote:so are you still live in southern Maryland a long long time ago and I remember there was a word for them. It was a derogatory word and for the life of me I can't seem to remember what it is. Anyone remember this?

It was SMIB. Southern Maryland used to be the working class section of the DC suburbs. There were huge farms, quite a few of them tobacco farms, and the folks that lived there actually worked for a living, as is not typing all day and going to meetings. Now, it's pretty much Ward 9 and full of Ryan homes and section 8 housing. You can't poke fun of it since most of the white folks are gone and saying anything today would be politically incorrect. It's best to stick to West Virginia when you feel the need to make fun of working class white folks.

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Anonymous wrote:PG is not southern Maryland now. My grandfather had a huge tobacco farm in St. Marys and my family still has a waterfront place down there. I know southern Maryland and PG is not it.

Are you aware that Marlboro is one of the world's most popular tobacco brands? Did you ever wonder from where that name originated? I'll give you a hint... Think long and hard about this, OK sweetie?

Upper marlboro is the doorway to southern maryland. PG county is not southern maryland. OK, sweetie?

my grandfather from calvert, took his calvert (southern md) grown tobacco to upper malboro.

i don't give a damn if the city is called newport or camel, southern marylanders know that upper malboro is not southern md.

Never doubt a SMIB.

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Anonymous wrote:PG is not southern Maryland now. My grandfather had a huge tobacco farm in St. Marys and my family still has a waterfront place down there. I know southern Maryland and PG is not it.

Are you aware that Marlboro is one of the world's most popular tobacco brands? Did you ever wonder from where that name originated? I'll give you a hint... Think long and hard about this, OK sweetie?

Upper marlboro is the doorway to southern maryland. PG county is not southern maryland. OK, sweetie?

my grandfather from calvert, took his calvert (southern md) grown tobacco to upper malboro.

i don't give a damn if the city is called newport or camel, southern marylanders know that upper malboro is not southern md.

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Anonymous wrote:Fascinating, all of this, for someone relatively new to MD.

So would you draw an imaginary line from Chesapeake Beach through Ft Washington, and all points south of that in Maryland (other than the Eastern Shore) are "Southern Maryland"?

Southern MD consists of the counties of St. Marys, Calvert and Charles. I do concede that the very bottom of PG is pretty much southern-maryland-ish, and certainly used to be culturally, but PG is not southern maryland.

western md consists of the three counties out west, Garrett, Allegheny and ______ (drawing a blank). The Eastern Shore is obvious enough. The rest of MD is either Baltimore metro or DC metro or the blurred area in between (looking at you, Nats fans in Laurel). Not sure where Cecil fits in though ....

Anne Arundel County:
Deale
Shady Side
Calvert County:
Chesapeake Beach
Dunkirk
Huntingtown
Lusby
North Beach
Prince Frederick (county seat)
Port Republic
St. Leonard
Solomons
Charles County:
Bel Alton
Bryans Road
Bryantown
Cobb Island
Dentsville
Indian Head
Hughesville
La Plata (county seat)
Nanjemoy
Pomfret
Potomac Heights
St. Charles
Waldorf
White Plains
Prince George's County:
Accokeek
Brandywine
Cheltenham
Clinton
Eagle Harbor
Fort Washington[discuss]
Piscataway
Upper Marlboro (county seat)
St. Mary's County:
California
Charlotte Hall
Hollywood
Leonardtown (county seat)
Lexington Park
Mechanicsville
Ridge
St. Mary's City

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Anonymous wrote:PG is not southern Maryland now. My grandfather had a huge tobacco farm in St. Marys and my family still has a waterfront place down there. I know southern Maryland and PG is not it.

I don't know... my family also had a huge tobacco farm in St. Mary's and there are still many down there. I'd qualify at least the southern end of PG as southern MD...

How about south of the beltway at Branch Ave? I definitely think Ft. Washington is southern MD. But not Greenbelt/College Park.

Anonymous wrote:PG is not southern Maryland now. My grandfather had a huge tobacco farm in St. Marys and my family still has a waterfront place down there. I know southern Maryland and PG is not it.

I don't know... my family also had a huge tobacco farm in St. Mary's and there are still many down there. I'd qualify at least the southern end of PG as southern MD...

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Anonymous wrote:Fascinating, all of this, for someone relatively new to MD.

So would you draw an imaginary line from Chesapeake Beach through Ft Washington, and all points south of that in Maryland (other than the Eastern Shore) are "Southern Maryland"?

Southern MD consists of the counties of St. Marys, Calvert and Charles. I do concede that the very bottom of PG is pretty much southern-maryland-ish, and certainly used to be culturally, but PG is not southern maryland.

western md consists of the three counties out west, Garrett, Allegheny and ______ (drawing a blank). The Eastern Shore is obvious enough. The rest of MD is either Baltimore metro or DC metro or the blurred area in between (looking at you, Nats fans in Laurel). Not sure where Cecil fits in though ....

The blank is Washington. And I think Cecil is considered part of the Philadelphia metro area - they are Eagles/Phillies fans there, not Ravens/O's.

Anonymous wrote:Fascinating, all of this, for someone relatively new to MD.

So would you draw an imaginary line from Chesapeake Beach through Ft Washington, and all points south of that in Maryland (other than the Eastern Shore) are "Southern Maryland"?

Southern MD consists of the counties of St. Marys, Calvert and Charles. I do concede that the very bottom of PG is pretty much southern-maryland-ish, and certainly used to be culturally, but PG is not southern maryland.

western md consists of the three counties out west, Garrett, Allegheny and ______ (drawing a blank). The Eastern Shore is obvious enough. The rest of MD is either Baltimore metro or DC metro or the blurred area in between (looking at you, Nats fans in Laurel). Not sure where Cecil fits in though ....

Anonymous wrote:Fascinating, all of this, for someone relatively new to MD.

So would you draw an imaginary line from Chesapeake Beach through Ft Washington, and all points south of that in Maryland (other than the Eastern Shore) are "Southern Maryland"?

Well, not all of us would. I'm a native of Montgomery County whose family had a summer place in St. Mary's County, and I have lots of family in Lexington Park. For me, the lines are not at all imaginary. Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's are Southern Maryland. PG is not.