I hear this about Montgomery from people? Are they like this?

[MD_IS_NORTH]

Originally Posted by homeschooldad

My family and i have traveled up and down the east coast with my wifes work. We recently find ourselves in the meca of gremantown MD. We keep hearing how this area is a huge metropolis, Uhmm where is it? Lets face it folks there is nothing here! This whole area is riding on the shirt tail of the Capitol. The people are rude, and by first impressions not to bright either. I have been told by several people that things are done differently here than in the south which was the last part of the country we lived before here. Now obviously these people have no idea where are because, I hate to break it to yall this is still the south! The masson Dixion line is still miles north of here. I was shocked to see the prices of homes in the area. No im not talking about the new mansion types i mean the square 2 bedroom boxes built in the 1970's with mobile home parts listing for 350,000. Sorry but there better be a freaking gold mine under the floor! Anyone paying that much for a 70k home should be put in for a mental evaluation.

This is not the south,this is the north part of the BOSWASH MEGAPOLIS,NORTHEASTERN CORRIDOR WHICH IS COMMONLY USED TODAY

[quote]The BosWash (also referred to as Bosnywash, Boshington, the Northeast Corridor, the BosWash Corridor, or simply the Northeast megalopolis) is the name for a group of metropolitan areas in the northeastern United States, extending from Boston, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C., including Worcester, Massachusetts; Springfield, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; Hartford, New Haven and Stamford, Connecticut; New York City, New York; Newark, New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware; and Baltimore, Maryland. The geographic trend was first identified in French geographer Jean Gottmann's book Megalopolis: The Urbanized Northeastern Seaboard of the United States (1961). The cities are also linked economically, and by transportation and communications.[/quote]

The Mason-Dixon line became symbolic of the division between the "free states" and "slave states" from the Missouri Compromise until the end of the American Civil War. Pennsylvania abolished slavery early while Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri remained slave states until the end of the war.
After the Civil War, the line continued to be considered a cultural boundary.[citation needed] Some have imagined it continuing westward from Pennsylvania down the Ohio River to the Mississippi River, and crossing the Mississippi to place Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas south of the line. Debate whether border states such as Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia belong on the north or south side of this boundary line continues to this day. However, a common assumption of the split between "northern" and "southern" U.S. lies between Virginia and West Virginia.

[fishfister]

Originally Posted by lscalder

Everyone in my community drives a Mercedez Benz except my husband and I. I live in Pg county. I think they look at me and my husband as not having the same livestyle as them. I deal with credit everyday and I can tell you this majority of the folks driving a luxury cars are not wealthy.
Its so funny that folks think cars are luxury such as Mercedez Benz. When I see folks in Mercedez the first thing that comes to my mind is debt not money because the real folks with money put their money into Assets not Liabilities. I think folks who live in houses start from 1million dollars are wealthy but no tfolks who drive benz.
Donot get fooled when you see folks driving around in Benz most of them have no money.

Everyone?!

I appreciated this post but have to ask if you are from another country. Your English is broken up to the point you make no sense at times and you fail to heed the handy little spell checker on this board.

As far as cars...anything over $25K is a liability. That car will demand a hefty insurance premium and if one drives a V-8 it is like flushing your toilet all day as you are wasting gasoline. A Benz is not a social status among the under 98 percentile class in America. Neither are Beemers, Lexus or overpriced Caddies or Lincolns. It is a money pit; especially if you are commuting in the DC Metro area.
A $500K house is $2500 monthly with 25% down. Throw some utilities in there and you are looking at close to $3K. A $500 car note is idiotic unless it is a company car or you are s#itting $100 bills on a regular basis. Leasing is a no win situation unless you figure on a car note forever. $50K SUV's look cool on TV but they have big motors and you could have gotten a smaller car and put money in the bank.
I remember talking to my neighbors a long time ago and one was asked how his son was doing - the boy, 25, lived at home. His dad said he was doing good and was driving a Benz. The instant laugh meter went off in my head - of course he was, mom and dad covered his life so he paid for a car. Doing good? From what angle?

My cousin's husband is a successful attorney in the midwest. The first time I visited them I was blown away by their home. It would have looked at home in Potomac, MD but the price was 1/2 of cost where they live in Leawood, KS. They have a 3 car garage. I looked in to see what kind of cars they had at the time. A Dodge minivan, a Ford Taurus and tucked away in the back was a Porsche - rarely driven. This goes along with the point of the wealthy having toys like these. I am on the wrong side of the family.
I get to see the Chiefs play if I am there for a home game and the seats are close to the field on the 40 yard line.

[Tom Lennox 70]

Originally Posted by qcdiva85

I had a friend that went to UMD (don't know the campus) in '98 and he said that the people were "carefree" and didn't worry about what one another had like they do down here.

Now, I'm here, looking like because I'm not sure. I'm so intrigued by Maryland. I would really love to go. It's so pleasant to see others talk about other counties, OTHER than Baltimore.

There is no Univ of Maryland campus in Montgomery County. The main campus in College Park is in PG County. Most of my friends there came from rural parts of the state like Carrol County, Western Maryland, and southern Maryland. We hated the students from up north, especially jersey and Long Island kids. We did have a few of them in our circle of friends but they had to prove themselves that they're not elitsts and snobs. Like for one thing, they had to like Coors amd Bud Lite and have to listen to a normal genre of music like country, hip hop and pop and not some uppity stuff. Before you ask, yes, locals weren't held to these standards but you know, you had to be sure about those Yankees. especially growign up in Potomac, I was wary of those people.

People in most of MoCo, esp. those with northern roots, they lack any like of moral qualms or values. They will stab an old lady in the back in front of her grandchildren to further themselves (speaking figuratively of course). I work in a pharmacy in Potomac and we have uppity, pushy parents getting birth control pills for their slutty daughters.

The culture wars are alive and well here in Maryland, especially Montgomery County, especially between locals and transplants/illegals and also over our identity, whether we are a northeastern or a southern state. I don't have time or room for people who are stuck up, rude, elitist, think they're better than everyone else, etc etc.

[MD_IS_NORTH]

Originally Posted by Terrapin2212

There is no Univ of Maryland campus in Montgomery County. The main campus in College Park is in PG County. Most of my friends there came from rural parts of the state like Carrol County, Western Maryland, and southern Maryland. We hated the students from up north, especially jersey and Long Island kids. We did have a few of them in our circle of friends but they had to prove themselves that they're not elitsts and snobs. Like for one thing, they had to like Coors amd Bud Lite and have to listen to a normal genre of music like country, hip hop and pop and not some uppity stuff. Before you ask, yes, locals weren't held to these standards but you know, you had to be sure about those Yankees. especially growign up in Potomac, I was wary of those people.

People in most of MoCo, esp. those with northern roots, they lack any like of moral qualms or values. They will stab an old lady in the back in front of her grandchildren to further themselves (speaking figuratively of course). I work in a pharmacy in Potomac and we have uppity, pushy parents getting birth control pills for their slutty daughters.

The culture wars are alive and well here in Maryland, especially Montgomery County, especially between locals and transplants/illegals and also over our identity, whether we are a northeastern or a southern state. I don't have time or room for people who are stuck up, rude, elitist, think they're better than everyone else, etc etc.

Were is this war?? Majority of people in MD consider it northern like most of this country,the argument is usually from southern maryland conservatives who want the ole mason dixon way to remain in effect,when its credibility was never concrete,plus were this hate for the upper northern jersey/long island in MD?? And do you keep saying yankee when you are one in a southerners eyes.Why do you keep generalize the north as stuck up,rude and etc when that exist throughout the northeastern corridor cities period.

[fishfister]

Originally Posted by lscalder

Residents in Montgomery county are all over the county/State/Country/World.
How can you say Montgomery county is the only county in Maryland that have one type of people. People are the same all over the world regardless of income. We have poor rude people/rich rude people/middle class rude people. You cannot hide from rude,snobbing,Starbucks drinking people regardless of where you live in the United States.

If those people are all over the world how can they be residents?

Hopefully those rude Starbucks drinking people will be taking care of the poor people that are run out of PGC who can no longer afford property taxes or homes to live in as all of the apartments will be razed and paved over.

Is Einstein Bros rude? How about 7-11 or McDonalds's?

What kind of coffee isn't rude?

[vanyali]

This is America. People get to feel any way they want about anyone they want.

[md to nc]

Originally Posted by MD_IS_NORTH

Were is this war?? Majority of people in MD consider it northern like most of this country,the argument is usually from southern maryland conservatives who want the ole mason dixon way to remain in effect,when its credibility was never concrete,plus were this hate for the upper northern jersey/long island in MD?? And do you keep saying yankee when you are one in a southerners eyes.Why do you keep generalize the north as stuck up,rude and etc when that exist throughout the northeastern corridor cities period.

Actually I am ashamed to same I was from MD due to the fact they do associate people from there are rude, snobby, "holier than thou" attitudes. Plus I for one cannot stand people from LI/NY because of this type of attitude. That is why I moved from MD and that is why I avoid that type here in NC. Although now in my new subdivision there are now 5 families from LI. Oh BTW I am not a yankee as I do believe anything below the Mason Dixon is south and those in MD who do not agree with that are only the people who moved in from "Yankee" territory.

[md to nc]

Originally Posted by anonymous12345

New person here... how does a person report abuse? The comment from the Potomac pharmacist about parents obtaining prescriptions for their daughters appeared abusive to me. Such views would appear to violate professional ethical codes for the medical profession. This outlook would seem to disqualify a person for the pharmaceutical profession. It appears to be an abusive comment but I don't know how to report it.

It has nothing to do with ethics, I has to do with freedom. And if that is his feeling then he is entitled to it. It does not affect how he does his job, he still gave the prescription to the patient did he not? Then he did his job professionally.

[jonny9630]

This is all dependent on the way you look at things
I live in MoCo and there are some things that are true in this list and some that are not.

1. Everybody on the road goes 20 over the speed limit and think they own the road.

Unfortunately this is true for most of the population but you need to remember that the median income is well above the norm here therefore people have jobs, a number of them working in the capitol, which is why I270 is one of the most congested highways in US. However this has nothing to do with recreational driving and some people just do it, but most of the suburban areas don't have too much congestion so its not going to kill anyone to go a few mph above the limit, that is until you get reckless, but lets get real, no one is going 20 mph over unless they are very, very reckless and stupid.

2. Customer Service is horrible.

Yes, some of the customer service is absolutely horrible, however, but as said before anywhere you go in the country you can find terrible service so it isn't just limited to here, but where I go regularly I can enjoy myself without having crappy service so it is in where you go which will dictate what kind of service you get, still I'm satisfied with it.

3. No respect

Very vague. Who is not respecting whom? Actually most people here are very kind and social, while again this doesn't reflect the entire population, it doesn't necessarily mean it is true

4. To many cocky people in their Mercedes-Benz

Just because someone has a Benz doesn't mean that they are cocky it is a generalization and just because many people own them doesn't mean everyone is a snob. Also,this is one of the more affluent locations in the country so cars are generally going to be nicer, if you can afford something with superior drive ability and you are in a position where this may come in handy it makes sense to me to get it. I commute everyday and I happen to have a Mercedes. This being said I hate my car because it has too many problems so don't go confusing a Mercedes with a Ferrari because the newer models are not that wonderful, my money would have been better off buying something that may not have been as nice on the inside but actually runs.

5. The kids are spoiled wearing tiffany's and coach by age 12

This depends on where you go, MoCo is a big area and somewhere like Damascus or Olney you aren't going find a single jewelry store, but in the region where I live, Gaithersburg/North Potomac, this is true, but to say the whole county does is generalizing and wrong.

Also just to clear up because I something about this earlier, yes, Gaithersburg and North Potomac are two different areas. North Potomac is South-West of Gaithersburg and is a strip of land that is maybe 4 to 5 square miles (estimated) squeezed in between Darnestown and Gaithersburg and is generally thought of to be anything west of Quince Orchard but south of Route 28 which runs into Darnestown and its southernmost border is around Potomac and Rockville farther to the east

[dkf747]

Originally Posted by jonny9630

Also just to clear up because I something about this earlier, yes, Gaithersburg and North Potomac are two different areas. North Potomac is South-West of Gaithersburg and is a strip of land that is maybe 4 to 5 square miles (estimated) squeezed in between Darnestown and Gaithersburg and is generally thought of to be anything west of Quince Orchard but south of Route 28 which runs into Darnestown and its southernmost border is around Potomac and Rockville farther to the east

I believe areas around Muddy Branch rd., South and west of 28 are also parts of North Potomac. 28 is a border of Gaithersburg.