Who is leaving Maryland?? (Baltimore, Silver Spring: renting, crime rate, daycare)

[LauraC]

Originally Posted by westsideboy

This is the time when I need to step in and point out that not every part of Maryland is populated by transplants, transiants, yuppies, and other suburban types. This is the Maryland people know best, but if you go off of the beaten path you find something different. Western Maryland, the Eastern Shore, and parts of Southern Maryland and most of the small towns along the Mason-Dixon, are populated by native born sons and daughters and long time residents. These are places where multi-generational families still in live in the same small towns, where people live, work, worship, and play in the communities they live in, and where courtesy and neighborly values still exist. Head out to some of these places before you give up on Maryland entirely.

Western Maryland is absolutely beautiful but there's nothing to do there for a retiree and a commute for a working person, say from Frederick (a nice town) or beyond is horrendous.

Parts of the Eastern Shore aren't great places to live because of tourism. It has nothing to do with Maryland itself. Been there done that in another state. It's one thing to be a tourist/vacationer, it's another thing to deal with it on a daily basis. I have a friend who lives in Chestertown which seems like a nice place to live but it doesn't offer much for a retiree like me. She's still working.

But you have to admit that Maryland retirees could live a lot better someplace else, cost of living-wise...which is why many leave.

[westsideboy]

I agree with you about the commute situation. But the fact that you can't commute into the metro region from Western Maryland is exactly the reason it is what it is. If you could commute from there, it would be over run too.

What exactly does a retiree do? Western Maryland is full of outdoor recreation, hiking, biking, boating, fishing, hunting. Cumberland has a professional theatre, and Allegany College and Frostburg State put on plays every weekend. Today's Cumberland paper had over 5 pages of local bands, music recitals, festivals, and other activities going on and that is just this weekend. There is no shortage of things to do, you just have to know where to look.

Oh, and did I mention how cheap it is to live in Allegany County. Our median home price is about 100k. A lot of retirees are heading west for just these reasons.

[$mk8795]

Originally Posted by LauraC

Western Maryland is absolutely beautiful but there's nothing to do there for a retiree and a commute for a working person, say from Frederick (a nice town) or beyond is horrendous.

Parts of the Eastern Shore aren't great places to live because of tourism. It has nothing to do with Maryland itself. Been there done that in another state. It's one thing to be a tourist/vacationer, it's another thing to deal with it on a daily basis. I have a friend who lives in Chestertown which seems like a nice place to live but it doesn't offer much for a retiree like me. She's still working.

But you have to admit that Maryland retirees could live a lot better someplace else, cost of living-wise...which is why many leave.

There is no data for you to back up that mis-information, plus if what you said was soo true then why didn't you vote for politicians that would make it easier for seniors to live in Maryland........

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by $mk8795

There is no data for you to back up that mis-information, plus if what you said was soo true then why didn't you vote for politicians that would make it easier for seniors to live in Maryland........

Yes there is ,you need to look for yourself.
How do you know they didn't vote for those people?

[kathkevin9]

I have lived in Rockville, MD for the past nine years. After 15 yrs as a military spouse, i was looking forward to settling in one place. I just wish it wasn't here. I have been out of the workforce for about a year and a half, due to a disability, and now have no social life. I made my friends at work because it seems that in the neighborhoods everyone stays to themselves. My neighbors all wave to each other, but I bet half of them do not even know each others' first names.

We did some renovations on our home last year, and after it was reassessed, our property taxes doubled. Problem is, the value of our home has not doubled.

My physician has recommended that I move to a dry (low humidity) state. Along with Lupus I have Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritus, and Sjogren's syndrome.
During the past week, the humidity has hit full force. This causes inflammation and I hurt everywhere.

Sorry....didn't mean to go on. What I am looking to find is a place to move that has low humidity, but does not get too hot in the summer.
My husband loves it here and refuses to move, so I may be solo, which means a lower income.
Anyone have any suggestions?

[Alexus]

I lived in Columbia and Laurel for 2 years before moving in with my girlfriend (now wife) in Oakton, VA. She moved there from NYC. I loved it in Maryland and I thought it had a quiet quality about it. Some of my best friends still live in the state. One day, I got the notion to visit San Francisco (because my mom had always said that it was one of her favorite cities aside from Paris and Montreal). I was quite taken with SF and moved here. That was nearly 20 years ago. I was looking for a place far more vibrant and found it in SF.

My wife described Maryland as "bland", and she has no desire to move back. Hard to beat San Francisco if you do well here. As far as working, I was a software engineer when I lived in MD, and it was hands down better than the firms I worked for in silicon valley. More professional, more intelligent engineers, quiet quality work environment, a high quality product, more diversity, and much better in terms of raises and being treated fairly. Silicon Valley, by contrast, was comprised of sloppy-dressing engineers, who lack professionalism, didn't produce the best products, were too laid back, not fair...incredibly pathetic by comparison.

Maryland though remains one of the few places I would consider moving to if we were to leave here.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by kathkevin9

Sorry....didn't mean to go on. What I am looking to find is a place to move that has low humidity, but does not get too hot in the summer.
My husband loves it here and refuses to move, so I may be solo, which means a lower income.
Anyone have any suggestions?

I'm kinda in the same way.I can retire in about 8 years and I want to start looking now.The Mrs wants to stay here(in MD Charles county) to be close to the kids.NOOOOOOOOOOO....I love my kids but I want to go to New England...any place really ....Mass,Vermont,New Hampshire are all nice and yes I know it's cold(she hates that)but it's where I know I can be happy ....oh and no I'm not from there ( NJ) but I have no interest in moving back there.

[leavingthe513]

Originally Posted by Njrover0216

My husband and I almost moved out of Maryland to Raleigh, NC. We are both from NY, me not from the city, him from Brooklyn. We went down to Raleigh 3 times to visit, and there just wasn't enough to do there. After really evaluating our situation we decided to stay in Maryland for many reasons. We like being close to the beaches, DC and Baltimore have a lot to offer. There is always something to do. I live in Anne Arundel County and the traffic here is not bad. Also someone made a post about gangs, there are gangs in and around Baltimore and outside of Dc in the Maryland part...that definitely doesn't define Maryland. If you think you are going to move to another city and they are not going to have gangs, good luck with that and send me an email letting me know. Because Raliegh has gangs and they are starting to get out of control. Best of luck for those that are leaving, but I am staying Hopefully O'Malley will be out of office in 3 more years, I have learned you can't keep moving because you have a poor governor, if that is the case I would be moving every 5-10 years. Just keep this in mind if you decide to leave based on money reasons, you get what you pay for

Good comment, I like your thinking..

[krakenten]

Marty isn't such a bad guy-it's just that he inherited a very bad situation.

Maryland just lacks the will to solve a host of problems.

One party rule is never good.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by krakenten

Marty isn't such a bad guy-it's just that he inherited a very bad situation.

Maryland just lacks the will to solve a host of problems.

One party rule is never good.

I feel like part of the blame here,ya see I voted for Marty and I was wrong .........he's an idiot!