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Originally Posted by TuborgP
I don't disagree with what you say however don't expect the approx 15 counties in the top 3% in the area to be impressed by a top 5 % performance. Hey if I hit 12% portfolio performance last year I did better then the major indexes yet should I expect someone who did 20% to be impressed? No. I am saying stop trying to impress citizens from counties who are doing better. PG has areas of high affluence and areas of poverty. Safe areas and not so safe areas. However the overall crime rate is higher then most counties in the area. Don't expect those citizens to consider the county safe. It is all relevant to self and how we see others through our eyes. Housing in suburban Maryland is very expensive. Should someone from Indiannapolis be impressed that a Marylander paid 650 K for a house similar to one they paid 175K for?
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I just copied and pasted what i wrote in response to this nonsense in the Howard County forum. Turbo i'd also prefer you read the list of "wealthiest towns," i posted a forum for Maryland. Look i'm in no way a detractor or supporter of PGC, but i'm for fair play and honest discussions and these boards consistently run rampant with dishonesty, racism, stereotyping and a host of other issues that are not conducive to people seeking serious and truthful information on areas and locations in most places not just PGC. People who have their own bias and agenda tend to ignore fact even when they have no way of disproving it. Its hard to accept the truth and the fact is PGC with all of its problems is still a wealthy county. Now, i would wholeheartdly agree with anyone that says they need to clean up the inner beltway, PG has a disproportionate lower middle class population when compared to other counties, it has a higher crime right in the inner city areas etc, but the problem is people are not fair with how they generalize this county. This county has some of the poorest places to live in the state along with some of the wealthiest places why? Well, next to Moco it's the second largest county and to the dismay of the affluent blacks the poor one's followed them out to the burbs following the gentrification of washington dc and the poor one's and lower middle one's have made parts of this county a hell hole and they greatly outnumber the affluent people.
Turbo, i'm am going to quickly explain why your argument no matter which way you put it is utter and complete bs. Look i've proved through fact whether i like either of the counties, they are "wealthy" conties in this country whether one is ranked #1 or whether one is ranked #49. My reasons are comparison of 3100 other counties, difference between the 300 wealthiest counties in this country and the other 2900 odd counties, and the facts are the facts and you added something to the conversation i didn't even say nor ask. (Your original argument was that PGC was only consider wealthy because of its black majority i since proved you wrong did i not?)
Turbo there are more than 3100 counties in this country. If there were only 1000 you would have a valid point in labeling PGC as a not rich or wealthy county, but the fact are the facts whether you or I like it, and that is even with all of the crime in the inner beltway, all the black people, and the regionally poor performing school system, this county is still one of the wealthiest counties by far and large in this country. Anyone who argues anything different is a fool and attempting to perpetuate a self serving perhaps (racist) stereotypical agenda.
You claim that the ohter counties would not be impressed. Again you do not attack my argument on its merits, but bring into question something i never mentioned, but i'll respond to it with fact.
Highest-income counties in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Please read the difference between the top 100 counties in terms of median income i'll give you the first stats
The number #1 county has a median income of $82,000
The number #100 county has a median income of $57,000
PGC $56,000
The average income of the top #100 is $64,000
The median income of the top #100 is $61,000
Your point is moot and silly and beyond self serving. The difference in wealth between the top 300 counties is so small once you compare it to the rest of the country and the Top #100 poorest places to live. Here's the comparison
Lowest-income counties in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The number #1 poor county has a median income of $9,200
The number #100 poor county has a median income of $22,632
In closing i do not disagree on a hand to hand comparison of any of the top wealthy counties in this country you're going to find certain disparities. Clearly Montgomery County has a far larger base of upper class families than Prince Georges, but when compared to the entire list of 3100 counties PGC is not much different than Montgomery, Howard, or Fairfax county. The top 10% wealthiest counties are so much wealthier than 90% of the rest of the counties in this country it is not even funny.
I'll again implore my Larry Bird exmaple. Larry Bird, was the 8th best basketball player on greatest basketball team ever assembled, while clearly Michael Jordan was the best player the other players were not at a disproportionate advantage in overall skills compared to him. However, when put on the same team the difference in skill between Larry Bird and Michael Jordan is hardly notice when competing against the rest of the world. If you were to have Larry Bird compete head to head with Michael Jordan clearly Michael Jordan would dominate and the skill level between two of the best players would favor the overwhelmingly better player (Jordan). However, if you place Larry Bird against the Top 90% of all basketball players in the world he would clearly be superior and would dominate. This is my point about PGC being wealthy FACT are FACTS! You can dice them up any way you like them, but as i have said earlier with all of the counties problems its still one of the wealthiest counties in the country regardless if its black or white majority. Response?
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Your point is very accurate
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