What state do you think Maryland has the most in common with? (art)

[Tom Lennox 70]

I'd say North Carolina. The Washington, D.C. suburbs and Howard County resemble the Charlotte and Triangle areas in hows its swamped by Northern transplants that have made it very liberal (add foreigners to the mix). Physically areas like Germantown, Gaithersburg, Columbia, and Rockville look a lot like the Raleigh and Charlotte areas. New Jersey's suburbs are older and are seeing decay and population loss, not growth like here and points South.

Like North Carolina, we have conservative natives pitted against liberal newcomers, mostly Yankees and immigrants. Parts of Maryland have a twang, like Frederick County, Carroll County, and the Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland. Also like NC, we have mountains on one side and the ocean on the other. Maryland's beaches at Ocean City and especially Assateague are beautiful and lovely like southern beaches, unlike the trashy Jersey Shore. Maryland also has wonderful things like Waffle House, Bojangles, and Cracker Barrel (though not as many as we should!!!!!), things that New Jersey and the snotty people of Connecticut obviously are too good for. We are also not hated around the country the way New Jerseyians, Connecticutters (??) and New Yorkers are.

I have to concede though, Western Maryland, especially Cumberland, and Baltimore, have a Rust Belt feel similar to Pennsylvania and other northern states. Overall, though I think Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina go well together as the Upper South. I'd hate to see us as a Yankee state and everything that is associated with.

[vanyali]

I think that's an OK comparison as far as it goes, but there are big differences between Charlotte natives and NOVA natives. Charlotte natives are much more Southern, and a lot less able to deal with newcomers than the NOVA natives are.

[Tom Lennox 70]

Originally Posted by vanyali

I think that's an OK comparison as far as it goes, but there are big differences between Charlotte natives and NOVA natives. Charlotte natives are much more Southern, and a lot less able to deal with newcomers than the NOVA natives are.

I think Charlotte (and Atlanta) natives are more numerous proportionally than NOVA and Montgomery County natives here. Thsi area is kind of like some western states like Nevada and Arizona where there are few natives and LOTS of newcomers, in comparison to Charlotte, Atlanta, and espeically Texan cities where there are a lot of transplants but also a LOT of natives.

I've noticed the ones who have moved here from rural Pennsylvania are a LOT nicer people than the ones who came from New Jersey and Long Island.

[doc1]

=nickluva;2311354]I personally think.....or maybe even New Jersey

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If that's true, you guys are in BIG trouble.

[Tom Lennox 70]

Originally Posted by doc1

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If that's true, you guys are in BIG trouble.

No, we are NOT like that dump called New Jersey. Maybe Baltimore City resembles NJ, but that's it.

[mariecug]

I think NJ. There are some differences - but you wouldn't be able to tell Newark from Baltimore, and Howard County from suburban Jersey.

The accents are different of course

Keep in mind though - they call Maryland "little america" meaning that there are places that are similar to many parts of the country!

[Tom Lennox 70]

Originally Posted by mariecug

I think NJ. There are some differences - but you wouldn't be able to tell Newark from Baltimore, and Howard County from suburban Jersey.

The accents are different of course

Keep in mind though - they call Maryland "little america" meaning that there are places that are similar to many parts of the country!

NO we're NOT like New Jersey! The Howard and Montgomery suburbs resemble the Charlotte, Atlanta, and Raleigh suburbs more and the spread-out development in the DC area is even more similar to the western states. The DC area is very decentralized like Los Angeles, the SF Bay Area, Phoenix, Houston, and Dallas-Fort Worth in its development patterns. A lot of folks commute from suburb to suburb rather than from the suburbs into DC.

Large parts of Montgomery County are too modern looking, especially Germantown, Gaithersburg, North Potomac, and Damascus to resemble Jersey. Its my pet peeve, having our state compared to that friggin dump called Jersey filled with arrogant, unpleasant people along with urban decay, pollution, crime, and poverty. New Jersey is a s___hole and a dump.

[doc1]

Are considered a taxpayer's heaven or a taxpayer's hell.

[montanamom]

Any horribly congested, overbuilt, overpriced, overated state, that used to be a nice place to live.

[Lovemypontiac]

Probably Virginia or North Carolina. ACC country, lot's of water and rivers, and bordered by mountains on the west. PA, Jersey and West Virginia don't have all that like MD, VA and NC do.