True Maryland Native--Informal Poll (Baltimore, Silver Spring: sales, real estate market, middle schools)

[mom2boys37]

But the sad part is, if you are getting crabs they probably aren't from Maryland. Most of Marylands blue crabs get shipped out to different countries.

[mandyh]

I was born and raised in Allegany co., We live in Garrett Co. now, I love the mountains. This is a different world compared to the metro areas of MD.

[mom2boys37]

I agree 100%. We are getting ready to head up there. We are finished with it down here.

[mandyh]

hey mom2boys what area of the county you moving to?

[Janipoo]

I was born in Prince Georges Hospital and grew up in Landover Hills before moving to Odenton. I then got married and settled in Pasadena, Anne Arundel County. We lived there 14 years and we just moved to WV 3 months ago. Maryland was just getting too expensive to live and raise a family.....don't even get me on the home prices.

[mom2boys37]

I agree jani. The sad part thought with WV is that everyone is moving there (Charles Town, Martinsburg, etc) and raising the prices out there as well. I don't know if Berkeley Springs has been discovered yet.

[Janipoo]

Originally Posted by mom2boys37

I agree jani. The sad part thought with WV is that everyone is moving there (Charles Town, Martinsburg, etc) and raising the prices out there as well. I don't know if Berkeley Springs has been discovered yet.

I'm in Falling Waters, the prices have increased but are on the downside now. We had a house built with all our wish list included and is bigger and we purchased it for less than what we sold our old one for that was smaller and had no upgrades.

[mom2boys37]

I like Falling Waters. Its very nice up there. We were looking at one time to move up there, but we have decided to move to Garrett County instead.

[exscrantonian]

Born on a military base outside of Baltimore, moved away and returned to Maryland suburbs of DC--Greenbelt and Hyattsville. When I moved to New England, people said I had picked up the Maryland drawl. In a sense--driving down route 15 sure does feel like home despite all the changes. Maryland is a beautiful state from the spires of Frederick, the cobble streets of Chestertown to the tobacco farms of Prince Frederick. Lots of Blackeyed susans in my yard to remember her by

[cmacf1]

I was born in Baltimore at Mercy Hospital in 1958. Lived in Reisterstown and Owings Mills until I was 14 when we moved to Wyoming (Dad had weird mid-life crisis where he felt like he needed to live in the Rocky Mountains .) While I will concede Wyoming was beautiful (NW Wyoming,) this 14 year old very eastern girl had a very hard time adjusting. Well, apparently my mom had just as hard a time, so we moved back to Maryland, this time to the Eastern Shore (centreville.) I absolutely LOVED it there. I spent 10th-12th grades there.

I left Maryland to go to college in Virginia, then lived back with mom and dad in Centreville for 1 year after college. Went to West Africa for 2 years (Peace Corps,) then came home and moved to Takoma Park. Lived there for a few years, then in Friendship Heights over near Bethesda. Then into DC to Capitol Hill for 4 years. I then decided to get out of the east coast and moved to Michigan for grad school. LOVED the midwest. VERY nice people, slower pace of life, less traffic, but very little sun where I moved. Moved back home to Baltimore after my dad died and my mom moved back to Baltimore to be near my brothers. I've lived here in Baltimore or its suburbs since 1994.

While I like Maryland (certainly I have a lot of history here,) I really prefer the midwest. DH is from Wisconsin and my best friend is from Minneapolis, so in addition to the 2 years I lived in Michigan, I've spent quite a bit of time there. I was so hoping my husband would get a job at Purdue (he is a professor at University of MD in downtown Baltimore,) but it wasn't meant to be. I DO like Maryland, but I'd prefer to raise my kids in a less urban/less crime-filled environment.