How are the Maryland Suburbs of DC different than the VA Suburbs? (Baltimore: crime, houses)

[handy man88]

Originally Posted by MDDCtoATL

You're wrong.

If I may reiterate the title of the topic

"How are the Maryland Suburbs of DC different than the VA Suburbs?"

Suburbs of D.C. being the common denominator .

Please place you're bias for va aside and at least adhere to the rules

What does "get in-state tuition" have to do with anything, I will have travel out of the D.c. area in order to attend the school regardless. I would no longer be in the D.C. area.

And if you're looking for an international experience UVA is not the place, also UMD trumps UVA in athletics which is very important part of the college experience.

Ahh, the heyday of Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, etc., have come and gone. Gary Williams and his b-ball program aren't what they once were.

Also, the UMd football team is quite mediocre. The hype over the fridge is gone.

UMd is still good in men's lacrosse and soccer. That's about it.

[$mk8795]

Originally Posted by handy man88

Ahh, the heyday of Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, etc., have come and gone. Gary Williams and his b-ball program aren't what they once were.

Also, the UMd football team is quite mediocre. The hype over the fridge is gone.

UMd is still good in men's lacrosse and soccer. That's about it.

When any of your VA College Teams Win(Very Highly Unlikely) the NCAA Championship then your little Elementry Schoolboy Rant will hold little water.........

[handy man88]

Originally Posted by $mk8795

When any of your VA College Teams Win(Very Highly Unlikely) the NCAA Championship then your little Elementry Schoolboy Rant will hold little water.........

Sorry, you're wrong. I"m a UMd Terp, but I'm realistic. We were good back in the day, but now, Gary can't get any good recruits and the b-ball program has fallen off the cliff. Can't even make the big dance anymore.

[Fissure226]

Originally Posted by beth ann

But, handsdown, Va has more top-ranked state universities...UVA, W&M, VT, etc. Although Md had the Univ of Md, there really is no comparison state-wide.
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two words. Johns Hopkins

[Tom Lennox 70]

Originally Posted by Fissure226

two words. Johns Hopkins

Again, Hopkins is NOT a state school, it is a private university that does not offer in-state tution and does not have a preference for Maryland students. I am a proud Terp and the Univ of Maryland is excellent. While College Park ranks slightly below UVA, in the other state school comparisons Virginia will win by a LOT...

like

UMBC vs. Virginia Tech
Towson vs. George Mason
Frostburg vs. William and Mary
Bowie State vs VCU

[The_Fairfaxian]

As for MD and VA University differences, for academics, the University of Maryland would "beat - not humiliate, but beat" many decent VA public university (JMU, GMU, VT, VCU, W&M) but here's the problem: UMCP is the only academically competitive college in the state; that is if you want to get a decent job and/or find work outside of the state and Northeast region after you graduate from college. Even though College Park is academically stacked, the other colleges of MD can't compare to even the fairly decent VA schools listed above. And along with that, the undergrad's immaturity, cliquishness, materialism, snobbishness, and excessive amounts of "studying’s-lame” & "let's party-it-up on out parents' money" attitudes makes UMD feel more like it should be called "Maryland State University." Trust me, I friggin attend this school (and this is only due to MD being my "home state").

But back to the original topic, MD and VA suburbs are fairly different.

-MD suburbs are liberal in all of the hedonistic, wasteful, anti-Christian ways and but are limited or lack in the "social rights, full racial acceptance, and civil liberties" aspect (unless you're gay or part of a "model minority"). VA suburban people (excluding the transient yuppies from Arlington and Alexandria) are much more tolerant and accepting of other people, perspectives, and cultures. This even applies to the Republicans, whom in Northern Virginia are either tax-lowering advocates or pseudo-libertarians who want to live their lives w/o being excessively controlled.
-MD suburban inhabitants can be very intentionally arrogant, standoffish, and pushy, along with having a superiority attitude (either w/ having more money and materials like in MoCo, or in "hoodness/blackness" like in PG County). This is while VA suburbanites are more friendly, polite, or at least too preoccupied and respectful of personal space to be intentionally rude.

[Tim Rankin]

Originally Posted by The_Fairfaxian

But back to the original topic, MD and VA suburbs are fairly different.

-MD suburbs are liberal in all of the hedonistic, wasteful, anti-Christian ways and but are limited or lack in the "social rights, full racial acceptance, and civil liberties" aspect (unless you're gay or part of a "model minority"). VA suburban people (excluding the transient yuppies from Arlington and Alexandria) are much more tolerant and accepting of other people, perspectives, and cultures. This even applies to the Republicans, whom in Northern Virginia are either tax-lowering advocates or pseudo-libertarians who want to live their lives w/o being excessively controlled.
-MD suburban inhabitants can be very intentionally arrogant, standoffish, and pushy, along with having a superiority attitude (either w/ having more money and materials like in MoCo, or in "hoodness/blackness" like in PG County). This is while VA suburbanites are more friendly, polite, or at least too preoccupied and respectful of personal space to be intentionally rude.

It sounds like you really don't like your homestate...thank God you didn't resort to any stereotyping, though.

[hpfanatic888]

Originally Posted by MDDCtoATL

You're wrong.

If I may reiterate the title of the topic

"How are the Maryland Suburbs of DC different than the VA Suburbs?"

Suburbs of D.C. being the common denominator .

Please place you're bias for va aside and at least adhere to the rules

What does "get in-state tuition" have to do with anything, I will have travel out of the D.c. area in order to attend the school regardless. I would no longer be in the D.C. area.

And if you're looking for an international experience UVA is not the place, also UMD trumps UVA in athletics which is very important part of the college experience.

Actually, in-state tuitition has to do with everything. it doesn't matter WHERE you are in VA, you are still in VA. whether it's george mason or virginia tech...which are obviously in two vastly different areas of virginia, the virginia people are going to get instate tuition for vtech, and not the maryland people. even though they are all in the DC suburbs as you have mentioned. doesn't matter how far you have traveled, the person who said this is concerned with the cost here, i'm sure. cost is a major deciding factor when attending university. obviously, VA has more opportunities when it comes to attending university.

[hpfanatic888]

Originally Posted by The_Fairfaxian

As for MD and VA University differences, for academics, the University of Maryland would "beat - not humiliate, but beat" many decent VA public university (JMU, GMU, VT, VCU, W&M) but here's the problem: UMCP is the only academically competitive college in the state; that is if you want to get a decent job and/or find work outside of the state and Northeast region after you graduate from college. Even though College Park is academically stacked, the other colleges of MD can't compare to even the fairly decent VA schools listed above. And along with that, the undergrad's immaturity, cliquishness, materialism, snobbishness, and excessive amounts of "studying’s-lame” & "let's party-it-up on out parents' money" attitudes makes UMD feel more like it should be called "Maryland State University." Trust me, I friggin attend this school (and this is only due to MD being my "home state").

But back to the original topic, MD and VA suburbs are fairly different.

-MD suburbs are liberal in all of the hedonistic, wasteful, anti-Christian ways and but are limited or lack in the "social rights, full racial acceptance, and civil liberties" aspect (unless you're gay or part of a "model minority"). VA suburban people (excluding the transient yuppies from Arlington and Alexandria) are much more tolerant and accepting of other people, perspectives, and cultures. This even applies to the Republicans, whom in Northern Virginia are either tax-lowering advocates or pseudo-libertarians who want to live their lives w/o being excessively controlled.
-MD suburban inhabitants can be very intentionally arrogant, standoffish, and pushy, along with having a superiority attitude (either w/ having more money and materials like in MoCo, or in "hoodness/blackness" like in PG County). This is while VA suburbanites are more friendly, polite, or at least too preoccupied and respectful of personal space to be intentionally rude.

Just for the record, UMD doesn't beat William and Mary or Virginia Tech.
Never mind...it might beat vtech by just a bit.

and i think you've got your stereotypes of MD inhabitants all wrong. clearly, you do dislike your home state quite a bit.

[doordisk]

The main difference:

In northern Virginia, the politicians follow the will of the citizens.

In the Maryland suburbs of DC, the politicians follow the will of CASA De Maryland, which is an entrenched group of non-citizens that promotes illegal immigration.