Connecticut vs Maryland (America, highest, quality, market)
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Overall, Maryland has more climatic, topographical and vegetative variety than Connecticut, which is a result of its more extensive longitude and southerly latitude. On the East Coast, Maryland is where the climate becomes more comfortable, with earlier springs, longer summers and milder winters. If you enjoy boating and/or gardening, then Maryland would probably be the superior option due to a longer “high season.”
Circling back on geography, Maryland is also closer to and better connected with the rest of country than Connecticut/New England. Traffic in Maryland is heavy, especially between Baltimore and Washington, but Maryland has more “escape routes” than Connecticut due to I-70, I-81, I-83 and I-95 (among other roads). It is difficult to believe that, as ancient and prolific as Hartford and Providence are (i.e., state capital cities founded during the early colonial era), there is no interstate highway linking those two cities together as of 2024.
Re: wealth, there’s no doubt Connecticut takes the cake in this category. To make the top 1% in Connecticut, you’d need to earn at least 950k, whereas in Maryland, it’s only 633k. https://smartasset.com/data-studies/...nt-income-2023
While Maryland may have a slightly higher HH income, Connecticut reigns for per capita income.
Also, comparing NYC vs DC salaries, according to a study by the University of Maryland, for every 50k someone makes in DC, they’d make 55k in NYC. So a 250k salary in DC would be, on average, 275k in NYC.
Connecticut’s flagship suburb is Greenwich, home to rich and a lot of famous Hollywood names. Maryland certainly doesn’t have anything like it.
Connecticut takes peak wealth for sure. MD loses out to per capita as it has a broader wealth spectrum. CT has no low income equivalent to eastern shore or western MD.
Salary without accounting in CoL is kind of arbitrary. There is nothing you can't afford in either region on a 250k vs. 275k salary.
Fair play to Greenwich. CT's wealth is centralized in a way MD's is not. MD's hyper wealthy live in either Baltimore (County)/Hartford Counties or Montgomery County.
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Originally Posted by kidyankee764
Re: wealth, there’s no doubt Connecticut takes the cake in this category. To make the top 1% in Connecticut, you’d need to earn at least 950k, whereas in Maryland, it’s only 633k. https://smartasset.com/data-studies/...nt-income-2023
While Maryland may have a slightly higher HH income, Connecticut reigns for per capita income.
Also, comparing NYC vs DC salaries, according to a study by the University of Maryland, for every 50k someone makes in DC, they’d make 55k in NYC. So a 250k salary in DC would be, on average, 275k in NYC.
Connecticut’s flagship suburb is Greenwich, home to rich and a lot of famous Hollywood names. Maryland certainly doesn’t have anything like it.
This is because low key Maryland actually is a "big", or at least above the median size state even though it's tiny, I mean it's top 20 population wise, so per capita numbers do get dragged down when you actually have large urban centers with many low income residents. Which honestly is a bit more impressive as a state overall for Maryland to still rank in the ballpark of CT on per capita income with one of the more blighted major cities in the country as it's flagship. Connecticut has less of a bottom. Maryland now is literally the most racially diverse state in the Eastern US on paper also, so there's not such a large plurality of the same type of people living there by percentage.
Per capita income:
District of Columbia ($84,538)
Connecticut ($79,087)
Massachusetts ($74,967)
New York ($71,440)
New Jersey ($70,979)
California ($66,661)
Maryland ($65,683)
Washington ($64,898)
New Hampshire ($63,880)
Also, Maryland does have a flagship suburb comparable to Greenwich, it's called Potomac. So that's not true. There's even a reality television show based there named after it. Which means Potomac is known for it's flagship wealth.
All of these people have owned, or still own a home in Potomac.
Ted Koppel
Lynda Carter
Sugar Ray Leonard
The Shriver family
Farah Pahlavi, the former empress of Iran
John Glenn
Sylvester Stallone
Mike Tyson
Mitch Rales (billionaire Danaher corp, and Glenstone founder)
J.W. Marriott, Jr.
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It's interesting the posters to this thread have focused on highways and driving when these 2 states are both similar and rare in being compact, historic, and served by Amtrak's high-speed corridor (Acela) trains, and have robust, statewide, state-run mass transit including regional passenger railroads. Because of this, both Maryland and Connecticut have many walkable towns, cities, and neighborhoods.
Overall, Maryland has more climatic, topographical and vegetative variety than Connecticut, which is a result of its more extensive longitude and southerly latitude. On the East Coast, Maryland is where the climate becomes more comfortable, with earlier springs, longer summers and milder winters. If you enjoy boating and/or gardening, then Maryland would probably be the superior option due to a longer “high season.”
Circling back on geography, Maryland is also closer to and better connected with the rest of country than Connecticut/New England. Traffic in Maryland is heavy, especially between Baltimore and Washington, but Maryland has more “escape routes” than Connecticut due to I-70, I-81, I-83 and I-95 (among other roads). It is difficult to believe that, as ancient and prolific as Hartford and Providence are (i.e., state capital cities founded during the early colonial era), there is no interstate highway linking those two cities together as of 2024.
I-84 was supposed to have connected the two, which was why, in the 1970s, I-84 suddenly became I-86 about 10 miles or so east of Hartford.
Rhode Island built a short stretch of what was to have become I-84, but since Connecticut scrapped the highway, it's signed just as US 6, which already connects the two cities. After Connecticut removed I-84 from its plans, I-86 (the former Wilbur Cross Parkway, CT 15) was rebuilt to Interstate standards and rebadged as I-84 to Sturbridge and the Mass. Pike.
This is because low key Maryland actually is a "big", or at least above the median size state even though it's tiny, I mean it's top 20 population wise, so per capita numbers do get dragged down when you actually have large urban centers with many low income residents. Which honestly is a bit more impressive as a state overall for Maryland to still rank in the ballpark of CT on per capita income with one of the more blighted major cities in the country as it's flagship. Connecticut has less of a bottom. Maryland now is literally the most racially diverse state in the Eastern US on paper also, so there's not such a large plurality of the same type of people living there by percentage.
Per capita income:
District of Columbia ($84,538)
Connecticut ($79,087)
Massachusetts ($74,967)
New York ($71,440)
New Jersey ($70,979)
California ($66,661)
Maryland ($65,683)
Washington ($64,898)
New Hampshire ($63,880)
Also, Maryland does have a flagship suburb comparable to Greenwich, it's called Potomac. So that's not true. There's even a reality television show based there named after it. Which means Potomac is known for it's flagship wealth.
All of these people have owned, or still own a home in Potomac.
Ted Koppel
Lynda Carter
Sugar Ray Leonard
The Shriver family
Farah Pahlavi, the former empress of Iran
John Glenn
Sylvester Stallone
Mike Tyson
Mitch Rales (billionaire Danaher corp, and Glenstone founder)
J.W. Marriott, Jr.
Connecticut has less of a bottom? It has some of the poorest, mostly minority and impoverished cities in the country. Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven and Waterbury, to name a few.
I know Potomac. It is *nothing* like Greenwich, which has hundreds (maybe thousands) of celebrity, political and international connections.
Connecticut has less of a bottom? It has some of the poorest, mostly minority and impoverished cities in the country. Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven and Waterbury, to name a few.
Impoverished in the context of Connecticut? Sure.
Compared to MD, not buying it. Baltimore is the size of those 4 cities combined and probably has more people living below it's poverty line than they do as well and thats before we get to the physical state of the cities.
In the country? You can't be serious.
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Originally Posted by kidyankee764
I know Potomac. It is *nothing* like Greenwich, which has hundreds (maybe thousands) of celebrity, political and international connections.
Potomac MD absolutely has hundreds of celebrity, political and international connections. The difference is the average residents have (relatively) less outlandish wealth and are way more low key.
Compared to MD, not buying it. Baltimore is the size of those 4 cities combined and probably has more people living below it's poverty line than they do as well and thats before we get to the physical state of the cities.
In the country? You can't be serious.
Yes, seriously. Hartford is the most impoverished capital in the US. And Bridgeport ranks as the most unequal metro in the country re: wealth gap. So yeah, I’m serious.
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Originally Posted by Joakim3
Potomac MD absolutely has hundreds of celebrity, political and international connections. The difference is the average residents have (relatively) less outlandish wealth and are way more low key.
If you’re suggesting Potomac is anything like Greenwich, then you don’t know Greenwich.
It's interesting the posters to this thread have focused on highways and driving when these 2 states are both similar and rare in being compact, historic, and served by Amtrak's high-speed corridor (Acela) trains, and have robust, statewide, state-run mass transit including regional passenger railroads. Because of this, both Maryland and Connecticut have many walkable towns, cities, and neighborhoods.
Both Connecticut and Maryland are home to a plethora of wealthy bedroom communities and, as a result, have a nationally, regionally and locally shared reputation as places where people typically live to escape urbanity and the issues often associated with it, while still remaining in relatively close proximity to major centers of commerce and trade. Public transportation plays a part in fostering residential development in far-flung suburbs and exurbs, but still, most people prefer to drive to and from their office/worksite, even in states with robust public transit systems, up to and including Connecticut and Maryland.
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