I Love Frederick!

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by seanlax

I'm not entirely convinced that person is from Earth.

Yeah, she is. It's on the Boardwalk and when the then Mayor lived there he instituted enhanced services for the residents along it. Picking up dog piles and clearing it of snow were just two of the most egregious enhancements.

His successor got so tired of listening to them complain, and I was going nuts because they were driving on the Boardwalk, that they got reserved parking, the only people in Town on a public street to have it.

They also complain because they "pay the highest taxes in Town". Well yeah, you bought the most expensive houses. Some of them have lost their asses on them too. Bought at the top of the market.

They tend to be real twitchy around me since most of them know I have issues with them.

[homeonthelittlemountain]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Well then, it's "up and coming" and "ripe for development".

Come down here and you'll be disappointed, we've been Columbiafied and Montgomeryized. Got a complaint today from a fairly recent come here from Howard. She was upset that we had no waterfront attendants on duty to clean up the present a dog deposited in front of her house.

Meanwhile, on every other street in Town the homeowner has to take care of that, but not on the waterfront.

It takes all kinds I guess.

So far the neighbors we've met are all non-fussy, down to earth types. Many retirees, escaping the city like we did. Though the neighborhood and several homes are over 100 years old. The antithesis of an over 55 neighborhood. No HOA busybody types that I've met. When we moved up here we were told there was a “live and let live” ethos. And it's true. Eclectic....bigger homes, smaller modest bungalows and everything in between. So far, so good.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by homeonthelittlemountain

It takes all kinds I guess.

So far the neighbors we've met are all non-fussy, down to earth types. Many retirees, escaping the city like we did. Though the neighborhood and several homes are over 100 years old. The antithesis of an over 55 neighborhood. No HOA busybody types that I've met. When we moved up here we were told there was a “live and let live” ethos. And it's true. Eclectic....bigger homes, smaller modest bungalows and everything in between. So far, so good.

That's the way we used to be. Now, well not so much. Remember, we're an incorporated town, not an HOA.

Let's get rid of chain link fences, shiny vinyl pickets look ever so much better. Except chain link doesn't turn into torpedoes when storms hit.

Ban company logoed vehicles from parking.

Limit the number of cars allowed to be registered at one address.

Impose color choices for houses.

Require everyone to have the same type of trash can.

Limit the amount of trees, shrubs and flowers people can plant, lawn looks better and oozes class. That's contrary to best practice in the Critical Areas, by the way.

Eminent Domain some houses for a dog park. Even though most people have yards.

Eminent Domain some more houses for a community garden.

Build a multimillion dollar performing arts center which using every model will lose a minimum $250K a year. That's OK because it shows we care about the Arts.

And on and on.

Meanwhile the vast majority of residents, whose median family income is 2/3 that of the rest of the County, just want them to shut up and go away. The subject of another conversation I had yesterday.

[nybbler]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Not to mention the whole area needs streetlights and sidewalks as well as dog parks, community gardens and bike paths.

Frederick did that part 25 years ago or so. Should have been there before then, when Frederick was pretty much dead, before all the restaurants, before the streetlights and sidewalks. All you had was the Great Frederick Fair once a year.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by nybbler

Frederick did that part 25 years ago or so. Should have been there before then, when Frederick was pretty much dead, before all the restaurants, before the streetlights and sidewalks. All you had was the Great Frederick Fair once a year.

I was there 35 years ago.

I was also being facetious when I wrote what you quoted.