Counterintuitive in Prince George's (North Beach: homes, neighborhoods, live)

[North Beach Person]

Not what some of you urbanistas expect:

https://darik.news/maryland/these-pr...ry/751725.html

[Mdfl]

Way before Prince Georges became a "bedroom" community for D.C. it was known worldwide for the breeding, training, and racing of horses. It was second to only Lexington Ky. in importance for the US horse industry. These kids are keeping the tradition alive.

[dukeofbelair]

Prince George's seems to be the least urban of all the DC adjacent jurisdictions. The Metro lines don't extend outside of the beltway, stations inside the beltway tend to be surrounded by neighborhoods of single family homes. There's a strong anti-urban undercurrent in the county, with flight to the suburbs being a more recent memory for many families.

Toss in the long history of horseracing (i.e. the Woodwards at Belair) and the fact that the outer county is very rural (particularly down toward Croom), and... yeah, doesn't seem surprising.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by Mdfl

Way before Prince Georges became a "bedroom" community for D.C. it was known worldwide for the breeding, training, and racing of horses. It was second to only Lexington Ky. in importance for the US horse industry. These kids are keeping the tradition alive.

Originally Posted by dukeofbelair

Prince George's seems to be the least urban of all the DC adjacent jurisdictions. The Metro lines don't extend outside of the beltway, stations inside the beltway tend to be surrounded by neighborhoods of single family homes. There's a strong anti-urban undercurrent in the county, with flight to the suburbs being a more recent memory for many families.

Toss in the long history of horseracing (i.e. the Woodwards at Belair) and the fact that the outer county is very rural (particularly down toward Croom), and... yeah, doesn't seem surprising.

I said similar things here a few years ago and was told I was stupid, that Prince George's had no history of any type of agriculture and that if I tried to say it I was lying. One of those statements was from someone who lived in Croom.

[jmking]

Originally Posted by Mdfl

Way before Prince Georges became a "bedroom" community for D.C. it was known worldwide for the breeding, training, and racing of horses. It was second to only Lexington Ky. in importance for the US horse industry. These kids are keeping the tradition alive.

Off subject....Before DC was chosen as a federal city for a new country, DC was part of PG, except for the land given by Virginia back in the day, which was withdrawn around 1850s. Montgomery County was also Prince Georges.

[adelphi_sky]

For all of the talk about urban sprawl, I'm thankful that our area has some pretty neat rural tiers close by. It's nice to see these places and traditions kept alive.

[dukeofbelair]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

I said similar things here a few years ago and was told I was stupid, that Prince George's had no history of any type of agriculture and that if I tried to say it I was lying. One of those statements was from someone who lived in Croom.

I mean... it's literally full of old tobacco plantations.

[Parnassia]

Speaking of counterintuitive! My curiosity was piqued by the thread title because I used to know a casual equestrian who lived in the area. I attempted to read the linked article. Unless the link displayed the article improperly for some reason or the text was a really bad transcript of a conversation, it was written so poorly to be almost unintelligible. Incomplete sentences, strange dangling phrases, missing words. Does this reflect the state of the art in Maryland News journalism? Looks like someone (either the author or their editor) never passed basic English grammar.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by Parnassia

Speaking of counterintuitive! My curiosity was piqued by the thread title because I used to know a casual equestrian who lived in the area. I attempted to read the linked article. Unless the link displayed the article improperly for some reason or the text was a really bad transcript of a conversation, it was written so poorly to be almost illegible. Incomplete sentences, strange dangling phrases, missing words. Does this reflect the state of the art in Maryland News journalism? Looks like someone (either the author or their editor) never passed basic English grammar.

Try the link again, it just worked for me.

[Parnassia]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Try the link again, it just worked for me.

Oh, the link works, but the text it displays is horribly written.