I live in Maryland too. Harford County where we’re somewhat sane.
Southern MD, you’re correct. They’ll never recover to the somewhat limited sanity level they were at.
They’re all lefty nuts! They put the people in NY/NJ to shame!
But, I have really come to love MD. Even in this DC suburb area, people are so nice, polite, friendly, cheerful, helpful.
You just don’t get that up here in the NYC metro area.