I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (like living in another state) and work in Montgomery County, Mayland. I like Montgomery County, but it really is like being in a whole different state with the same name. The Eastern Shore is slowly, but surely, becoming like the Western Side of The Bridge, however. That is because people flee here from the West, not realizing that by bringing their “growth” and ideas here, they are just dragging with them what they tried to leave behind.
You like MoCo? Really? Why?
I moved here more than thirty years ago. It was really lovely back then. Not anymore. Crime, gangs, drugs, congestion, over-regulation, over-taxation, nasty cops everywhere, the school system a burning wreck, illegals everywhere, Muslims out of control, farmland vanishing beneath the blade of the earthmover, decent families moving out...it’s very unpleasant now, despite the great visual beauty.
Lately I’ve been working in Howard County. Much more relaxed. Oh, it’s still Maryland and there are still a lot of leftists and liberals, but they’re more concentrated in Columbia. Many nice people around, and more conservatives.