Posted on 04/10/2006 9:11:53 AM PDT by neverdem
Good enough. I will make a note to not discuss someone unless I include their name in the post. I mentioned Ehrilich because I thought you implied that everyone in the state is a hardcore democrat. I have believed that there is wide-spread voter fraud in Baltimore in PG county that allows Dems to usually win here. The fact that you are a native does give you a right to bash the state, I suppose. I thought you were a VA native and I think you know how the cross-border rivalry goes. I also think you were being dishonest or by suggesting the entire state is a dump, unless you spent all of your time here in one of the bad areas. I think most of the state is very nice excluding most of Baltimore City, some of Baltimnore county, and about half of PG county. You are certainly right about the taxes. My neighborhood may not be typical in values, but I feel it is typical of most of the state in the fact that it is relatively safe, clean, and comprised of hard-working, good people. I do have family in VA and think its a nice state. My only point is that it is unfair to take a bad area and apply it to an entire state. Michigan for example is a beautiful state, but Detroit is not so beautiful. I'm sorry you had such a bad experience here, but maybe in the future you should not paint an entire state with such a broad brush. If you had said Randallstown is a sewer this discussion would not have taken place.
I was not picking fights. I was defending my home. I would think you would do the same if somebody did the same about your home. Your home state is like a family or group of friends. It is okay for someone inside the group to talk about someone inside the group, but when an outsider does it you immediately defend the group. No one needs to tell me about the problems we have here, but I did not realize the other poster was from here so I took issue with his comments.
May Issue.
'Nough said.
Actually I just live in the least expensive house in my neighborhood, although it is still not a cheap house. And I was not trying to impress or brag to a bunch of people I will most likely never meet. I was just pointing out that there a lot of nice areas in the state, including were I live. I certainly did not intend to come across as an elitist braggart who thinks the value of one's home has anything to do with one's character or worth ans a person. I offer you an apology for getting off on the wrong foot with one an another.
Thank you for the welcome. I can take it as well as I dish it out.
My initial comment was more political than social.
Outside the Axis of Evil, MD is pretty nice. Heck, that's even true of NJ, NY, and California.
Please accept my apology as well. Often, remarks are taken unkindly when none is meant.
then move to someplace that isn't one.
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