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Chris Wells wrote:
> 
> Bernhard Schopper wrote:
> >
> > jackmj@my-deja.com wrote:
> >
> > > If someone were moving to the DC area and they had a choice between VA
> > > and MD, what would people suggest which is a better place to live? If
> > > someone can share their experiences, that will be great!
> > >
> > > Jack
> > >
> >
> > Simple answer:
> >
> > If you're black, move to Prince Georges county in Maryland. Plenty of
> > companionship along with fried chicken, chitlins and collard greens.
> 
> PG Co is a confused place now. Blacks make up 67-69% of the total
> population but still think they are the minority. But these clueless
> people are commonly mislead by their leaders like Al Wynn, the
> congressman. (That's a whole different mess I won't go into!)
> 
> > If you're jewish, move to Montgomery county, Maryland. Lots of banks there
> > to stash your cash, plus super real estate.
> 
> The jews have fled! They are getting out quick. Don't know where they
> went but have disappeared. 

Egads, you noticed that too! But something else you might take a look at...
when was the last time you saw a military age Anglo who wasn't clearly a
lame doper or idiot? 

> Hispanics are taking over Mont Co with an
> invasion like you have never seen before. The lower county is looking
> like South Central L.A. and is getting dangerous. 

Down-county, especially some parts of Silver Spring, has always been pretty
"iffy" for the last decade or more. Silver Spring's downtown is damned scary
at night. It's like there _should_ be people around... but there aren't. 

> You can easily spot
> where they live. You will find 5-7 cars in front of their homes because
> 3-4 families try and live in one house. Housing violation? So what? The
> county government doesn't give a rat's ass.

The County government, so far as I can tell, actively supports it. I
remember a conversation I had with one of the few American-born employees at
the Human Services bureau, she was pretty astounded at how the US-born were
totally ignored and screwed-over by the County. For instance, for ID the
US-born had to provide "secure" birth certificates, but I saw one guy
provide a photocopied birth-cert from Nicaragua and they accepted it without
question.

> 
> Look what they did to this neighborhood in California:
> 
> http://bmherder.tripod.com/usa.htm

Ah, one of my favorites. See also, for a considerably more sinister
viewpoint, http://earthops.org/background.html

> 
> > If you're white, move to Northern Virginia. Lots of latinos there to clean
> > your house.
> >
> > Bernhard
> 
> Wrong, the latinos are in Mont Co. Best place to move?

Um. Actually, the emerging Hispanic Enclaves are in both Northern Virginia
and Metro Maryland -- basically if you look just inside the Beltway where
I-95 _would_ go if it went straight through town, if you go there you had
better be prepared to speak Spanish.

> 
> 1. Columbia, Md.

Howard County. Basically, it's very rural, and has a lot of the problems
that you get in rural areas -- traffic is way in excess of what the roads
were designed to handle in many places. Columbia is an exception. However,
Howard County is IMHO going to go down in history within the next 20 years
as having one of the more troubled police forces in Maryland, mostly due to
exceptionally rapid growth. Their police culture is apparently still
emerging and is in massive flux. It's sort of like a big-city police force
without the big city. Montgomery County cops on the other hand are known for
being very understated in most respects, but very good at dealing with
serious crime, such as solving murders etc. Then again, I am starting to
have my doubts as to their competence at dealing with Really Big Things,
although that may be more a problem with leadership rather than ability.

> 2. Mt. Airy, Md.
> 3. Reston, Va.

A more wretched hive of Utterly Banal Suburbia cannot easily be imagined.

I hear that Frederick MD and Fredericksburg VA are pretty nice, or at least
aren't totally fouled up yet.

> 
> Take your pick. Pretty soon DC will be attracting more residents. Their
> Mayor, Anthony Williams is pretty much on the ball. (Educated,
> intelligent, and he cares!)

And he's got large chunks of the Old Barry-Cronies(tm) machine behind him.

> 
> Baltimore City is failing miserably. (High murder and STD rates!)
> 
> Sorry, thought you should know the truth.
> 
> Chris

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