2wolves: Jousting* just isn't a southern thing.

*Official state sport.

Last I heard we changed it to Lacross like 6 years ago. Which is a shame, because Jousting is awesome to watch.

SurfaceTension: Walker: Despite sharing a border, Maryland and Virginia are almost complete opposites.

I'd say Northern VA, the suburbs around Washington, DC, has much more in common with Maryland than with the southern part of Virginia.

/would love to see NoVA/DC/parts of MD join up to form a new state, mostly so us in NoVA can stop subsidizing the rest of the state with our tax revenue.

Hell, Virginia already split up once in our history becuase of social and political differences. Why not twice? "Real Virginia" can keep those lunatic rednecks.

/lived in falls church for 2 years
//was ever so glad to leave

They have Blacks in Wax in Baltimore. For that coolness alone we want them in the North.

"Some of the new people that come in - not the real, true Annapolitans in particular - but people that have come in are kind of preppy and all,"

I'm picturing a woman in overalls wearing a NASCAR T-shirt from 1987.

SurfaceTension: Walker: Despite sharing a border, Maryland and Virginia are almost complete opposites.

I'd say Northern VA, the suburbs around Washington, DC, has much more in common with Maryland than with the southern part of Virginia.

/would love to see NoVA/DC/parts of MD join up to form a new state, mostly so us in NoVA can stop subsidizing the rest of the state with our tax revenue.

That would be pretty awesome. Then I'd have Senators and a Representative to complain about.

Does not approve.

No big loss.

-Fellow Marylander.

I really feel as thought we have more in common with our northern neighbors. Although, i am reminded that we are south of the mason Dixon line every time i see a bunch of guys in the back of a pickup truck.


It happens less and less every year thankfully.

FTA: It's unusual for states to switch regions in the 77-year-old council, which provides a forum for state officials to share ideas. The last time was when Missouri switched from the Midwestern Region to the Southern Region in 1994.

Missouri is considered "Southern"?

So the South is losing their equivalent of New Jersey .... Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out!

Maryland secedes succeeds from the South

FTFY

/pet peave

So John Waters is a southern moviemaker?!

Maryland!
The charm of the North!
The industry of the South!

/Not as funny as it used to be, what with industry all fleeing to non-union southern states...

The only reason we allowed Maryland to be Southern was because the surveyor wanted too much cash to change the Mason-Dixon Line.

Thats cause they can read.

Good riddance!

SurfaceTension: Walker: Despite sharing a border, Maryland and Virginia are almost complete opposites.

I'd say Northern VA, the suburbs around Washington, DC, has much more in common with Maryland than with the southern part of Virginia.

/would love to see NoVA/DC/parts of MD join up to form a new state, mostly so us in NoVA can stop subsidizing the rest of the state with our tax revenue.

Northern VA is pretty much like any suburb anywhere. If you dropped me there and told me it was suburban Chicago, Dallas, or Atlanta, I'd believe you.

Forget the Mason/Dixon. "south" to me is South Carolina and below.

2wolves: DjangoStonereaver:
They like BOTH kinds of music round 'bout Harford Washington counties, boy.

And then there's the Eastern Shore... It gets odd over there.

HEY HEY I'm not odd!
/Looks in mirror, looks at friends, looks at my life in general. Well i'll be damned, I'm not only odd but I enjoy it.

/Easton - Your speed trap on the way to OC.

How about this:

Prince George's County, Montgomery County, Baltimore County, and Baltimore City secede, form their own state, and leave the rest of us Marylanders alone. Hell, they can have Howard County, too. I'm tired of my tax dollars supporting a broken and corrupt city government that can't get its books in order even with millions in federal and state grants. For that matter, those four jurisdictions have more people than all of the rest of the state combined. If any candidate wants state-wide office, they only need to campaign there. Forget the western part of the state, forget the Eastern shore. They don't count apparently.

/Can't wait until the Eastern Shore secedes

ihatedumbpeople: Forget the Mason/Dixon. "south" to me is South Carolina and below.

Yeah. North Carolina is just like Connecticut.

Apart from four years at uni in Lynchburg, VA, I've lived in Maryland all my life. I've always considered Maryland to be neither North nor South but Mid-Atlantic so...

liverpoolumd: -Fellow Marylander.

I really feel as thought we have more in common with our northern neighbors. Although, i am reminded that we are south of the mason Dixon line every time i see a bunch of guys in the back of a pickup truck.


It happens less and less every year thankfully.

The "bunch of guys in the back of a pickup truck" thing isn't much better north of the Mason Dixon line.

Yeah, I'm from the Eastern Shore and this is just going to stir up the racism again here on the shore (a grand wizard of the KKK lives in Rising Sun. note my lack of capitalization or respect for that "title"). There are over 1000 hate groups on the shore, not counting DE or VA (that little sliver they like to forget about south of Pocomoke MD) and every time that issue gets brought up the racist/southern element gets all wonky.

Fark racism, fark the south. w00t the Union!

The murder rate is right in line with southern states. Maryland is second only to Louisiana and just ahead of Alabama, Missouri and the Carolinas. Of course since they're murdering democrats that makes them progressive.

vernonFL: Maryland is the best state. We have mountains, beaches, cities, farms, lots of water, close to everything, great hospitals, great universities, a diverse, wealthy and educated population, history and culture.

Plus, we have Dundalk.

/Sneaks up behind Vernon and quietly strangles him.

//You made me laugh for the first time today and you killed my grumpy and miserable mood.

vernonFL: Plus, we have Dundalk.

FTW!!!

Drunken_Irish_Joker: How about this:

Prince George's County, Montgomery County, Baltimore County, and Baltimore City secede, form their own state, and leave the rest of us Marylanders alone. Hell, they can have Howard County, too. I'm tired of my tax dollars supporting a broken and corrupt city government that can't get its books in order even with millions in federal and state grants. For that matter, those four jurisdictions have more people than all of the rest of the state combined. If any candidate wants state-wide office, they only need to campaign there. Forget the western part of the state, forget the Eastern shore. They don't count apparently.

/Can't wait until the Eastern Shore secedes

A common myth among rural citizens is the illusion that they are somehow subsidizing areas with more people making higher salaries and generating both more income tax and more gas tax. Rural areas are always subsidized by their urban/suburban counterparts.

Basically, the last thing your representatives want those areas to do is leave, although you may enjoy it for the spite factor. Maybe that would make it worth it.

radioman_: They have Blacks in Wax in Baltimore. For that coolness alone we want them in the North.

Us North folk take pride in pouring hot wax on black people.