rob
DINO Extraordinaire
Apparently, many peoples idea of 'nice' and mine don't jive.
I lived Ellicott City (near 40 & 29) when I moved to MD after I got out of college in the 80s. It was decent, we had easy access to Columbia Mall, Westview mall (Westview Cinema and drive-in) and Security mall for shopping. After a few years, Westview and Security started to go downhill, and we stopped travelling into Baltimore Co. Balt Co hasn't been 'nice' since at least the early 90s in my opinion.
Oakland Mill started spewing problems into Columbia. Apt dwellers and section 8 started dragging down our little neck of Ellicott City, so in the late 90's we moved west to Frederick Co.
Since then, I have driven through the old neighbourhood, What used to be our local liquor store and many other stores now have bars on the windows. Frankly, any area where nearby business owners have to turn their building into a functional safe at night for their protection, is not a 'nice' area.
It looks to me like the cesspool that is Baltimore has already overflowed Balt Co. and has spilled into Ho Co.
Now I just have to hope the crap takes long enough to flow up the I270 corridor from Mo Co. that we have time to escape in a few years.
Rob
I lived Ellicott City (near 40 & 29) when I moved to MD after I got out of college in the 80s. It was decent, we had easy access to Columbia Mall, Westview mall (Westview Cinema and drive-in) and Security mall for shopping. After a few years, Westview and Security started to go downhill, and we stopped travelling into Baltimore Co. Balt Co hasn't been 'nice' since at least the early 90s in my opinion.
Oakland Mill started spewing problems into Columbia. Apt dwellers and section 8 started dragging down our little neck of Ellicott City, so in the late 90's we moved west to Frederick Co.
Since then, I have driven through the old neighbourhood, What used to be our local liquor store and many other stores now have bars on the windows. Frankly, any area where nearby business owners have to turn their building into a functional safe at night for their protection, is not a 'nice' area.
It looks to me like the cesspool that is Baltimore has already overflowed Balt Co. and has spilled into Ho Co.
Now I just have to hope the crap takes long enough to flow up the I270 corridor from Mo Co. that we have time to escape in a few years.
Rob