I had a good experience with Howard county chiropractic.

Exactly. 4 or 5 of the 9 houses on my court are original owners

I would love to see a breakdown of home ownership by age. There are a lot of older folks who own single family homes... over the next 10 years I expect that to change. Also would like to know which portion of homes are rented vs owned.

I keep our house around 67 at the thermostat. Routinely that's 64 elsewhere. Hat, sweatpants and sweatshirt. Still ~$350 gas/elec bill.

But honestly Maryland as a state needs to really crack down on aggressive driving on every major highway.

Yea 32 between 95 and bw parkway is not fun. Those 4-5 miles are the slowest of my afternoon commute

One other note Annapolis is expensive. I'm new to Columbia so I don't know everything, but a lot of people love it and we chose to buy here. Howard and Montgomery counties are really diverse. Painting with a broad brush, its less diverse the closer to Annapolis you get and headig further south or east. I've heard good things about odenton and Crofton. Laurel seems more hit or miss in terms of safety. Prince Georges county has some hit more miss locales too. South of Anne Arundel county and you get rural quickly. Same with north and west of Ellicott city.

Come visit! We have crab cakes and old bay! Direct flights from LAX to BWI are a thing.

I would highly suggest living as close to work as you can find an affordable safe place to live. I have not done Annapolis/Columbia commute. As long as there isn't an accident on 97/32 you should be about 40-60 minutes. Personally I'd try and live closer to Annapolis.

Do you have kids, S/O tagging along?

What characteristics are you looking for in a community?

Ok great! Also, if you are living within a few miles of your work you should be able to get their without too much hassle. I would not work at a hospital in downtown Baltimore or DC and expect to have a fun time getting there from Columbia. The major traffic roads are 95, bw parkway (295), 32, 197 then both DC beltway (495) and Baltimore beltway.

Yea I don't know how effective it would be. I've been walking 3 or 4 times and had dogs pull towards me in a non friendly way. Depending on the owner it seems like they don't exactly have control. Occasionally, children holding leashes for dogs larger than them.

I've been bit by a dog before so I'm probably just not trusting. Everyone's dog is the most friendly loving playful thing. Until it isn't. That being said on the flip side there are a good number of really well trained dogs walking around.

P.s. I have owned and intend to own dogs again. Just saying people in general don't necessarily have well trained, adjusted, non reactive dogs.

Recently bought a single family home in Columbia. Walking around the trails everyone is super friendly. I do carry pepper spray just because some peoples dogs don't give me the most super friendly or in control vibe. Not sure what the apartments/townhome situations are like.

Depending on where your friends live in MD and VA it could be difficult to go to their places. Check Google maps and us the set or arrive feature at a time/date to get a good idea on traffic. DC has lots of great activities. Baltimore the same. Also Annapolis, Frederick, Ellicott city. As others have said close enough for a weekend trip to some small/medium ski resorts or state parks in the mountains. Same for ocean city, Rehoboth, assateague or Chincoteague for beaches (traffic to the beaches is miserable in the summer, take advantage of your nursing schedule to travel at off peak times).

I've lived in MD my whole life, all over the state and there are great places to live with varying advantages and disadvantages everywhere. Traffic, neighborhood safety, cost of living, work options vary greatly. We really are a u.s. in miniature.

Haha. thankfully, No one actually cares. It just ended up in the storm drain.

Post an update if you don't mind!

Does anyone know if these are a standard size? I guess I would have to try and measure the curb radius?

I've got a 2x6 for now. No one has said anything in 5 months. Except when it floats away in heavy rain

So when are these elections? And can a neighborhood recall their member or something like that?

It never fails that the leaf blowers and zero turn mowers show up right before a big meeting. It certainly seems like an inefficient way to move leaves around.