Show Threads Show Posts. Go to Page Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. View detailed profile Advanced or search site with Search Forums Advanced. I always wondered why this state is affluent. And how it ranks amongst the top ten in several categories. We have many federal agencies that are headquartered in Maryland.
Oh, yeah, I forgot the National Security Administration. Add in a number of biotech companies, as well as Johns Hopkins Hospital the largest employer in Baltimore City and the University of Maryland both have medical schools. What do the above entities have in common? They all require a large number of highly skilled, highly educated, STEM employees.
As Maria carries on her way towards Friendship Heights, the front door of a house proudly flying the stars and stripes above the portico bursts open and a dapper gentleman in a suit and bow tie strides out towards his gleaming 4x4. On the way out of the parking lot, we got chatting to a member of the club leaving the paddle tennis courts.
Within five minutes, John Fitzgerald, the chief of police for Chevy Chase Village , pulls up in a gleaming white police 4x4. He explained that several residents have called raising questions about our presence in the village. Across the US there are an average of 2. In Chevy Chase it works out to 5. The Chevy Chase force, who are equipped with Segways as well as a fleet of new 4x4s, are funded by local taxes and revenue from speed cameras installed on Connecticut Avenue, one of the main roads to downtown DC that passes through the village.
The revenue must be spent on public safety, hence the Segway. There have been just two robberies in the village in the last seven years. Both Cabin John and Friendship Heights are highly educated, with median household incomes well above the national average, and predominantly white populations. Meanwhile, in predominantly black, low-income neighborhoods of Washington, D.
This is not news to anyone who has seen the wealth and opportunity inequality in the DMV firsthand. They seem unaware — or willingly ignorant — of the institutional and informal privileges that have gotten them there. But celebrating excellence in rich, privileged areas just seems grossly self-indulgent. Take, for instance, the headlines announcing that if Maryland had competed as a country, it would be sixth in the gold medal rankings at the Rio Olympics.
Nothing about Marylanders makes us inherently more athletic or talented. Maryland was home to the first railroad, the first dental school and the first umbrella factory.
Maryland was the 7th state in the USA; it became a state on April 28, The state flag of Maryland was officially adopted in Health care and opportunity were among the items that helped Maryland stay at the top of the list. Maryland also ranked higher with education and fiscal stability. Maryland sees higher violent crime rates than most of the US, contributing to a lack of residents feeling safe in the Old Line State.
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