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LiberalEsto

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5. We relocated to Maryland from New Jersey 23 years ago

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 04:30 PM

Jun 2013

There are pluses and minuses.

Our kids got a great education in the Montgomery County public schools.
We pay far less in property taxes than we would in NJ.
Our modest house is nicer than anything we could have afforded in NJ

On the other hand, it's 150 miles to the nearest beach
Too many people in the DC suburbs are hypercompetitive

It's not easy making friends here -- people are very transient and tend not to be friendly to strangers. People are too busy to socialize, which was not the case where we lived in NJ. Part of it is definitely me -- I'm introverted by nature. I still have closer friends in NJ than I do in Maryland; the nearest I have to a close friend here is also from NJ.

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