New to MD, can someone suggest where to live???

HarveyMushman · Sep 27, 2020

Hi, I am moving from FL to Ft. Meade for work (expecting it to be permanent). Excited for work but not very excited about losing most gun rights. (separate discussion, hope it is not as bad as I think).

So, first, I am appreciative that we have this forum and nice to meet everyone!

Second, as my title states, I have not yet decided what area to move too. I am coming from a place where I have some privacy, close to civilization but still have 1.5 acres of land, good people around all of that stuff. Do areas like this exist within commuting distance of Ft. Meade? Everything that I have searched it just seems like there are a lot of townhouses and not much as far as homes (and land) as I have discussed. I should mention too that my budget is 350-450k (which may be the issue!).

Nice to meet everyone and looking forward to getting some suggestions!

Thank you!

hdatontodo · Sep 27, 2020

Maybe in Howard County. Columbia or Ellicott City. Prices are up and lot sizes are down.

I have a friend who lives in north Laurel near Rt 29 and Johns Hopkins Rd who is in a 1/2 acre, $400K house.

Make sure you plug the commute into google maps and adjust the departure time to the next weekday at 7am to check the traffic, which is heavier nonCovid.

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Lowerguk · Sep 27, 2020

Look around Carroll county. Westminster area or just south of there. That’s probably your best bet for acreage 1.5+ around the price you’re looking for. You just have to deal with a 40-60m commute.

Carroll County is a lot quieter than most of Howard also. Howard is very populated around the 350-340k price point.

HarveyMushman · Sep 27, 2020

Hi, thanks guys! Sure no problem on the commute, I feel that 60min is reasonable.

Bullfrog · Sep 27, 2020

HarveyMushman said:
Hi, I am moving from FL to Ft. Meade for work (expecting it to be permanent). Excited for work but not very excited about losing most gun rights. (separate discussion, hope it is not as bad as I think).

So, first, I am appreciative that we have this forum and nice to meet everyone!

Second, as my title states, I have not yet decided what area to move too. I am coming from a place where I have some privacy, close to civilization but still have 1.5 acres of land, good people around all of that stuff. Do areas like this exist within commuting distance of Ft. Meade? Everything that I have searched it just seems like there are a lot of townhouses and not much as far as homes (and land) as I have discussed. I should mention too that my budget is 350-450k (which may be the issue!).

Nice to meet everyone and looking forward to getting some suggestions!

Thank you!

Carroll county would be a good choice, but you're probably going to face a trade off in either land or commute time.

You could commute to Ft Meade in about 40 minutes from Southern Carroll co. if you're near rt 32, but you would be unlikely to find 1.5 acres.

You could find the acreage if you went a little farther North or West, but your commute would increase quickly.

Glaron · Sep 27, 2020

Lowerguk said:
Look around Carroll county. Westminster area or just south of there. That’s probably your best bet for acreage 1.5+ around the price you’re looking for. You just have to deal with a 40-60m commute.

Carroll County is a lot quieter than most of Howard also. Howard is very populated around the 350-340k price point.

There it is.
Close? Costly.
Little space? Time to target. :innocent0

Lowerguk · Sep 27, 2020

HarveyMushman said:
Hi, thanks guys! Sure no problem on the commute, I feel that 60min is reasonable.

Make sure you evaluate the commute in the evening around when you leave work. That’s the one that’s probably going to be a lot worse than the morning commute.

HarveyMushman · Sep 27, 2020

Glaron said:
There it is.
Close? Costly.
Little space? Time to target.

The commute doesn't worry me too much. I mean tradeoffs right! I am thinking that northern Virginia would not be possible?

Bullfrog · Sep 27, 2020

HarveyMushman said:
Hi, thanks guys! Sure no problem on the commute, I feel that 60min is reasonable.

In that case I would look in Carroll, just west or north of Sykesville & Eldersburg.

HarveyMushman · Sep 27, 2020

Lowerguk said:
Make sure you evaluate the commute in the evening around when you leave work. That’s the one that’s probably going to be a lot worse than the morning commute.

Very true, maybe the best thing honestly will be to get something close to work for the first year and then evaluate from there but either way I wanted to see if it is doable in other areas because then I would just get a short term and move to where I really want to be sooner.

Mike · Sep 27, 2020

I just looked on Zillow and there ain’t much around. I did see this, for what it’s worth. And welcome to MDS and good luck. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/...ssage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

Lowerguk · Sep 27, 2020

HarveyMushman said:
Very true, maybe the best thing honestly will be to get something close to work for the first year and then evaluate from there but either way I wanted to see if it is doable in other areas because then I would just get a short term and move to where I really want to be sooner.

You could always just live on base. They have everything from a shared apartment to rental houses on base.

Bullfrog · Sep 27, 2020

HarveyMushman said:
The commute doesn't worry me too much. I mean tradeoffs right! I am thinking that northern Virginia would not be possible?

I would not consider that. To get to Ft Meade you have to make your way around DC, and it will not be pleasant to do that on a daily basis. Plus, to get 1.5 acres you'd have to get pretty far into Northern VA.

HarveyMushman · Sep 27, 2020

Mike said:
I just looked on Zillow and there ain’t much around. I did see this, for what it’s worth. And welcome to MDS and good luck. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/...ssage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

nice, that brings me hope :thumbsup:

HarveyMushman · Sep 27, 2020

Bullfrog said:
I would not consider that. To get to Ft Meade you have to make your way around DC, and it will not be pleasant to do that on a daily basis. Plus, to get 1.5 acres you'd have to get pretty far into Northern VA.

I figured, well there is possibly another compromise, gun rights or land!!??

HarveyMushman · Sep 27, 2020

Lowerguk said:
You could always just live on base. They have everything from a shared apartment to rental houses on base.

Def will consider that as well, thank you!

Bullfrog · Sep 27, 2020

HarveyMushman said:
I figured, well there is possibly another compromise, gun rights or land!!??

VA is no longer much of an improvement on MD for gun rights, and may actually be worse in the future.

namrelio · Sep 27, 2020

I moved out of Md because Md sucks. That said two areas that I always thought would be good to live in was Thurmont, which I know is out of the question.

The other was Clarksville. There are a lot of nice places between Clarksville and Highland that I would consider nice in Md. Not far off Md 32.

Wherever you choose, good luck.

HarveyMushman · Sep 27, 2020

Bullfrog said:
VA is no longer much of an improvement on MD for gun rights, and may actually be worse in the future.

HarveyMushman · Sep 27, 2020

namrelio said:
I moved out of Md because Md sucks. That said two areas that I always thought would be good to live in was Thurmont, which I know is out of the question.

The other was Clarksville. There are a lot of nice places between Clarksville and Highland that I would consider nice in Md. Not far off Md 32.

Wherever you choose, good luck.

Thank you!

New to MD, can someone suggest where to live???

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