Do Marylanders consider themselves "North Eastern" (Baltimore, Annapolis: living in, agricultural)

[jmking]

Originally Posted by NW4me

Yes, of course it is. The Mason-Dixon Line was drawn to be Maryland's northern border.
So indeed Maryland lies to the south of its northern border. Every state lies south of its northern border.
But why does that line have any significance, other than being Maryland's northern border?

Mason and Dixon's job was to trace a border between the Maryland and Pennsylvania colonies,
not between the North and South (and the US hadn't even become a nation back then).

Speaking of history: the biggest rift in US history was the Civil War.
Maryland was with the Union -- the "North."

And I have a friend from western Pennsylvania. He says "you all."
Does that make Pennsylvania a southern state?

It's "yall" not you all. So that makes Penn a northern state.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by MidValleyDad

It wasn't that long ago that the south was solidly Democratic. Being republican is 'the new south' of the post Vietnam era.

It stared when JFK promised MLK he would release him from jail if he would switch parties from repub to dem.

MLK switched and many blacks followed him.

MANY of MLKs relatives are STILL repubs.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

With the migration from the "important" parts of Maryland happening to you guys you'll be changing.

The water main story was funny, it wasn't even ours but Chesapeake Beach's. And yes, Steny's office was called and they called us.

Don't be so sure about Baltimore, they're still digging up hollow log water mains occasionally.

As far as Maryland being Southern, I haven't seen any monuments to the Confederate war dead in the Northeast.

"I haven't seen any monuments to the Confederate war dead in the Northeast"


And we still have have 2 nancy pelosi's FATHER dedicated in balt.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by MidValleyDad

We already have that. Everyone wants to move away from MoCo but then they start complaining about not having all the amenities they had down there. Oh and as soon as they move in they want to stop any other development because 'it is ruining the countryside'







Out here it is never more than a few miles from the VA or PA line. I tell people you can tell what state you are in by looking at the town square. If the monument was erected by the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) you are in PA. If it is erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy you are in VA. If it is for the Spanish American or WWI veterans you are in Maryland because it was always too contentious to erect a monument to the Civil War veterans. We had units on both sides. The Maryland monument at Antietam is one of the very few on a battlefield to honor units of both armies. It was done that way to get it through the State Assembly back in the 1890s.

"Everyone wants to move away from MoCo but then they start complaining about not having all the amenities they had down there. Oh and as soon as they move in they want to stop any other development because 'it is ruining the countryside'"
I call it the "drawbridge" philosophy.


After someone moves away from the suburbs they don't want anyone else to move in with them.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by SethGrayson

Yes, and "Little Italy" had that statue of Columbus because they are literally the only ethnicity that cares about Columbus, due to the history of mistreatment against them by the WASP majority.

"because they are literally the only ethnicity that cares about Columbus,"


AH, ANOTHER genius who THINKS he KNOWS what everybody else thinks and wants.


Of course he never asked anybody else. He made an ASSumption based only on how HE thinks!

[SethGrayson]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

"because they are literally the only ethnicity that cares about Columbus,"


AH, ANOTHER genius who THINKS he KNOWS what everybody else thinks and wants.


Of course he never asked anybody else. He made an ASSumption based only on how HE thinks!

The reason Columbus Day exists is because Italian-Americans lobbied due to the history of xenophobic, racist treatment against them.

Thus, the people labeling it as some sort of white supremacy matter in which all American whites are in on some racist agenda are ignoring history.

LBJ signed the federal holiday into law during the height of the civil rights movement, to take effect in 1971. The Committee

People think they are attacking the white majority when most except the Italian-Americans don't care either way.

The former antagonists of Columbus Day were the WASPs because they feared Catholicism and the ethnicities that carried it over here, which, gasp, again include the Italians.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by SethGrayson

The reason Columbus Day exists is because Italian-Americans lobbied due to the history of xenophobic, racist treatment against them.

Thus, the people labeling it as some sort of white supremacy matter in which all American whites are in on some racist agenda are ignoring history.

LBJ signed the federal holiday into law during the height of the civil rights movement, to take effect in 1971. The Committee

People think they are attacking the white majority when most except the Italian-Americans don't care either way.

The former antagonists of Columbus Day were the WASPs because they feared Catholicism and the ethnicities that carried it over here, which, gasp, again include the Italians.

Actually Columbus Day became a recognized federal holiday in 1937. It had been locally celebrated since the late 1700s.

https://www.history.com/topics/explo...20until%201937.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Actually Columbus Day became a recognized federal holiday in 1937. It had been locally celebrated since the late 1700s.

https://www.history.com/topics/explo...20until%201937.

Don't confuse him with the FACTS, He CAN'T handle them!

[skeddy]

using the Mason Dixon line established in the 1760's as a means to identify what's north and south in 2021 is laughable.

[BaltimoreBruiser]

Definitely mid-atlantic, and probably a unique blend of different regional influences to create our own regional culture. Grew up here and been living here most of my life. I vacation in New England (Maine, NH, MA) -- we're definitely not that. I work and travel frequently in the south (Texas, Alabama, Florida) and also vacation in southern Appalachia (TN/NC), and also definitely not that.

Let's just consider ourselves special =D