Is there a big rivalry between Maryland and Delaware?

[CreekDog]

sometimes I sense that here.

(note: please omit from your responses any references to *o***oo**s)

[underpants]

1. No because they are so dominated by Virginia

:woohoo:

[CreekDog]

2. pick on someone your own size

:hide:

[sasquatch]

13. Domination in what, cheap wine consumption

:hide:

[Midlodemocrat]

56. You got that right.

:woohoo:

[sasquatch]

58. Post #13

:D

[Chan790]

3. Wouldn't that be...

a lot like a rivalry between pee-wee football teams?

[TZ]

9. Look whos talking

Conn pee-wee...

[Chan790]

15. Lakes...

all your lakes are fake. "Hey man...we ain't got no lakes...we'll have to dig some."

[TZ]

21. Same with Delaware and Virginia too...

But we do have the majority of the mighty and wonderful Chesapeake Bay--biggest estuary in the world. Seriously..you can't beat the Maryland Blue Crab for crabcakes....

[Chan790]

29. Um...I'm a vegetarian?

You have the cesspool which is W. MD (*cough* *cough* Frostburg!) too...and an ark. You've got a loonie building an ark...on top of a mountain. Cause Jesus told him too. Round these parts you'd get thrown in the Institute of Living (because CT Mental Hospital was too obvious of a name) for that sort of behavior.



:P

[TZ]

31. Hey..

Deep Creek lake is a really lovely area to vacation at...I like Western Maryland..I could do without some of the rednecks out there though...
Oh and Cheseapeake Bay has great birdwatching opportunities..along with getting the occasional lost manatee.."Chessie"..:)

[CreekDog]

34. don't worry about him, i'll take care of it

:think:

[CreekDog]

35. you have Lieberman

...

[madinmaryland]

4. Didn't we beat this to death over the winter??

Maryland would annex Delaware, but those two votes in the Senate are too important to worry about petty bickering!

[CreekDog]

36. is there a Lounge rule against beating things to death?

you better hope not! :rofl:

[BOSSHOG]

38. I was once asked in a local watering hole how many times a week I had sex

My response? Ya mean like with somebody!

[BOSSHOG]

5. Interesting question

since Delaware is just a county of Pennsylvania and Maryland is a county of the District of Columbia.

Punk Counties??

[madinmaryland]

6. Columbia is a city in Maryland between DC and Baltimore.

[Chan790]

10. I used to live there...

near the mall and across the street from the golf-course. It's a lovely little place.

[madinmaryland]

16. We live near the Oakland Mills

Village Center.

:hi:

[BOSSHOG]

11. And tony romo

is a pretty boy between tight ends. He sure do have a pretty smile.

[Chan790]

7. Not that I disagree...

but MD is like 5 times the size of DC...well, the parts of MD which matter at least.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

22. You are aware....

...that the city also known as The-National-Mall-Surrounded-By-Dozens-And-Dozens-Of-Square-Miles-Of-Urban-Decay-And-Suburban-Sprawl once belonged to the great state of Maryland. And that a fine city that is both older and larger (in core city population) is located a mere 40 miles to the Northeast of said former city, to which one could argue that the former city is in fact a suburb of the latter. Not to mention the fact that the latter city's sports teams all manage play within the city limits, while at least one of the former city's sports teams plays in Maryland, of all places.

[TZ]

28. Okay

So outside of the Inner Harbor, what does Baltimore Boast?
Also..I've been on harbor cruises of both DC and Baltimore..No contest. DC is MUCH more picturesque...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

32. Let's see....

A true civic identify of its own, Johns Hopkins (both the hospital and the university), Fells Point, Canton, Federal Hill, Fort McHenry, Patterson Park, the original Washington Monument, Barry Levinson, one of the nicest ballparks in MLB, one of the nicest football stadiums in the NFL, an actual skyline made up of actual skyscrapers, and....

....a baseball team whose majority of fans were actually alive during the last time the team ever won a World Series. :)

[CreekDog]

46. Barry Levinson is the original Washington Monument?

I mean, I see the resemblance, but something's just not right.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

48. The guy who made Diner. The guy who served as our first commander in chief.

Whose legacy is better? The world may never know.

Oh, and might I also add one more thing re: Baltimore vs. Washington--Baltimore actually has the benefit of a street grid that recognizes the concept of a 90 degree angled intersection, as opposed to a traffic circle with 15 different one way streets coming out of it.

[Chan790]

51. Yet...unescapably...

even with a sensible street-layout...It's still Baltimore. :P

[BOSSHOG]

30. Former Latter

Is that a law firm? Did you know that the super dome in New Orleans is built on top of a Voodoo Graveyard which accounts for 94+ percent of the cities sportsteams misfortunes? And did you know that Louisiana does not have Counties?

[madinmaryland]

33. Aren't they called parrishes?

[TZ]

8. Piffle. No contest

Bluest state in the area...fairly wealthy good standard of living..mountains, beaches..Got the Nations Capitol in our back yard..I'd say we got ALL the mid atlantic states beat!
Yo Underpants..One word why Maryland is superior to Va..MANASSAS.....:D

[LynneSin]

14. I have 2 words to counter that --- EHRLICH and STEELE!!

We've had Democrat govenors forever and even our last 2 republican governors (DuPont and Castle) were moderate to left leaning.

Delaware is so fricking progressive we gave Al Sharpton his only delegate back in 2004.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

17. Out of a job after 4 years.

Thankfully.

[LynneSin]

18. We try to be smart enough to not give them a chance

:D

[madinmaryland]

19. Delaware progressive, led by the credit card industry and the chemical industry??

[TZ]

20. Neither of which won their elections I should add...

We do have some loonies that try to win here and end of going elsewhere though..Alan Keyes comes to mind...

[charlie and algernon]

12. just two small states with Napoleonic complex

[charlie and algernon]

23. Pennsylvania could conquer Deleware before breakfast

and Maryland before afternoon tea. So ya'll better behave yourselves.

[CreekDog]

24. but they wouldn't

they'd just "send some guys over..."

[charlie and algernon]

37. It's easy, I'll even show you our plan and we'll still win

[Tommy_Carcetti]

42. Looks like my hometown is spared Pennsylvania's wrath.

Thank god.

[madinmaryland]

25. Hey! Watch out there, we'll sick Alan Keyes on your state!

[charlie and algernon]

26. we took care of Santorum, we can handle Keyes

In fact we may just install Santorum as a puppet governor

[SidneyCarton]

39. Yeah, and I could drop all three states into San Bernardino County, CA

Tiny states are fascinating to me, living in the west, It takes hours just to get out of California, I can't imagine what it must be like living on the DelMarVa peninsula, in the vicinity of 5 states!

[charlie and algernon]

40. hey! It takes a good 6-7 hours to go west across PA

We may be short, but were long. And we'd go all guerrilla warfare on you in the "T"

[SidneyCarton]

44. We'd never bother to invade.

You're too far away and the winters would make us wuss out.

[TZ]

45. 6 or 7 hours of HELL I might add..

I drove with a friemd straight from Indiana to Long Island and we went straight accross the long part of Penn..Gotta say your roads SUCK!!!
Pennsylvania turnpike..Ugh...

[madinmaryland]

52. Why didn't you take I-80 across PA??

[madinmaryland]

50. PA is just Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with Alabama in between.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

55. Hey now, Maine is miniscule and it takes 6 hours to get from tip to tip.

6 hours at least.

Don't underestimate tiny states. ;)

[Phoonzang]

27. I live on the border (Newark, DE), and I don't sense any tension...

All I know is that the arbitrary line that demarcates the two states makes a big difference. When I cross into Maryland everything changes. It goes from a relatively well -off urban area to um...hicksville. Just because of a line. Maybe that's just because I'm crossing in the Cecil County though. :evilgrin:

But really I have no loyalty to this state. In fact I want to get out of this place as quickly as possible.

[CC]

47. Hey watch it ...

I live in hicksville. We are close enough to the urban centers to go have fun but don't have any of the hassles. Rush hour for me it waiting for 6 cars before I can cross Rt.1. Both our income and property taxes are lower regardless of what the repukes say. Oh and car insurance, way way lower. Newark is a great place to visit and my fav camera shop is there. Oh and Ali Babas is there so it isn't all bad but no way would I want to live there.

Now it does get a little crowed in places like North East when the Dutch Navy heads our way on weekends and holidays.

[Phoonzang]

53. Well to be honest I've never been into Elkton proper

But you're not the only person to tell me that it's better to live in Elkton than Newark. I don't know...I work here so it's more convenient for me but traffic is indeed a bitch, the property prices are ridiculous for what you get, and there's a lot of random petty crime (because students are easy prey).

Being able to go to Ali Baba's and Home Grown for lunch is a big perk though. Especially since I work at the University and can walk there in 5 minutes.

[CC]

57. I'm not sure I would say

Elkton is much better to live in. They also have their problems but it goes along with a small town attitude. I am further west closer to Conowingo.

There is another problem if you live in MD and work in DE. DE refuses to do the reciprocal income tax thing with MD so if you live here and work there you have to pay DE the difference between MD and DE income taxes. Part of why I know DE's is higher.

The being able to walk to things like stores etc. would be nice. Can't really walk anywhere around here. I learned a long time ago to combine and stock up when I run errands.

Cecil County is pretty red but there are some of us left leaning people around at least. Converting more every day. Hard to believe sometimes that there are more registered Dems in this county when you look at who gets elected.

[BeachBaby]

41. The BIG rivalry has always been between North Jersey and South Jersey.

The two have wanted to be separate states forevah!!! Series! :D

[madinmaryland]

49. Which exit??

:hide:

[Blue-Jay]

43. They should challenge each other to a slap-fight.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

54. Mid-Atlantic states.

:eyes:

:P