Well, besides having some of the highest taxes in the USA, they have terrible services and lots of potholes. I do have to mention the Stop Lights (traffic signals).
On my way home from work today (5 miles), I had to suffer transversing 15 stop lights. Of the 15, I arrived at only two that were "Green" (as in go).
I seriously think Montgomery County's 30 year traffic plan, includes wasting the maximum amount of fossil fuels. Look at the Inter County Connector (ICC) MD 200. Every interchange on this toll road, is designed to minimize speedy passage, and increase fuel waste.
The roads in the County cover 3000 miles, and they have 1500 controlled traffic signals (some others are on autopilot). So on average, you have one controlled traffic signal every 1/2 mile.
There are huge parts of the northern area in the county that have no traffic lights at all, so these buggers are concentrated in the most populated cites.
There are roads in the county that go for miles and have traffic signals at distances averaging every 100 yards. It's insane, and they manage to program them to make you wait in both directions, always.
"They" claim that slowing traffic down along all roads, prevents big bottle-necks at pinch points around the County. Me, I think setting all these lights to flashing yellow or red (especially on smaller roads) will make everyone's commute faster/save gas/ease road rage.
Think about it you "planners"?
Yeh, well, I moved to MoCo partly because I am a progressive and wanted to live in a progressive area and I have been so disappointed I am out of my mind. My first month here some racist hocked a loogie on my brand new car (Corolla, nothing fancy) because he was mad at me for letting two apparently black drivers in front of us, ("You stupid c---, you let those f--k--g ni--ers in front of us!" -- and loogie on my car!), the new veterinarian destroyed my cat with an overdose by leaving him with his unqualified son (Kindness Animal Hospital in case you are wondering -- the pit of hell), they are shooting freaking deer annually practically across the street from me (I am an animal lover and there are WAY more evolved and progressive ways to control a deer population than shooting in a suburban neighborhood), my car was broken into twice, at least once by MS 13 gang members, the cops could barely be bothered to show up at court to prosecute the case, the are VERY overzealous here about parking and speed tickets (they don't give you any margin at all, freaking Nazis) and the cops are NEVER where you need them WHEN you need them, yet they exist to bedevil rather than protect the population. People drive like maniacs, yes there are tons of potholes, you can't buy a bottle of wine at the Grocery store (WTF????), I fucking hate it here. I am as liberal as it gets, but I fucking hate it here. It's not liberal. This is not liberal or progressive. It's heavy handed up your ass negligent crap is what it is. They can't get anything right here. I hate it here.
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DeleteI'm sorry you're so "evolved" and "progressive" (translation: liberal. Why do you guys keep messing around with language?), but that's exactly what you bought into when you moved to Monkey ...excuse me, Montgomery County. Socialism and Big Brother. I have never experienced such a high concentration of police per square mile anywhere, and most traffic lights have cameras to catch you trying to sneak through after all the drivers in front of you took their sweet time after the light FINALLY turned green. Drivers que up in left turn lanes with one, two, or even three car lengths between them and the car in front of them, causing a backup into the regular lanes. The traffic lights take forever because of the left turn arrows; they could learn a lot from New Jersey and the jug-handle system of left turns. Speed limits are artificially low, by 10MPH or more. Speed cameras abound, especially portable ones about the size of a footlocker stood on end that get moved around to keep you guessing. You end up paying more attention to your speedometer than the road! As a result of all this nonsense, people drive like zombies - like a child on his way to the principal's office in middle school, just moping along with his head down. I see at least a dozen infractions every time I get behind the wheel, and I'm convinced that I could drive better drunk than most of them do sober. The astronomical police-to-citizen ratio leaves them bored with nothing to do, so they nail people for ridiculous infractions like jaywalking or having a license plate light burned out. And don't get me started on the insane need to plant trees and shrubs between the road and business centers; you literally cannot see the shops for the trees. If you don't already know that there is a shopping center there, you will drive right by it, wondering where the supermarkets, restaurants, and other retail establishments are.
DeleteIt's all about control of the masses, and Montgomery County MD does it in spades!!
Well... honey, MoCo is Obama-liberal and it is big gov. that is in control. MoCo is all about redistribution of wealth and doing everything for illegals and blacks and doing little to nothing for higher tax-bracket people.
DeleteHoney, you sound like what MoCo is filling up with... which is self-hating white people that believe in some utopian-socialism (not capitalist in this situation) all FED Gov. workers who get paid way too much for doing nothing.
the anonymous reply with MoCo is Obama-liberal is meant for Stefani--yuck!
DeleteThe only thing I liked was the deer in my yard. And now they are going to kill that.
ReplyDeleteTHE WORST place I have ever lived. The traffic sucks, the prices suck, the food sucks, the power goes out ALL THE TIME, the internet drops constantly, the people are rude and stupid, the taxes are out of control, the water tastes like shit, the civic planning is planned by morons. I am a registered democrat and I've never been more ashamed of my political party in my entire life. I hate it here so bad. The work ethic is so poor. You must drive to EVERYTHING. All the bars have parking lots so you can drive, drink, then leave and drive right into a chickenshit check point with cops foaming at the mouth to arrest you for just trying to have a night on the town. There is nothing unique here. It is populated by nothing but corporate chain stores and restaurants. It's like living in a classless tasteless wal-mart. Everyone here is generally and completely stupid. PROOF: If you need to have an announcement on the metro telling you how to use an escalator and board a train, YOU ARE IN THE LAND OF IDIOTS.
ReplyDeleteI am here to make the money (because apparently, the people who pay wages here are stupid too, as they pay top dollar for people to literally do NOTHING here), and get the hell out. Most miserable place I have ever lived in my life!
Yeah, MoCo sucks for sure
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