Comments on: Maryland: We’re #1 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/22/maryland-were-1/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:42:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: JR http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/22/maryland-were-1/#comment-180452 JR Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:25:36 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16789#comment-180452 Has anyone told West Baltimore this news yet? Has anyone told West Baltimore this news yet?

]]> By: KXB http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/22/maryland-were-1/#comment-180226 KXB Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:26:46 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16789#comment-180226 While I don't begrudge you your hometown pride in this factoid, I do have to point out that with Washington DC right next door, Maryland, and Northern Virginia, enjoy a certain economic cushion. With federal agencies concentrated in that area, DC does not suffer in the way that say NY does when finance takes a dive, or Houston in the 80s when oil prices fell. Also, I am not so sure it is healthy for so much economic activity to be tied up in government decision-making. Lobbyists make a good living, and plenty of them make their homes in nice towns like Bethesda and Chevy Chase. While I don’t begrudge you your hometown pride in this factoid, I do have to point out that with Washington DC right next door, Maryland, and Northern Virginia, enjoy a certain economic cushion. With federal agencies concentrated in that area, DC does not suffer in the way that say NY does when finance takes a dive, or Houston in the 80s when oil prices fell. Also, I am not so sure it is healthy for so much economic activity to be tied up in government decision-making. Lobbyists make a good living, and plenty of them make their homes in nice towns like Bethesda and Chevy Chase.

]]> By: I'm a Hick http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/22/maryland-were-1/#comment-180202 I'm a Hick Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:46:08 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16789#comment-180202 'Wealth won't save your soul.' Hank Williams ‘Wealth won’t save your soul.’

Hank Williams

]]> By: Buzz Killington http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/22/maryland-were-1/#comment-180201 Buzz Killington Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:46:05 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16789#comment-180201 Heh, I was going to make a comment about the mixed blessing nature of this, but Indeed beat me to it. Heh, I was going to make a comment about the mixed blessing nature of this, but Indeed beat me to it.

]]> By: Indeed http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/22/maryland-were-1/#comment-180199 Indeed Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:37:13 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16789#comment-180199 Can you loan me a 20 until Friday? Can you loan me a 20 until Friday?

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