Comments on just up the pike: pat ryan, busy making plans (updated)

Thomas Hardman said...Anonymous appears to be post...

2008-04-11T01:11:45.184-04:00

Thomas Hardman said...

Anonymous appears to be posting from somewhere in the State of "altered".

Montgomery has more jobs than it has homes, and so many of them are top-dollar that they can't build oversized homes fast enough to house all of the bankers, doctors, scientists, and businessmen of all kinds. We don't have a jobs shortage -- yet.

A lot of people cross the bridge to Virginia because of the type of work they do. Keep in mind, wherever they work, they pay taxes in Maryland.

Virginia has an immense Internet/IT job market, mostly because that's where most of the major internet backbones come together. There's a little closet in the basement of a parking garage where it all started, and that little parking garage chock full o' internet backbone is now surrounded by buildings full of internet and information workers. Montgomery hasn't got that, not so much, but we do have NIH and the biotech industry we have here in Maryland is as big or bigger than Virginia's IT industry. For every two web techs commuting south into Virginia, there's a scientist or researcher in biotech commuting north into Maryland.

By the way, Anonymous... have you been into Bethesda/Chevy Chase or Silver Spring recently? I guess not. What has Virginia got to compare with that? Crystal City? Feh.

April 08, 2008 5:02 PM

RE: The only thing I got out of your response is that You will LIE to get what you want and I guess thats to sabatodge any potential to Lure more High Tech IT HQ's to Maryland in order to curb the Inflation of Marylanders Commuting to Virginia to work and play..............

Talking with Pat Ryan is like inviting a monstrous...

2008-04-10T07:52:56.661-04:00

Talking with Pat Ryan is like inviting a monstrous tax increase into your home.

"By the way, Anonymous... have you been into Bethe...

2008-04-09T09:15:40.121-04:00

"By the way, Anonymous... have you been into Bethesda/Chevy Chase or Silver Spring recently? I guess not. What has Virginia got to compare with that? Crystal City? Feh."

Old Town Alexandria?

Anonymous appears to be posting from somewhere in ...

2008-04-08T17:02:24.515-04:00

Anonymous appears to be posting from somewhere in the State of "altered".

Montgomery has more jobs than it has homes, and so many of them are top-dollar that they can't build oversized homes fast enough to house all of the bankers, doctors, scientists, and businessmen of all kinds. We don't have a jobs shortage -- yet.

A lot of people cross the bridge to Virginia because of the type of work they do. Keep in mind, wherever they work, they pay taxes in Maryland.

Virginia has an immense Internet/IT job market, mostly because that's where most of the major internet backbones come together. There's a little closet in the basement of a parking garage where it all started, and that little parking garage chock full o' internet backbone is now surrounded by buildings full of internet and information workers. Montgomery hasn't got that, not so much, but we do have NIH and the biotech industry we have here in Maryland is as big or bigger than Virginia's IT industry. For every two web techs commuting south into Virginia, there's a scientist or researcher in biotech commuting north into Maryland.

By the way, Anonymous... have you been into Bethesda/Chevy Chase or Silver Spring recently? I guess not. What has Virginia got to compare with that? Crystal City? Feh.

Sligo said...According to census data, 10% of HoCo...

2008-04-08T12:14:53.704-04:00

Sligo said...

According to census data, 10% of HoCo residents commute to somewhere in Montgomery County. Of course, this data is approaching 10 years old.

Now, it also says almost 10% of Montgomery County residents work in Virginia. Apparently Virginia needs to provide us with low income housing!

April 07, 2008 10:47 AM

RE: Correction it is close to 50% of Montgomery County Residence working in Virginia and the the AM Traffic Southbound on the American Legion Bridge Proves that.....

Now reading between the lines:

Basically since Montgomery doesn't have the same quality of Jobs as Northern Virginia which leads to more Montgomery County(along with other nearby Counties in Maryland) Residence/Tax Payers to make LONG COMMUTES to Virginia in order to accomplish their career goals and help pay their Sky Rocketing housing/tax fees in Maryland.

Now this Thomas Guy(along with other toy politicians) want to Prevent High Paying Employment/Upscale Retail Growth throughout the county in the name of Saving Unused Farmland in Open Space while Virginia continues to suck Marylanders to Virginia due to their Business/Upscale Retail Friendly Climate which in the Long Term they Hope it will lead to Middle/Upper Class Marylanders to flee the state and satisfy the continuig growing population in Virginia especially in Loudon, Prince William, and Stafford Counties While Lower Class Maryland Citizens suffer from the Continuing MASS INFLUX of low skilled Illegal Immigrants.......

Ryan gives lip service to fiscal restraint and fai...

2008-04-07T13:08:40.577-04:00

Ryan gives lip service to fiscal restraint and faint criticism to employee contracts, but if on the council he would not cut the budget and would vote or override the charter property tax limit. We already have 8 people like that on the council. We don't need another guy who gets great job out of spending the hard-earned money of others in a recession. Kanstoroom is just as smart and as compassionate as Ryan the social engineer and is more frugal. If this isn't a vote your pocketbook year, when will we have one?

According to census data, 10% of HoCo residents co...

2008-04-07T10:47:17.148-04:00

According to census data, 10% of HoCo residents commute to somewhere in Montgomery County. Of course, this data is approaching 10 years old.

Now, it also says almost 10% of Montgomery County residents work in Virginia. Apparently Virginia needs to provide us with low income housing!

Sligo: Wikipedia has an excellent reference on Tra...

2008-04-07T10:31:12.030-04:00

Sligo:

Wikipedia has an excellent reference on Transportation in DC which of course has lots of reference links including Census.

Spreadsheets are available at
http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/commuting.html#DC

Wait, so someone whose kids went to private high s...

2008-04-07T09:10:45.473-04:00

Wait, so someone whose kids went to private high schools is running on a platform of busing kids to schools to "create an economically diverse student body" while implying that white parents in the county are secretly racist? That will no doubt go over well.

Also, can anyone actually provide some sort of census data or something equivalent that shows who is commuting from what ZIP code to what ZIP code and their household income?

In my experience, a large number of the people who commute from Howard County or elsewhere do so as a lifestyle choice, not out of economic necessity. They want a large house than they might be able to afford nearby. Plenty of the McMansions being built on farmland in HoCo are occupied by people who work in DC & Montgomery County. They have a decent salary but choose to live far away from their jobs - it's not that many couldn't live closer if they wanted to.

Sure, there are plenty of people who do so for valid economic reasons, but if you look at the cars coming down 29 each morning, it's not a stream of jalopies à la The Grapes of Wrath. There are plenty of Mercedes and H2s mixed in.

Adam, Wheaton Central Business District is just ba...

2008-04-07T08:48:13.666-04:00

Adam, Wheaton Central Business District is just barely outside of the bounds of District 4, and I assure you that what happens in Wheaton CBD affects nearby District 4 residents. In any case, while District Council representatives aren't At-Large representatives, we do vote on issues that affect the whole county. It's narrow-minded to think that we can concern ourselves only with our districts. It's just that a district is about as large an area as even lifelong residents such as Mr Ryan or myself can know well.. We could have met at Starbuck's in the Del Mercado shopping center, but I happen to know that Dan has an interest in Urban Planning and in "urban core revitalization" and there's a lot of that going on in Wheaton. There's a lot of that going on in Silver Spring, too, of course.

Of course, to be fair, Dan should have any subsequent interviews in Ashton or maybe Cloverly. ;)

Hey Dan - you interviewed Kanstoroom in Rockville,...

2008-04-07T07:47:53.244-04:00

Hey Dan - you interviewed Kanstoroom in Rockville, Hardman in the Wheaton CBD and now Ryan at Parkway Deli near Downtown Silver Spring. What are all these guys doing outside the district? I hope they are campaigning inside the district lines!