This is how you do it.

[owc6]

Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink

I moved into a rural, remote part of Southern Maryland in the early '90s.
The only house for several miles back off a country road. Great when you're young, independent and a bit adventurous.

Not so great when you get older and need doctors, hospitals and grocery stores nearby.

Which So. MD do you live in?

2, 4 or 5?

I live in 2/4

[Frankie the Fink]

Originally Posted by Big bob

Good land to much house for me.

Too much house for anybody....a smart real estate buddy posed the question to me about who will buy all the Florida McMansions (10,000 - 15,000) square feet with the declining birth rate, aging populace, rising maintenance/utility costs, smaller families, etc.. I didn't have a good answer.

[Frankie the Fink]

Originally Posted by owc6

Which So. MD do you live in?

2, 4 or 5?

I live in 2/4

5, and moving there from Tidewater to the Leonardtown, MD area in the 90's was major culture shock. The residents could nearly all trace their ancestry to the original 3 ships arriving in the country; names like Hewitt, Mattingly, Raley and others. And the old-timers till had the Elizabethan accent in their speech A source of bragging was how long a person had gone without "leaving the county". Some adults had NEVER left and were called "Countians".... Women didn't drive to Waldorf to shop unless an uncle, brother or husband was with them; it was considered unseemly and "loose".

"Deed, by God"... No chain stores, groceries or eateries at the time. Lots of vibrant history though and some there remembered the old Mercury 7 astronauts raising hell in the area decades ago. And "The Roost" restaurant was a favorite hangout (and still there)..

The Navy moved the NAVAIR command to Patuxent River and I'm sure by now that area has "blown out" and much of the charm is gone.

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by owc6

Which So. MD do you live in?

2, 4 or 5?

I live in 2/4

So what's up with the bridge?

It was a big deal for two days, then the media buried it.

Are they working on it? When do they expect to finish it?

[GTOguy]

Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink

Too much house for anybody....a smart real estate buddy posed the question to me about who will buy all the Florida McMansions (10,000 - 15,000) square feet with the declining birth rate, aging populace, rising maintenance/utility costs, smaller families, etc.. I didn't have a good answer.

They'll be divided up internally and rented out, just like all the huge houses in San Francisco were after WW2. People will still need a place to live, the cheaper the better. And the population growth will be mainly sub-100 IQ mixed peoples from cultures that do not value education or birth control, so the funds to buy a big house won't be there. There will always be government subsidized renters, though. Seen it all my life in the SF Bay Area.
What I am starting to see in my area (central CA) is older guys with huge shops are dying off or going to condos and no new home buyers see the shops as an asset. They look at the bays and equipment and have no use for it and see it as a problem to get rid of. Most of the newer generations don't work on things or have physical hobbies. They are into video/electronic/streaming stuff.

[owc6]

Originally Posted by Bruze

So what's up with the bridge?

It was a big deal for two days, then the media buried it.

Are they working on it? When do they expect to finish it?

Good question.

I haven't seen any container ships in the Bay since the collapse.

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by owc6

Good question.

I haven't seen any container ships in the Bay since the collapse.

Meaning: Too many bridge remnants still in the water?