Born and raised in MD. Lived there for 55yrs. Taxes and gun laws drove me out. Taxes are outrageous.

I love Maryland. I lived there for over 42 years and enjoyed every moment. The Spring and Fall are the best part of the year in Maryland. I loved being able to function between Baltimore and Washington, DC . I also like the various foods that you can experience in thus state. I just love Maryland. Lived in Ellicott City, Md.

The humidity in Maryland is really really bad, especially in summer.

I am a native Washingtonian (living in Montgomery County) and his assessment of MD and surrounding areas are spot on! 👏🏾👏🏾

Don't forget the worst drivers in the country! Turn signals are not a thing here. Lanes are optional. Double yellow lines are just a suggestion.

I want to move to Maryland or DMV area but the housing prices are scary

Thank you so much for your honest insights! You’re a saint for being so honest! 😊

Anyone coming from where I live, here in Hawaii, would be pleasantly surprised by the average home prices in Maryland. Here the average is $835,000 and climbing. The median is over $1,000,000.

Very informative...thanks!

Thanks for sharing!

I moved to MD nearly 28 years ago, and I love it

Everything you said about MD is absolutely true.

Maryland has been home my entire life 💪. I really like the seasons here.

Stay out of downtown Baltimore during ravens home games

I'm in Texas (Born and raised) and this video was eye opening . Everything sounds great except high cost of living lol. Dang :( lol

The humidity is something else during the summer. Right now it is 86 degrees F and it feels like it's 95 to me because of the humidity. We haven't had to shovel snow for 2 years straight.

Really, there are critters everywhere. Maryland's environment is mostly healthy and clean, so there will be critters. I've lived here all my adult life, over 60 years and the worst I experienced is, indeed, mosquitos and a little repellent takes care of them. I love Maryland, one of the easiest places to live in with parks that don't charge an entrance fee, public beaches. mountains to climb and rivers and the Chesapeak Bay to hike along or boat on.

You’re in Baltimore….Montgomery County is nice…

And this has been one of coolest summers in years lol. Usually late July and early august stays in the high 90s with really high humidity. I've lived in Maryland for 35 years, and this is probably the coolest average temps through summer I can remember period. Also its worth noting you left out the eastern shore when talking about city life... The majority of the eastern shore is rural, not even any interstate highways over on this side of the bay.

I'm a city dweller, in the heart of it, from Minneapolis and very interested in the prospect of rehab'd row homes y'all have despite the BS as I've dealt with city drama my whole life, I'm just interested in how hard it really is, like stay with the 2nd on the hip, you have to do a lap or two around your townhome to make sure no one is creeping... like just genuinely interesting in how hard of city life it is coming from a city life you absolutely need to be aware of your surroundings but unsure if it's a whole next level

I respectfully disagree about the friendliness. I am a Marylander born and raised, but Im sorry....not known for its friendliness.

I am not a Marylander, but a serious wanna be. I really appreciate your videos.

Worse thing about MD is the temperatures. I lived there from 1974 to 2008. The temperatures are deceiving. Don't pay attention to the temp. pay attention to what it "FEELS LIKE". In winter they will say it's 35 degrees but with the "windchill factor" it , "FEELS LIKE, 25 degrees. In the summer they will say it is 87 degrees but with the humidity it "FEELS LIKE" 102 degrees. lol Also winter drags on and seasonal depression by February is a real thing. Instead of April showers bring May flowers, it is more like May showers bring June flowers. If you are from a gulf state, beware of the ocean water in June. It is warm outside but the water in Ocean City is still very cold. I'm a gulf of Mexico baby and grew up swimming in clear water beach so that June water is brutal in MD. I live in TN now. This state has shorter winter and while temperatures on the news may appear to be close to as cold, we don't have the same kind of "wind chill" factor. not to mention winter is so much shorter. Summer's are just as hot, with high humidity and the same bug problem.

I'm from Central CA and we moved to MD two years ago. The bugs here in the summer season is out of control lol... Last year I found out that MD summer is their thunderstorms season ⚡🌩🌦😆🥴😰⚡🌦 I miss CA weather🏖🏕☀️🌊 Great video btw.

Sandy Point State Park near Annapolis has a nice beach...

Please tell me montgomery county does not have the snake problem. Great video! Thank you

I'm from Glen Burnie now living in Long Beach, Los Angeles 🌞

As far as it being "crowded", you totally ignored the Eastern Shore and Western MD, where you don't have the population overload you get in Baltimore/DC. . . . Don't like OC crowds, don't go to Delaware, go south of OC to Assateague Island!!!

As a Southern Californian as well, I may have to move there… the weather scares me (I really don’t like snow…)

Maryland varies quite a bit from coast to Mountain and some of his comments are very general to the DC area.

I live in Ocean City Maryland. I don't get what you're trying to say about the commute or that the beach isn't near here, near from where? I walk out to the beach. Yes, I know everybody doesn't have that luxury, but my point is, it's in Maryland which goes against what, I assumed, your objective on this video is talking about. Perhaps your title should read, "Avoid Baltimore Maryland, [unless you can handle these things]. Am I missing something?

these bugs etc are found throughout the state or in certain pockets?

Brother this video is real. I live in cloverly MD and is wildlife in my backyard 😂 but I still love it. But the snakes are real.

This State where I live, is good only for medium high class, high class people. Extremely high the cost of living here. Best seasons are fall and spring, you are right. There's not much to do here, (personal point of view), pretty boring state, rural.

Lol we hit 3 digit temperatures in Texas..

I don't think that the median home price in Baltimore County is nearly that high. I know that the median home price in Baltimore City is just under 200K, but there are a lot of rough areas that bring down the overall median price. According to Redfin the median sale price in Baltimore County is 320K, and that's during the height of the current affordability crisis. There are some parts of the county that are really expensive like Towson, Lutherville and places north of there, but there are also places in that are extremely affordable like Essex and Dundalk where I routinely see homes listed in the 200K range (you may have to pay more for flood insurance in those areas though because they're so close to the water). Luckily, Baltimore is still pretty much a blue collar city with blue collar home prices.

I live in western Maryland, and it’s a lot nicer than the dumps in those counties

I’m native to Maryland but I want to move to la

Where can I avoid the snakes. Lol. Probably renting is better for now…😅

Maryland isn't as bad as NYC or Cali

If there is any sunny all that is unusual for me because I live in Scotland in the UK it's basically very north and cold England but the sky called Scott had a lot and I mean a lot of children and they spoke this language called Scottish and he was called Scott so it's called Scott land but they don't have a space so Scotland

I subscribe to your channel and then. enjoyed this video. Why did you not include Cumberland in discussing areas in Maryland, the cost of living in Cumberland is very low. and the mountains are very beautiful. You can purchase a home in Cumberland for less than $100,000. I would think you being a realtor would point. to point that out.

Maryland had a referendum for medical marijuana that didn't get implemented until ten years later.

On the Eastern Shore Kent Island, we did not get any cicadas. Was excellent. Also, you forgot that Maryland is a Democrat controlled state, so pick a good county to survive it. ✌️

As someone from georgia i barely consider the Virginia's as part of the south. There is no way Maryland is part of the south. The reason is dc wich is physically in meryland is and was the capital of the u.s. during the civil war and now. Meryland didnt suceed from the union. Meryland is definitely not part of tge south. Thanks for using logic in this video.

Lived in California but disses Maryland. I'll stop you right there. PG county, Camp Springs/Marlow Heights area.

u gotta be in the woods huh lls

Yeah Maryland has bipolar weather and I just can't with it

Thanks for not naming our community.

Baltimore City is a cancer for the whole state because that crime doesn't just stay in the city, I grew up in Harford County, once they started putting in section 8, that was the beginning of the end and we got a bunch of useless thugs. I left MD, my advice is don't move there because the crime is bad, and the state is crazy expensive.

Why is the crime in Baltimore so high?

Are you afraid to talk about PG County?? You really aren't from here! You cover cities in the county but never mentioned the county! Be afraid, be very afraid!! And would LOVE to know where those friendly people are! I'm in Bowie, btw. You DO sound like a realtor!

No mention of the gun laws... Well, to be fair, you did come from cali...

I cant imagine living somewhere that doesn’t have all 4 seasons. I think we have pretty mild winters.

No good Barber shop in Germantown MD on wisteria Dr.

Don’t move to Maryland it sucks

Im from New England 💪🏾 the weather in Maryland is a joke to me 😂 You don’t know what a real snow storm is. Bring on Maryland hahaha 🦷 the state tax total beat Massachusetts though by like 2.5% which sucks but I just want to get the hell out of florida! Don’t believe the florida hype people 😂

MD sucks lived there my whole life until I moved to SC. Best decision I ever made

Lived here my whole life. Don’t move here and don’t even think about retiring here. People are stupid political Right and Left. Is it a Democrat State but so divided county to county. Stay away from Baltimore. There are tons of jobs so companies are always hiring. Living expenses can be pretty high. Stay very far away from Calvert County Cops and Maryland State Police.

Every single thing you’ve listed can be said about soooooo many other states in the region. Your list is not Maryland specific. Maybe title this video, “Stuff That Stands out for Californians moving to the East Coast”. Terrible terrible video.

People in Maryland are friendly...until you actually get to know them. Then a lot of them are just thin-skinned and entitled. They also tend to be political fanatics, especially in schools and medical facilities. There is also a lot of reckless driving. People will speed, even in parking lots and garages. As for the diversity, expect to deal with a lot of people who have difficulty with English, especially in government agencies, medical facilities, retail and food service, and the lower income areas in general. This is the truth and nothing but the truth. So, think twice before moving to the state of Maryland. Unless, as I said you are wealthy and healthy.

Life long Marylander (65 years), however, it has become time to leave. Maryland has is a beautiful State for the most part, plus you are within 4 hours of anything you want to do, however, it is not a senior friendly state, taxes are high. Home prices are some of the highest in the nation, crime is on a serious rise, traffic is absolutely horrible, cost of living is skyrocketing and the liberal policies care only for illegals and the entitlement citizens. The three biggest counties and Baltimore City are entitlement cesspools. The liberal government has gone off the deep end in their thoughts and policies.