tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post2037689206535071288..comments2023-07-16T06:34:24.888-04:00Comments on Tales Of Two Cities: Another Day in Paradisewordboneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00250201271555676642noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post-1205230177110273912010-05-14T23:47:13.896-04:002010-05-14T23:47:13.896-04:00Well, not exactly paradise. Remember last winter&#...Well, not exactly paradise. Remember last winter's snow, and the everyday traffic and noise we deal with as we move ahead with our daily lives. Evidently, you've never lived in Hawaii.<br /><br />But Maryland is not a bad place. As a native of New Jersey, I'm glad to live here, although I shudder at the initiatives now under way to make MD and HoCo more like the Jersey Shore. Like I tell my friends from high school, Maryland is like New Jersey with fewer people, and the new motto I submitted for our biggest city was: <br /><br />"Baltimore: A Bit Better Than Bayonne."<br /><br />So, Maryland is not the best of places, or the worst of places. There are no palm trees, but there are no hurricanes each year. There are no earthquakes, but there is not year-round sun. There is no good surfing, but you're not a five hour flight from the mainland.<br /><br />In short, Maryland is not extreme in any way, which is a good thing.<br /><br />It does, however, make it the bland tapioca pudding of the fifty states.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com