House Hunting...

LibraLady

New Member
I was born and raised in St. Mary's Co. and I would not live in Lexington Park unless someone gave me a home FREE & CLEAR. There is nothing "quaint" or attractive about the area -you can't even call it a "town" - it just SPRANG up around a navy base and had little or no growth control. St. Mary's Co. can be a wonderful place to live and raise a family but be prepared - it's an area that has a reputation for more bars per person than any other place in the country.
Good luck in your house hunting. Just stay north or south of Lexington Park - not in it!


Katie said:
We are in the process of looking for a new house. Right now I am just researching the neighborhoods. We want to move to St. Mary's county, but I don't want to end up in the wrong neighborhood.

Here are the ones that I am trying to get more information on.

Essex South - Is that the one down by Gate 3, not Cedar Cove, but one of the smaller ones.

Bay Ridge

Westbury

If anyone knows about these places please give me some feedback. If we are going to spend in the upper 200's on a house, I want to make sure it is a in a good area.
 

Suz

33 yrs & we r still n luv
Bay Ridge

We have several friends that own there. It's a nice neighborhood. I wouldn't want to pay what the houses are going for. But in that price range go for it. I only wouldn't want to pay the price for them because of what mine cost to build 3.5 years ago-- which is what they are going for now.......... but inflation has hit........... good for me. Bad for you. GOOD LUCK!!
 

Suz

33 yrs & we r still n luv
BTW-don't go by town names. My address is lexington Park. I consider myself St. James though. isn't a town but should be. IMHO anyway..... Bay Ridge is Great Mills I think..................
 
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Shutterbug

Guest
Town Creek isn't a bad area to live in, and it is a Lexington Park address. The houses are mostly older, but the area is nice. :shrug: Just a thought...
 

pvineswinger

Swinging on Vines
Suz' said:
BTW-don't go by town names. My address is lexington Park. I consider myself St. James though. isn't a town but should be. IMHO anyway..... Bay Ridge is Great Mills I think..................
My address is also Lexington Park, but I actually live in the Spring Ridge area- not as nice as St James- but also not so bad to be worthy of "The Park" label.
 

BuddyLee

Football addict
pvineswinger said:
My address is also Lexington Park, but I actually live in the Spring Ridge area- not as nice as St James- but also not so bad to be worthy of "The Park" label.
:yikes: You two are fairly close to me.
 

UrbanPancake

Right=Wrong/Left=Right
STL_RAMS said:
You car can get stolen from even the nicest "gated" communities....

I agree. Just because you think you live in a nice community doesn't mean your sheltered. Where do you think the "criminals" go? They don't stay in the bad community's, they go to the nice ones with nicer things.
 

the_truth

New Member
Not always true

Not always do the bad ones go to the nicer 'Hoods'. I work in DC, in upper Northwest and the neighborhoods up there stay clean for the most part. I wondered why myself so started asking around. It was explained to me like this, everyone feels comfortable where they are, so not too many people try to go elsewhere and mess with stuff, they may be the ones getting messed with. I have lived in my house now in California for about two years, and I have heard of one or two bad things happening. I think a lot of the ones that have problems bring them on themselves. For instance I remember being young and really growing up in the 'hood' and the only ones we messed with were the ones that always messed with us. Now the same sort of hard-heads that I see growing up in my neighborhood are the ones that I make it a point to stop and throw a football with or something, just talk to them, they are bored. It is St. Mary's county's fault that kids are getting into trouble, there is nothing for them to do!!!!
 

willie

Well-Known Member
quote:they are bored. It is St. Mary's county's fault that kids are getting into trouble, there is nothing for them to do!!!!
:bs:
It isn't up to the village to entertain the thugs.
 

UrbanPancake

Right=Wrong/Left=Right
the_truth said:
Not always do the bad ones go to the nicer 'Hoods'. I work in DC, in upper Northwest and the neighborhoods up there stay clean for the most part. I wondered why myself so started asking around. It was explained to me like this, everyone feels comfortable where they are, so not too many people try to go elsewhere and mess with stuff, they may be the ones getting messed with. I have lived in my house now in California for about two years, and I have heard of one or two bad things happening. I think a lot of the ones that have problems bring them on themselves. For instance I remember being young and really growing up in the 'hood' and the only ones we messed with were the ones that always messed with us. Now the same sort of hard-heads that I see growing up in my neighborhood are the ones that I make it a point to stop and throw a football with or something, just talk to them, they are bored. It is St. Mary's county's fault that kids are getting into trouble, there is nothing for them to do!!!!

I agree with you 100%. We provide nothing for our children, as far as activities, and programs go. This community could benefit from building more entertainment options then what is currently provided.
 

fttrsbeerwench

New Member
That's not true either.... There are lots of things to do.. Parents don't get invloved . If you get your kid into 4H, girl/boy scouts, gymnastics, junior dragsters or any numbers of the things around here, the likelyhood of your kid hanging out on Great Mils Rd. at 10pm on a Tuesday night are much smaller. Even if it's just a musical instrument, there is that big band thing they had at Chancellors Run Park last month. I think they should open another roller rink , I loved that when I was 11-14 and it never got me in to trouble.
 

pvineswinger

Swinging on Vines
fttrsbeerwench said:
That's not true either.... There are lots of things to do.. Parents don't get invloved . If you get your kid into 4H, girl/boy scouts, gymnastics, junior dragsters or any numbers of the things around here, the likelyhood of your kid hanging out on Great Mils Rd. at 10pm on a Tuesday night are much smaller. Even if it's just a musical instrument, there is that big band thing they had at Chancellors Run Park last month. I think they should open another roller rink , I loved that when I was 11-14 and it never got me in to trouble.
AHHHH... the good old days, skating to Color Me Badd- "Tick tock ya don't stop..." :lmao:
 

CMC122

Go Braves!
fttrsbeerwench said:
That's not true either.... There are lots of things to do.. Parents don't get invloved . If you get your kid into 4H, girl/boy scouts, gymnastics, junior dragsters or any numbers of the things around here, the likelyhood of your kid hanging out on Great Mils Rd. at 10pm on a Tuesday night are much smaller. Even if it's just a musical instrument, there is that big band thing they had at Chancellors Run Park last month. I think they should open another roller rink , I loved that when I was 11-14 and it never got me in to trouble.
Does the Roller rink in Leonardtown get too crowded?

I've never been but would like to take my daughter one saturday.
 
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