Lexington Park ranks 3rd most desirable dream town
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Beelzebaby666
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SHHH!!! Don't say anything!! Let all those idiots move here, thinking it's a great place to live and then that will open up some really cool places for someone else.
You know what? You're weird and I like it!!
You know what? You're weird and I like it!!
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It seems they have been very thorough in their due diligence.
The only thing they warn about is the drive through California.
America's 10 dreamtowns
3Lexington Park, Md.
Lexington Park viewed from the Church of the Ascension Gardens. stmarysmd.com Quality of life
Strengths: Lexington Park sits along placid Chesapeake Bay. Hectic Washington is farther away, yet still within commuting distance. The result is a community that blends small-town and suburban qualities. Lexington Park's median household income is the highest in micropolitan America.
Location: Southern Maryland, southeast of Washington
Closest major metropolitan area: Washington, 48 air miles
Quick stats
Area population: 98,854
Population growth since 2000: 14.6%
Average commuting time: 26.6 minutes
Median household income: $71,158
Homeownership rate: 71.9%
Median house value: $322,000
Adults with bachelor's degrees: 24.4%
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The only thing they warn about is the drive through California.
America's 10 dreamtowns
3Lexington Park, Md.
Lexington Park viewed from the Church of the Ascension Gardens. stmarysmd.com Quality of life
Strengths: Lexington Park sits along placid Chesapeake Bay. Hectic Washington is farther away, yet still within commuting distance. The result is a community that blends small-town and suburban qualities. Lexington Park's median household income is the highest in micropolitan America.
Location: Southern Maryland, southeast of Washington
Closest major metropolitan area: Washington, 48 air miles
Quick stats
Area population: 98,854
Population growth since 2000: 14.6%
Average commuting time: 26.6 minutes
Median household income: $71,158
Homeownership rate: 71.9%
Median house value: $322,000
Adults with bachelor's degrees: 24.4%
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jaybeeztoo
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toppick08
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UGG, I don't like you anymore
Had to tear some of it's wings off, to get it in the jar.....
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jaybeeztoo
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Had to tear some of it's wings off, to get it in the jar.....
You are just cruel. Ick
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toppick08
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jaybeeztoo
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, nature is cruel.....
Shouldn't have hugged me. Now Harley is gonna kick your ass again
Um, pet the red hourglass?
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toppick08
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Shouldn't have hugged me. Now Harley is gonna kick your ass again
Um, pet the red hourglass?
Hell no, Miss Martha is a no pet, pet......
She shedded the other day and doubled her size....
Lexington Park?????
How did LP beat out Leonardtown????
How did LP beat out Leonardtown????
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toppick08
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jaybeeztoo
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Hell no, Miss Martha is a no pet, pet......
She shedded the other day and doubled her size....
Harley can get you a bunch of them and maybe one of them will bite you since you feed them helpless butterflies
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toppick08
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Harley can get you a bunch of them and maybe one of them will bite you since you feed them helpless butterflies
I know it's not wise, but........
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jaybeeztoo
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SEABREEZE 1957
My 401K is now a 201K
Well, I found this hard to believe, so I checked out the 'methodology' used. It's hard to believe that Lexington Park beat Oak Harbor Washington too.
"Factors: Bizjournals used a 20-part formula to rate each market's quality of life. Each component is followed in parentheses by the trait it measured and the type of reading -- highest or lowest -- that earned a maximum score:
"Factors: Bizjournals used a 20-part formula to rate each market's quality of life. Each component is followed in parentheses by the trait it measured and the type of reading -- highest or lowest -- that earned a maximum score:
1. Population growth since 2000 (growth, highest).
2. Percentage of residents who have lived in the same home for more than one year (stability, highest).
3. Share of all residents who are between the ages of 25 and 44 (young adults, highest).
4. Percentage of workers who work at home or walk to work (ease of movement, highest).
5. Average commuting time (ease of movement, lowest).
6. Median household income (earnings, highest).
7. Poverty rate for families (earnings, lowest).
8. Mortgage affordability, calculated as a ratio of median house value per $1,000 of median household income (cost of living, lowest).
9. Rent affordability, calculated as a ratio of annual median rent per $1,000 of median household income (cost of living, lowest).
10. Unemployment rate (employment, lowest).
11. Percentage of all jobs that are classified as management or professional positions (employment, highest).
12. Percentage of workers who are self-employed (entrepreneurship, highest).
13. Percentage of houses that have been built since 1990 (housing stock, highest).
14. Percentage of houses that have nine or more rooms (housing stock, highest).
15. Homeownership rate (homeownership, highest).
16. Median house value (homeownership, highest).
17. Percentage of adults (25 or older) who hold high school diplomas (education, highest).
18. Percentage of adults (25 or older) who hold bachelor's degrees (education, highest).
19. Percentage of adults (25 or older) who hold advanced (master's, doctoral and/or professional) degrees (education, highest).
20. Air mileage to the closest major metropolitan area, defined as a metro with more than 2.5 million residents (metropolitan proximity, lowest)."
bizjournals: Methodology
2. Percentage of residents who have lived in the same home for more than one year (stability, highest).
3. Share of all residents who are between the ages of 25 and 44 (young adults, highest).
4. Percentage of workers who work at home or walk to work (ease of movement, highest).
5. Average commuting time (ease of movement, lowest).
6. Median household income (earnings, highest).
7. Poverty rate for families (earnings, lowest).
8. Mortgage affordability, calculated as a ratio of median house value per $1,000 of median household income (cost of living, lowest).
9. Rent affordability, calculated as a ratio of annual median rent per $1,000 of median household income (cost of living, lowest).
10. Unemployment rate (employment, lowest).
11. Percentage of all jobs that are classified as management or professional positions (employment, highest).
12. Percentage of workers who are self-employed (entrepreneurship, highest).
13. Percentage of houses that have been built since 1990 (housing stock, highest).
14. Percentage of houses that have nine or more rooms (housing stock, highest).
15. Homeownership rate (homeownership, highest).
16. Median house value (homeownership, highest).
17. Percentage of adults (25 or older) who hold high school diplomas (education, highest).
18. Percentage of adults (25 or older) who hold bachelor's degrees (education, highest).
19. Percentage of adults (25 or older) who hold advanced (master's, doctoral and/or professional) degrees (education, highest).
20. Air mileage to the closest major metropolitan area, defined as a metro with more than 2.5 million residents (metropolitan proximity, lowest)."
bizjournals: Methodology
SEABREEZE 1957
My 401K is now a 201K
Lexington Park?????
How did LP beat out Leonardtown????
According to the criteria, Leonardtown is not a 'micropolitan area' in itself, however, I'm sure it was considered as part of the 'micropolitan area'...
"Goal: The study's objective was to identify the nation's most attractive micropolitan areas. It gave the best marks to well-rounded communities with light traffic, healthy economies, moderate costs of living, impressive housing stocks, strong educational systems, and easy access to big-city attractions.
Dreamtowns: The top 10 micropolitan areas have been designated by bizjournals as "dreamtowns," since they offer the best small-town quality of life.
Areas: Micropolitan areas, as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, are smaller than metropolitan areas. Each micro consists of a central city, town or village with 10,000 to 50,000 residents, surrounded by a county or cluster of counties that are economically dependent upon it. Bizjournals analyzed all 140 micros that had 2006 populations of 65,000 or more (encompassing the central community and surrounding area). Statistics cited in this study cover all portions of micros, not just their central communities.
*Leonardtown had a population of 2,171 according to the 2006 census.
*Lexington Park had a population of 11,021 according to the 2000 census (no data for the 2006 census)
I guess they must have considered all the towns surrounding Lexington Park, (as it is considered a CDP - Census Designated Place) for St. Mary's County and just called it "Lexington Park" for the purpose of the report, because the population of 11, 021 doesn't meet the criteria.
Appletini
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Ugh.
If you guys would have read the rest of the article, you would know that Lexington Park was chosen over Leonardtown and the other local areas because of its status as a micropolitan. I live in LP and I agree, Leonardtown is nicer. But because LP has had a recent population growth, it was considered the micropolitan. If you read what the local politicians and what not had to say, everyone was focusing more on this being a positive recognition of St. Mary's county as a whole. Btw, this was out of 140 micropolitans nation wide.
If you guys would have read the rest of the article, you would know that Lexington Park was chosen over Leonardtown and the other local areas because of its status as a micropolitan. I live in LP and I agree, Leonardtown is nicer. But because LP has had a recent population growth, it was considered the micropolitan. If you read what the local politicians and what not had to say, everyone was focusing more on this being a positive recognition of St. Mary's county as a whole. Btw, this was out of 140 micropolitans nation wide.
