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Unread 06-13-2025, 09:13 AM   #31
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I lived for 45 years in a house that sported a view of Virginia from the upper deck. I have lived for 79 years south of the Mason-Dixon line, 76 of those years in the most liberal county in the United States. I'm not at all proud of that.
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I lived for 45 years in a house that sported a view of Virginia from the upper deck. I have lived for 79 years south of the Mason-Dixon line, 76 of those years in the most liberal county in the United States. I'm not at all proud of that.
What county is that?

I resided in Virginia nearly 15 years and miss it.
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My recent Green Top impulse purchase. It was listed on their website as a 16-gauge Citori Lightning. I drove down to take a look at it and saw that it was an as new, Gran Lightning.
Nice awhile back I had a 28” Lightening 16 from when they first started making them as well as an Upland Special 16 24” .
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What county is that?

I resided in Virginia nearly 15 years and miss it.
I do believe if I was to move from the Old Dominion and still live in the USA , South Carolina might just be my first choice
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With the exception of Atlanta, Georgia is about as good as it gets, IMHO. To paraphrase Phil Sheridan, if I owned Atlanta and Hell, I’d rent out Atlanta and live in Hell.
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Ian, it is Montgomery County, Maryland, reputed to be the most liberal county in the US. Ugh!
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Ian, it is Montgomery County, Maryland, reputed to be the most liberal county in the US. Ugh!
I worked in that county 1995 to 2004. I’m surprised that it’s that way now, I thought that distinction would go to a New England, New York, or California county.

I always lived in Virginia those years, however.

Liberalism is the downfall of this country but so many fail to realize it.
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We had New Yorkers that fought for the South in my multiple family trees’ lines and the church I attend has Brigadier General McComb, a Pennsylvanian who had moved to Tennessee before the war. The war mostly depended on where you lived rather than your political views.

This was just a joke before anybody gets their panties in a wad but I was unable to put a smiley face on it from my cell phone. My Gr Gr Gr Grandfather is buried at Pt. Lookout, MD, as pro Southern of a county as any. But all the food, blankets, clothing, and medical supplies brought to them never made it into the prison. Stolen. He died in March ‘65 of “dropsy,” otherwise starved to death.

Off track above, but I’ve never found but one bargain at Greentop. The rest you have to start really low on an offer and they usually refuse.
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I worked in that county 1995 to 2004. I’m surprised that it’s that way now, I thought that distinction would go to a New England, New York, or California county.

I always lived in Virginia those years, however.

Liberalism is the downfall of this country but so many fail to realize it.
I was born and raised in Montgomery County - it is shocking how things have changed. Especially the landscape from Gaithersburg headed north. MoCo school system policies (and politics) have become nothing short of insane.

Bill Murphy - I haven’t laid my eyes on Butlers Orchard for yrs..I hope that portion of 355 hasn’t been overrun by ‘new construction’.
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I was born and raised in Montgomery County - it is shocking how things have changed. Especially the landscape from Gaithersburg headed north. MoCo school system policies (and politics) have become nothing short of insane.

Bill Murphy - I haven’t laid my eyes on Butlers Orchard for yrs..I hope that portion of 355 hasn’t been overrun by ‘new construction’.
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Most of Maryland's counties are the same. Insane is a polite term.
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