Anyone live in Delaware or Maryland?

I have an opportunity to relocate to either state in 60-90 days from PA. and wondering where's a Excellent place to live?
My wife needs a decent area where there's nice places to eat and go.
She's not much of a country girl and likes a nice night life. Shopping areas and family type communities.
But need some property for the race cars and classic mopars of course.
So where should we move to.
My house will be sold soon.

Even though they're small states, it's still a few hours from far western MD to the beaches. Depends on what you need to be near. Frederick County, MD is very nice but has gotten quite expensive. Frederick city has a vibrant downtown with lots of night life plus lots of car shows. Howard County has a lot of nice areas and superb schools but is very expensive. Carroll County is nice and Westminster has everything you could need. Probably get more for your money in Washington County. Lots of cruise ins andh car shows in Washington, Frederick, Carroll, and Anne Arundel counties. Friend of mine lives in Charles County and likes it. Delaware, however, has huge tax advantages.

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https://www.cityoffrederickmd.gov/

If you like high taxes and insane 2A laws then MD might be for you.
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Maryland is a very diverse State, Western Maryland (Garret and Allegany counties) is very mountainous, low cost of living and quiet compared to the rest of the State, not a lot of night life possibilities, mainly Republican. Central Maryland leans more Democrat, higher cost of living, more night life. If you've got a lot of money, anywhere in Montgomery County will welcome you, very high cost of living, mainly Democrat but has the best night life, it borders Washington DC. Eastern Maryland is flat land, leans more Republican and has the seashore. Picture is Western Maryland (Cumberland).

I need to be in driving distance to the closest international airport. Want to be near as possible to Cecil Cpunty dragway and of course the closest beach. Really need help deciding where to go.

Cumberland is a 2 hr. drive to Pittsburgh, 2 hr drive to D.C. and a 2 hr drive to Baltimore. Mason Dixon Dragstrip is a 1 hr drive.

Delaware, just for taxes. DuPont owns the state I think and the dynomite guy pays the property taxes. Maryland is neverland, a little worse the Jersey

So if someone was going to move to Delaware and was in my shoes, where would you move to?

Look at Middletown DE. it's an up and coming area ! Close to The Chesapeake bay , Ocean shore points , Cecil County Dragway and the Philly Airport.

Good Luck, SIKPUP

Hi how is Greeenwood Delaware?
Is there anything to do in this area?

I grew up in Newark, Delaware. It is a great little...big...town.

https://www.delawareracing.com/DragStrip/ would be closer then Cecil County .

What is there to do there and is it a nice community to do things on the weekends and night life?

Try looking it up on Wiki; lots of info & links for every city & town I've looked up.
I also look at yearly weather, taxes, avg income, avg housing prices, median age, etc etc.
I always recommend visiting an area before moving, and if possible, rent a place before committing to a new area.

Check out Columbia MD
If mor country, around Ellicot City

Find different shoes.

Middletown is building up quite a bit but it still isn`t full of night life and or much for great shopping. It is a decent town though.

My wife and I looked into moving to Middletown about 6 years ago. The adult communities were on one side of town and the hospital was on the other, and there was one road connecting the two. Local residents told us that during rush hour the road was completely clogged and ambulances had a hard time getting through. That may have changed in recent years. Might be worth looking into.

Southern MD here down by Solomon's Island. We are about 1 hour from DC driving 65mph. Wife works up there. You have a choice of either National Airport or BWI. Both about 1 hour away but with traffic, figure 1 1/2. That said, housing is cheaper by far down here. Weather is completely different than Washington DC area. Southern MD is conservative but not completely hicksville either. St Mary's county has no emissions checks, Calvert does. Your wife can go to DC, Waldorf or Annapolis. Nice mix down here and everyone gets along. MRI is over in Charles County about 35 minutes from where I am. Finding folks to work on cars is a bit more challenging but after 20 years I've sourced some really good folks.

Seems Maryland taxes are quite a bit more than Delaware.
Anyone know about Bear and Wyoming, Delaware?

The new toll road highway connects to 301 now. Cuts down on traffic.

The University of Delaware is in Newark. Small concert venues, and a great base to travel out to Philadelphia or Baltimore for bigger events.

A great family community.

Seems home prices have skyrocketed in Delaware and Newark does seem nice. But wondering how Wyoming and Bear is to to live.

Do you mean Greenville, maybe? Lotsa old money there, but it's bordering on a gorgeous area that borders Andrew Wyeth's hood. We used to do a "Valley Cruise" driving the backroads between DE and PA. I would love to live there but getting back to civilization will require some patience, and I suspect your wife doesn't have much if she wants to surround herself with entertainment and the arts. That being said, NYC is two hours away, as is DC. Philly is around 30 min depending where you live.

Hockessin is another area worth looking, and prob closer to Cecil County too, though not close enough to be a motivator for consideration.

I lived there till I was 16 and while I know a lot, a lot has changed too, and sometimes "home" is fonder in the heart than in real life.

Greenwood Delaware and Georgetown Delaware
My wife and I always stay busy with travel and entertainment. We aren't getting any younger and want to get the most out of our next few years left.

both are in sussex county which has even lower lower taxes then kent county which is just north of greenwood.

Greenwood is a small town, i live in the town just north of there, harrington. fortunately delaware is small and easy to get around when your out of new castle count (which is the northernmost county) there isnt much to do in greenwood, but your about 1/2 hour from rehobeth beach, under an hour from ocean city md, 10 minutes to harrington casino. 20 mintues north of the dragstrip and roundy round dirt track.

there are also tons of outlet stores in lewes de, tx free shopping

georgetown is more of a city, they have a few chicken plants there, therefore many "migrant" workers are in the area. outside of town isnt bad,
georgetown is east and alittle south of greenwood (closer to beach)

greenwood is about 1.25 hours from BWI + reagan airports. add 1/2 hour to philly or dulles

Wyoming DE is a just south of Dover in kent cty. dover has nightlife, closer to philly airport, and not really further or much further to BWI

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Have you thought about the Eastern Panhandle of West Va? You could spit and hit Md, Va, Pa and DC.

Delaware is a radical liberal state our vegetable president resides from. And if you think NJ drivers are bad, drive around Delaware some and you will understand stupid. Oh and not a single person in this [censored] state was tought to stay right and pass left. Far too complicated.

We have moved alot in our lives with both my wife and I being military, One resource I wished we had then was this website.

http://www.city-data.com/

We have used it for many moves since its inception. It is full of good info. But for us it was always best to plan a trip to the area to get a feel and look at real estate before making a final decision. FWIW we lived in Rockville, MD while stationed at Walter Reed. It is an interesting area for sure. One thing it is not is CHEAP or car hobby friendly. Western MD seems very nice from our trips out that way. Mason Dixon dragway is a nice small track as well.

This is where I lived for about 3 years and loved it. Look near the intersection of I81 and I70. Hagerstown MD area.

Carlisle is just an hour up 81 North. I flew out of Regan a lot in downtown DC. BWI and Dulles also. All took a little over an hour depending on traffic.

Mason Dixon is right here near Boonsboro.

We lived near a small town called Falling Waters in WV. I have considered moving back there when I retire.