I’ve been on the road a few times throughout the state of MD, although I myself did not do the driving. The suburban and exurban sprawl there is everywhere. The exurban dwellers HATE commuting on 2-4 lane country roads for 30-45 mins JUST to reach a fwy to the DC area but will NOT move their families closer to DC – not even to Montgomery County. I have seen the traffic bumper-to-bumper for miles several times during the afternoon rush on these “country roads.” It is deceiving because there are so many trees between the roads and the towns that it FEELS like you are driving in a “rural” area but you are NOT. Behind those groves of trees are small and med-sized towns and cities and an endless sprawl of “3-story” SFR tracts, each on 20K+ sf lots.
I’m sure life is grand there if you don’t have to commute anywhere.
