Anyone from Maryland?

[faith]

Is there anyone from the state of Maryland in USA? Or anyone who lives close?

Im from Finland and Im kinda obsessed by Maryland. (Just picked it from the map and decided that there I wanna go some day.

I would like to know some things about Maryland. Such as weather, schoolsystem, cities, things to see etc etc I would just like to talk to someone from Maryland!!! So I hope I can find someone...

//Laura

[amuse]

live in pennsylvania, don't know a thing about maryland. sorry! but it has some beautiful scenery, and the baltimore harbor is fun as a touristy thing, also to see the renowned aquarium (have only made it to san francisco's and new jersey's, yet to see marylands fish). so you could stay there, and enjoy that state, or road trip across the street to d.c., or up a tad bit to pennsylvania, delaware, virginia, upstate new york and the gorges of ithaca...good luck finding out from someone who knows something about it! it seems pretty rural outside of baltimore from the few times i've been through. almost quiet, though of course that changes the closer you get to the capitol.

[emily655321]

I know someone who lives in Maryland, but he lives right next door to Washington D.C., so I assume it's not that rural. Really...all I know about MD is that D.C. is -- for all intensive purposes -- in it, and that my friend lives there. Sorry I can't help.

[faith]

Well, thanx anyway. But maybe theres someone else?

[papayahed]

I drove through Maryland once. Beautiful State, We stopped on the side of the road to watch the sun come up over a hill.

[faith]

Sounds great papayahed!

[simon]

Maryland: the land of Mary. And that is merely the beginning of my imaginary knowledge.

[faith]

Yeah, actually Ive read a book about imigrants that came to Maryland. It was called Mary's land. (Very good by the way, but I dont remember the author, cos she had a very complicated name.) So I pretend to know the beginning of MDs historys...

By the way: does Maryland belong to the north or the south? I concider that pretty unclear.

[emily655321]

It kind of depends what you mean by "south;" I had assumed all "southern" states had been Confederate states during the Civil War (1861-1865), but it turns out that MD was both a Southern state and a Union state.

Here is a brief summary of the history of the Mason-Dixon Line; the border that is traditionally known as the separation between the Northern and Southern states...
http://www.fact-index.com/m/ma/mason_dixon_line.html

Also this (an exerpt from http://freespace.virgin.net/john.cle...sa/mas_dix.htm):
The fact that the original Mason-Dixon Line ran along the Maryland/Pennsylvania border might lead one to think that Maryland was a Confederate state during the American Civil War. It wasn't - Maryland fought on the side of the Union. However, Maryland was a slave state and many Marylanders served in the Confederate army.

[amuse]

look at my beautiful PA! i'm right there in the southeast corner! (see me? )

[faith]

THANKYOU EMILY! I really learned a couple pf new things about Maryland reading your links!

[emily655321]

Oh good. I'm glad I could help.

[homiezindahouse]

hey emily, go get a new picture. That picture.... the man's stare is creeping me out every time. He has like a dirty look on his face.

[emily655321]

Hehehe. Is this one better?

[faith]

Theres yet one thing i would like to know!!!!! About the US education system in general. (I guess its about the same in all states.) Weve studied the US education system in English class, but I still dont really get it. Were do Americans go after High School? College yes, but Ive heard u go to college just for 3 yeas. Is it really tro that u can have a proper education in jusy 3 years. Or is there somewhere u can go after college??? Im just wondering cos here in Scandinavia people are closer to 30 when they complete theri education (if they go to university that is).