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Well, there is a strong possibility that I will be moving to the Salisbury, Maryland area.
What I'm wondering, as I've never lived in that part of the country before, is what's it like?
What's the housing situation like? What's the standard living expenses like for a single person living alone with no pets? Where are the best restaurants? Where are the best places to go camping or picnicking and stuff? What's the gaming community like? Of in other words the game conventions and stuff. Are they any really good heath food stores in the area? Are there places I can buy fresh goat milk?
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I’ve got some friends that live a little north of there. They seem to like it well enough and say they’re just enough out of the way of the DC and Philly mess to like it. When I visited it seemed the same ol type of just outside of the metro living. I can no way answer your more specific questions for the area. Looks like a nice area though and close to the ocean should make it fun!
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Wow, I haven't been to the Eastern Shore in a long, long time. A former governor of Maryland once caused a controversy by declaring the Eastern Shore to be the "outhouse of Maryland." Don't worry, though, it's not that bad.
Living costs there are lower than in most of the rest of Maryland. The parts of Maryland where I grew up (the central, highly suburbanized areas close to Baltimore and DC) are very expensive, so when I say Salisbury's less expensive, you may want to take that with a grain of salt.
For me the biggest drawbacks to living on the Eastern Shore would be the chicken farms (Purdue and Tyson both have major facilities there and their run-off was linked to pfiesteria outbreaks in the Bay that happened several years ago). Also, because of the geography of the Bay and the Eastern Shore, it can be a pain to get anywhere. You either have to use the Bay Bridge, which can get horrible backups, or you have to drive up and around the Bay.
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Steev, you're only as isolated as you think you are. Take me, for example. I feel really isolated from civilization . . . Wait. . . Um, I'm confused.
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Nothing like the isolation of living in a foreign country but isolated nonetheless.
And I don’t mean isolated from civilization. I mean isolated from people I know. Granted, that type of isolation won't last that long but I will still be isolated from family which can be both good and bad.
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Ok, so I just got back from visiting the area.
I spent most of the time in the Pocomoke, MD and Chincoteague, VA areas.
Quite the tourest trap. Not much going on in the winter but they say the summer gets really busy.
And the cost of living is still rather low. But there was a 60% increase in housing this last year. But despite that it's still cheaper that where I'm currently living.
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