how is this place?

11/21/2008 7:56:41 PM

avoid it like the plague

11/21/2008 8:13:50 PM

It gets real cold there

11/21/2008 8:17:49 PM

gonna work for Bechtel, eh?

11/21/2008 8:20:33 PM

cheaper than living in DC, but not too far.


Nothing noteworthy about it though (oh, well not too far from Gettysburg)

11/21/2008 10:16:08 PM

have no idea what the place is like.

Six to Nine month commissioning assignment at a biotech plant.

I work with CalledToArms at Fluor

11/22/2008 2:14:07 PM

I used to live in Hagerstown, it's about 25 mins west of Frederick on 70. Frederick isn't to bad. It has a few malls, nothing crazy. There is a little bit of a night life. You should have a decent time.

11/23/2008 12:36:49 AM

This is where the MD rednecks live.

11/23/2008 12:47:53 AM

you are thinking Cumberland

11/23/2008 1:01:06 AM

I got friends who lived there. They seemed to enjoy it, and there seemed to be a lot of stuff to do there when we visited.

11/23/2008 1:01:25 AM

I visited an old friend there several times at his folks' house. It's got some nice historic parts
where there's restaurants, cafes, and a park downtown. Plenty of things to do in the surrounding mountains. Also, DC was within an hour and a half if you want to visit- I think we
drove to the Metro and popped right out on the Mall.

11/23/2008 11:21:11 AM

you're not going to dc every week if you live in frederick

11/24/2008 1:09:51 AM

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"I work with CalledToArms at Fluor"

oh hai

11/24/2008 10:16:21 AM

I've been here in FredNeck for a bit over a year now. I will try to post some general info about this place later in the day. holler if you need any specific info that is not found on the internetz.


[Edited on November 24, 2008 at 10:43 AM. Reason : .]

11/24/2008 10:33:15 AM

I am in that area once a month. Nothing to write home about!

11/24/2008 10:37:01 AM

One of my fraternity brothers and his wife live there. And they both commute to DC on a daily basis. Crazy retarded if you ask me.

11/24/2008 2:58:12 PM

^I have been commuting to DC for over half a year since i got on a new temp assignment.
I must say, commuting to DC along with everyone else is rough at first but is bearable, esp. with good people in the carpool. You have to leave frederick about 5.30 am and return before 5.00 pm in order to beat the traffic. Reverse commute (DC> Frederick) is much less crowded.

If you will be commissioning the Medimmune plant, you will be working smack in the middle of Fredneck, right between downtown and South Frederick/ Ballenger Creek residential and business park side. From anywhere in Frederick, 15 min commute in heavy traffic.

Pros: 1 hr drive to each DC, Bmore, WV mountains, and PA. Cost of living is cheaper compared to DC metro area. Downtown is fairly lively. Art scene is present. Plenty of watering holes and a few tattoo parlors. Wandering around is safer compared to DC or Bmore. Civil war history all around if you're into that. Plenty of outdoor things to do very close nearby. Flying Dog brewery in town!Dirtiest strip clubs on the east coast an hour away.

Cons: Still a small town. Still more expensive than living in the South. Nothing really to write home about, as LV2state said. Although good amount of young professional people, they do not call the place Fredneck for nothing.

[Edited on November 24, 2008 at 5:49 PM. Reason : .]

11/24/2008 5:49:23 PM

i've visited there before. a friend of mine is from there. it's a nice place.....your typical suburb.

11/24/2008 6:21:16 PM

if you are commuting 4 hours a day, you better be making 150k+. (12 hour work day -- at the same rate working only 8 hours a day, that's ~110k, which is decent )

[Edited on November 24, 2008 at 6:50 PM. Reason : .]

11/24/2008 6:48:01 PM

They have the most progressive welfare system.

11/24/2008 8:39:44 PM

not quite making 150k+ quite yet

then there is a guy at the office that commutes 3hrs each way to PA. Granted, he has a family and kids up there, but gg! Commuting seems to be a neccessary evil for a lot people up here.

I would have moved closer if not the temp nature of the assignment. Also I do like being close to outdoor activities around Frederick as well as WV panhandle

11/24/2008 8:40:50 PM

After that 12 hour workday, how many hours do you spend in the wilderness?

11/24/2008 11:43:44 PM

my commute from door to desk is 9min now

11/25/2008 7:43:13 AM

^^ enough to make it worthwhile.

I'd still have to commute to the office if I stayed anywhere fun in DC. It's be more like a 15-20 min commute each way, and I wouldn't have to get up at reduculous time of a day, bit my total time savings would have been more like 1.5 hrs a day. Additional cost of living in DC would have killed off any savings I might have realized on the commute.

Also your $$ calculations are flawed. Your time is only worth that much money if you actually spend it at work. Commute cuts into your personal time, which is FREE (priceless?)

Living in DC WOULD be a blast, as I am reminded every time I hang out there with my buddies. What I'm trying to say, it is not a clear cut decision for most people.

11/25/2008 10:48:34 AM

thanks for the help everyone.

how sketch are the Fieldpointe apartments?

http://www.apartmentguide.com/apartments/Maryland/Frederick/Fieldpointe-Apartments/PropertyOverview.aspx?listingid=22325

11/25/2008 11:17:18 AM

My mom lived there. Don't live there.

11/25/2008 12:00:03 PM

OMG CASSTHESASS

11/25/2008 12:46:39 PM

Any recommendations on apartments that allow cats and are not sketchy? I can do cheap just don’t want to deal with crime.

11/25/2008 1:08:34 PM

That whole section between the cemetary and Jefferson is hood mixed with some Frederick old-timers in ranch-style housing. I never been to those particular aparments, but I would be inclined to believe that ^^ is right

edit: online reviews sound good though, so i suppose it could be a decent place going for cheap just cause it's in the middle of the hood. I'd say get here firs, live in a hotel for a couple weeks, and scope out a place. I originally was planning to live in Ballenger Creek, but after setting my bearings, I found a nice historic/ old school pad downtown for same price I would have paid for average-looking apartment in the newer residential areas.

[Edited on November 25, 2008 at 1:22 PM. Reason : .]

11/25/2008 1:14:33 PM

from the Frederick county crime mapping GIS all the crime is concentrated south of 70 and west of 270. Fieldpointe is $texas less probably due to age. Also most places have a per month pet fee on top of a non refundable pet deposit. The highest one i saw was 45 per pet per month and 500 non refundable

1/6/2009 1:05:20 PM

Just use craigslist. you'll find bunch better places and prices.

1/6/2009 7:59:15 PM

wow.. I used to date a girl up there like... 15 yrs ago.
I guess my age is showing.

1/6/2009 11:40:21 PM

Quote :

"FREDROCK, MURDERLAND PLAYA"

1/7/2009 12:28:38 AM

My dad commutes from Hagerstown to DC and back every day for work. But, he has a company car and a gas card. Doesn't have to pay for any repairs or anything. About the only way I would do that kind of a commute. Well, plus his salary.

1/7/2009 12:42:09 AM

I grew up 25 minutes south of Frederick. There's an ice rink. That's really all I have to say about it.

[Edited on January 8, 2009 at 5:54 AM. Reason : ]

1/8/2009 5:54:43 AM

^Leesburg?

1/8/2009 7:12:29 AM

Germantown

1/8/2009 7:32:16 AM

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/apa/984197332.html

high livin!

1/8/2009 10:04:19 AM

housing is expensive

2/16/2009 8:27:27 PM

no

housing in north carolina is cheap

[Edited on February 16, 2009 at 8:43 PM. Reason : http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/apa/1037448474.html most likely ghetto]

2/16/2009 8:41:40 PM

oh dood this is cheap as shit

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/apa/1037194083.html

2/16/2009 8:43:42 PM

greenville, SC is hella cheep

2/16/2009 9:03:13 PM

ya but its greenville

2/16/2009 9:14:46 PM

i have actually been pretty happy here in greenville, sc for the past 2 years. Out of all the places I have visited or stayed at in SC, the only places I have really liked were Charleston and Greenville. If this job was in any other part of sc I prob wouldnt have taken it

2/16/2009 10:54:50 PM

greenville is fantastic now. its really changed a lot since i grew up there...downtown is great. id really consider moving back down there if the opportunity ever came about.

2/16/2009 11:00:38 PM

Yea downtown has been pretty fun since I've been here. Especially once the weather gets nicer, I really enjoy going down during the day on weekends just to walk around or run on the trails after browsing the farmers market vendors. The main thing it is missing for me is an active music scene...luckily its reasonable distance from charlotte, asheville, and columbia...but unluckily that still involves some driving to see bands I want to see.

2/16/2009 11:08:10 PM

agreed. i was in high school when the bi-lo center was built. it initially got some pretty good acts, but im not sure what its drawing now. we used to go the handlebar to see regional bands, but greenville isnt a hot stop for most bands.

we would often times go to charlotte or atlanta to see music.

downtown used to be a dump. the westend was all run down, and the only decent spot on main st was around coffee underground and that general area. its completely blown up since ive left.

[Edited on February 16, 2009 at 11:15 PM. Reason : dfd]

2/16/2009 11:12:21 PM

I lived just south of Frederick in Montgomery County...

It's about an hour from DC on 270... as long as you're not trying to get into DC during rush hour... and you have 70 which takes you to Baltimore... not that you'll ever wanna go there.

More expensive to live there then North Carolina... but much cheaper compared to DC or Montgomery County.

The Orioles have a minor league A club, the Frederick Keys up there and I've seen a few of those games. Nice little stadium.

Antietam, Gettysburg and Harpers Ferry are all worth visiting.

Quote :

"There's an ice rink"

...that and the Keys are really the only reason I ever went up to Frederick... until Montgomery County built/upgraded their rinks into something decent.


[Edited on February 19, 2009 at 1:47 PM. Reason : d]

2/19/2009 1:42:11 PM

This happens in(near) Frederick

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/21/maryland.family.shot/index.html

4/22/2009 3:27:11 AM

We called it Fredneck growing up.

4/22/2009 6:06:23 AM