We're fortunate in that there are no major regional malls in our
immediate area. You have to drive to Annapolis for one of those. So, we
don't have the traffic and congestion such a mall creates. And
apparently there is no need for gated communities, either. We do have a
couple of golf courses and a growing campus of the College of Southern
Maryland. You folks obviously think "growth" is a good thing. It is not
that enthusiastically encouraged here. I don't know if it is still in
effect, but for a while there was a $12,000 "impact fee" imposed on new
single family housing.
I don't think growth is a good thing but nobody listens to me
The gated community thing came here from rich people coming down from
up north.
They say they are coming here to "get away from it all", then they
bring it "all" with them.
These are homogeneous communities of like thinking 50 and 60
somethings coming here with a pocket full of cash they made up there.
The politicians can't cash in on it fast enough.
Our impact fees are a lot bigger than that but it doesn't mean much in
the price of a half million dollar house. Their HOA fees are more than
that every year. Some of these places also expect you to spend almost
that much at the country club and will bill you whether you do or not.
At the club my wife manages the minimum is $500 a month and they are
the cheap seats compared to some around here.
I am real happy that most of this goes on East of US41. West of me is
a wildlife/aquatic preserve for miles. I can avoid 99% of the clutter
in my daily travels. In the boat, we can poke around in the mangroves
for hours and not see more than a small fishing boat now and then
plugging the edges for red fish.
Heheh. Our HOA fees are $200 a year, which covers the cost of cutting
the lawns in the common areas and the electric bill (and bulbs!) for the
lights on the brick entrance sign.
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