Talk:Western Maryland

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There is considerable debate among Marylanders as to what exactly constitutes "Western Maryland." Most residents of the Balitmore-Washington Metro area would consider Frederick County and everything west as "Western Maryland," but to the residents of Allegany and Garrett County, "Western Maryland" does not begin until you are west of Sideling Hill. I tend to think that Washington and Frederick Counties have more in common with the other rural/suburban counties of Central Maryland like Carroll, Northern Baltimore County, and Harford than they do with Allegany and Garrett County. I don't necessarily feel that the page's definition of the region should be changed, but discussing the debate would be useful.

I added the dispute about the boundries of the region to the main page. These boundry disputes are common for regions that do not have set political borders. See the pages on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Little Egypt in Illinois for examples.

--199.248.201.253 19:24, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed merge with Maryland Panhandle

Basically the same region, the article appears to have been created without knowledge of this one.-Jeff ^(talk) 23:51, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. The term "Maryland Panhandle" is an accurate geographical description of the area, but it is not used as a regional term nearly as often as "Western Maryland" is. Lasersnake 17:09, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Agree. Western Maryland is the common term for the area, and a merge+redirect seems like it would suit fine in this case seeing as both articles are referring to roughly the same geographic area. The only difference is the inclusion of Frederick County in the article on Western Maryland. Jason Smith 23:02, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I'll go ahead and merge it then.-Jeff ^(talk) 04:22, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Snow Totals Accurate?

A lot of Western MD cities, including the 3 big ones, get less than 80 inches of snow/year. I think that statement about snow totals should be changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vpuliva (talk • contribs) 01:59, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Carroll County

I think a serious argument can be made for the inclusion of Carroll County in Western Maryland. I would remind you that McDaniel College, located in Westminster, was known for years as Western Maryland College.

Carroll County is much more rural than Baltimore County, and is more conservative than many other parts of the state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.174.72.187 (talk) 04:32, 25 March 2008 (UTC)