anyone live in aberdeen md? i'm looking at transfering to a company down there, i'm probably gonna be living in elkton and commuting down 95 into aberdeen, so my question is how is traffic down there, will i be driving 40 minutes to go 15 miles?

95 gets annoying at rush hour. Trip should take maybe 30 mins for 15 miles down 95 tops.

Aberdeen huh? I'm guessing something to do with the proving grounds?

Aberdeen huh? I'm guessing something to do with the proving grounds?
shhhhhhhh :devillook

I live pretty close to Aberdeen.

so do you live north of baltimore?
whats realestate like out there?
i don't want to live in a housing development, i'd much rather have a few acres and a small house... is there anything like that available in the area?

If you want a few acres and a semi rural place harford county is it. I am in real estate and I can also tell you that if you get in now you will make alot of money when it comes time to sell your house Harford co is getting ready to see the spike in value that howard and parts of baltimore an carroll county are seeing now. ~Good Luck!

I think Baunbaum lives in Havre De Grace... not too far from Aberdeen.

Man, at least now you can goto the autocrosses at Ripken!

haha, someday when i get a manual i'll be trying it out i'm sure

yeah, traffic can get bad 95 south bound @ 7:30 am. It gets bad around white marsh and the 695 exits. But north bound at that time is some what okay.

During the after noon rush it is just the opposite of course.

Some times it is better to get off and take route 40 or Philadelphia rd which is route 7.

I think Baunbaum lives in Havre De Grace... not too far from Aberdeen.

Man, at least now you can goto the autocrosses at Ripken!

Yup, just a couple miles north of Aberdeen. Commute isn't bad this far north of White Marsh. As far as real estate prices go, Harford County has seen huge increases the last few years. It's not the killer deal it used to be.

Alex

Aberdeen huh? I'm guessing something to do with the proving grounds?

Thats where I work. I do a 10 minute commute to work from HdeG using Rte. 40, its not bad at all to me because its MUCH better than what I use to do when I worked in DC. I use to live in Laurel, and the homes down there are OUTRAGEOUS!!! $300K-$350K for townhomes, just sold mine so I know.

what are home prices like in Hdg?
i'm not looking to spend more then 350k, would that
get me an acre or two? i don't want a big house,
2500 square feet is ample, i just need a big yard for the dogs,
i defn don't want to lve in a 4000 sqft castles on a .25 acre lot,
although most developers would rather me do so...

elkton to aberdeen should be cake for your commute. working in aberdeen, you can easily live in CECIL county, which has exactly what you're looking for...modest houses on nice lots. take advantage of the fact that you don't have to drive to baltimore or DC and you should be able to find exactly what you want.

there are areas of harford county that you could look at too, especially straight out rt22 into churchville and a little north of there. living close to 95 isn't as critical for you, so you can find some nice houses at good prices that others may pass up because it would make their commute more painful.

and, you don't have to worry about finding a 4000 square foot house for 350 in Harford county :) There are a lot of ~2500-3000 square foot houses on .25-.35 acres between 400 and 500, though.

elkton to aberdeen should be cake for your commute. working in aberdeen, you can easily live in CECIL county, which has exactly what you're looking for...modest houses on nice lots. take advantage of the fact that you don't have to drive to baltimore or DC and you should be able to find exactly what you want.

there are areas of harford county that you could look at too, especially straight out rt22 into churchville and a little north of there. living close to 95 isn't as critical for you, so you can find some nice houses at good prices that others may pass up because it would make their commute more painful.

and, you don't have to worry about finding a 4000 square foot house for 350 in Harford county :) There are a lot of ~2500-3000 square foot houses on .25-.35 acres between 400 and 500, though.


I'm looking at elkton mainly bc the inlaws have a house on the north river, its right outside charlestown on the water so its pretty sweet, I want to stay near there bc i can do some great mtn biking in fairhills...

i don't think i'll be looking in harford county then... i'm looking for reasonably priced land... i looked at a house this weekend on blue ball rd(yes i know its funny thats how i found the house in the first place) its had 7.5 acres for 500k, the same house whee i live in jersey would be approximately 2.5 mil easy... i've really got to get on the ball getting hired by this company i guess, my only worry is that all the clearance jobs are south of baltimore, and i want to live north, so if anything happens with this job i'll have to move

you don't have to move, your commute just gets longer, or you work alternate hours to make it better.

Fair hill is a great MTB area, and is a really nice area in general.

first off,welcome to our hood..i live in joppatowne.(harford co.) i also have a townhouse in lohrs orchird and asking price's here are going around the 200's i would check maybe rumsey island or hav'de grace..prob looking to spend 300-400 k for something that your asking for 1+acre and house..

Hows the hunt going? I'm in Elkton, in fair hill there hasn't been a house for sale in my neighborhood for a while and now there is. I'd guess 300k but maybe .7ac in a neighborhood. The nature center is across the street and mountainbiking is popular. commute to balt can be tolerable if you leave early. ///M3 makes it fly by :) commute to aberdeen is a breeze. People give Elkton a bad rap for being .. how do I say.. hicktown? We fight to keep the county from getting overdeveloped and the fairhill area is half naturecenter and some smelly farms. an acre is like 60k now.. if you can get permission to build on it :> The fairgrounds are fairly busy .. you just missed the scottish games yesterday. a big deal yearly.

huh..I never made the 'blue ball' connection.. pretty funny..and I've been here 30 years :/ That road is 3 miles from here. BTW the downside of moving to MD is you pay MVA 3 or 5 percent of each vehicle you bring. Troopers set up nets and look for cheaters (out of state tag at 7am coming from a rural roadway? yep.. gotcha.. its not that difficult to catch you)

Good luck.. If you've already moved here I'm the one in the violet M3.. theres only one :stickoutt

Not familiar with the AX scene here..I mostly do TT at Limerock, WGI, and Pocono. Pretty far but worth it. ///M3 is commuter.. TT car is Camaro vert.. yep its a beemerkiller. I actually picked the M3 based on its RC performance in general... they seemed to be the toughest to catch in the turns.. the drivers weren't very friendly or talkative though... maybe I should lose the mullett?? :D

Even though we live in Baltimore, my wife and mother-in-law are realtors in the Harford County area if anybody is looking.

Meredith Schofield (wife) right now working part-time due to baby :)
Pat Young (mother-in-law)
Coldwell Banker office in Bel Air, 410-515-2000

Even though we live in Baltimore, my wife and mother-in-law are realtors in the Harford County area if anybody is looking.

Meredith Schofield (wife) right now working part-time due to baby :)
Pat Young (mother-in-law)
Coldwell Banker office in Bel Air, 410-515-2000


nice plug!!

i gave up the search in aberdeen for a job bc the only company doing work in my field specializes in "diversity" i don't exactly fit the profile of ths company, basically anybody but white men are what they desire...
i'm now searching for a job in the denver area...
60k an acre is a steal, in jersey buildable land is probably twice that easy...

i gave up the search in aberdeen for a job bc the only company doing work in my field specializes in "diversity" i don't exactly fit the profile of ths company, basically anybody but white men are what they desire...
i'm now searching for a job in the denver area...
60k an acre is a steal, in jersey buildable land is probably twice that easy... What's your field?

I am from Bel Air. I commute from there to towson everyday, 95 isn't bad until you get to white marsh. Even then I make the commute in about 30 minutes, if i leave before 6:30am.

nice plug!!
;)

What's your field?
software/hardware engineering

software/hardware engineering You could only find one company in that field? :confused

You could only find one company in that field? :confused
correction, one company in that area hiring in that field, that also would allow me to keep my security clearance, that thing is my meal ticket, i won't work somewhere that it'll lapse...

correction, one company in that area hiring in that field, that also would allow me to keep my security clearance, that thing is my meal ticket, i won't work somewhere that it'll lapse...
If/when my agency (Night Vision Lab) moves to Aberdeen, there will be LOTS of openings for engineers with clearances. In the past when the DoD has moved civillian labs, they've lost 50-90% of their employees. So in 3 years or so you're looking at close to 1000 openings for smart cookies who want to live near aberdeen. My office is not a done deal, but the labs from Fort Monmouth are pretty much guaranteed to move (from what I've heard on the grapevine).

If/when my agency (Night Vision Lab) moves to Aberdeen, there will be LOTS of openings for engineers with clearances. In the past when the DoD has moved civillian labs, they've lost 50-90% of their employees. So in 3 years or so you're looking at close to 1000 openings for smart cookies who want to live near aberdeen. My office is not a done deal, but the labs from Fort Monmouth are pretty much guaranteed to move (from what I've heard on the grapevine).

well then, you my man have just made my new list of favorite people on bimmerforums, three years is when they are thinking about moving?
it really is a nice area down there, i wish i could find some work there thoguh...

well then, you my man have just made my new list of favorite people on bimmerforums, three years is when they are thinking about moving?
it really is a nice area down there, i wish i could find some work there thoguh...
http://www.brac.gov/ <- search for aberdeen or APG. I haven't looked at it too closely. Basically there are a bunch of government labs at Fort Monmouth, NJ and the one here on Belvoir that were recommended to move to APG. Dubya will sign or not sign the BRAC recommendation in September (then the BRAC commission gets another try if he doesn't sign it and it goes to the oval office again in November). But they have lots of buildings and offices to create before anyone moves, so I prevailing wisdom here says it'll be 3-4 years before the labs are up and running at aberdeen.

This is all open information, but unless you're sitting in the middle of it the politics are a little hazy. I don't plan to move up there with the lab, so you can have my job. :D It's not that great, but it keeps tires on the bimmer.

sweet i was wondering how brac was gonna affect the APG... i'm gonna keep my eye's open on it, hopefll something will come up and i can steal a decent job... i'd like something with a little security so i don't have to worry every 4 months that there is no more work, but thats the nature of government contracts...

sweet i was wondering how brac was gonna affect the APG... i'm gonna keep my eye's open on it, hopefll something will come up and i can steal a decent job... i'd like something with a little security so i don't have to worry every 4 months that there is no more work, but thats the nature of government contracts...

Like he said, many civilian jobs will open, as of right now, the whole county is gearing up for the rush of new peple coming in.. thats why you see new housing developements like crazy everywhere here. "We" are going to be moving to VA and will be replaced with DOD.

Like he said, many civilian jobs will open, as of right now, the whole county is gearing up for the rush of new peple coming in.. thats why you see new housing developements like crazy everywhere here. "We" are going to be moving to VA and will be replaced with DOD.

i've heard that the engineering jobs from mommonth nj are not going to be coming to aberdeen and alot of companies are still balking at building up engineering workforces at apg... it kind of stinks, in the last two years i have not seen any development jobs popup at the apg, if i had a phd i'd be able to find something, but i'm not willing to slave to some academics for 7 years to get me one of those!

Where did you hear that, tkavan?

I have a friend who's already taken a research job at APG.

Where did you hear that, tkavan?

I have a friend who's already taken a research job at APG.

i'm not looking for research positions, development positions are alot harder to come by... I was reading an article in one of the baltimore papers that gets dumped on my driveway everyday, i've done a quick google search but could not find what i was looking for...
the jist of the article was that the representatives from NJ where fighting to keep the research and developments jobs in jersey, and those where the big dogs as they are high paying, not the average mil jobs... apperently the costs of moving those jobs from monmouth where sky rocketing... i gave up looking at apg jobs about 6 months ago, as i want to go to colorado springs or denver!

found an article from july, sort of conveys what i was talking about, but not the exact article...
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/ideas/bal-md.brac21jul21,0,2821688.story

also if your buddy knows of any jobs hook me up, if i can get the right position it would be awesome to try and move up there from crappy howard county, hoa's ftl...

i live pretty close to elkton, and have been to aberdeen to go to NGP (VW Shop). Just dont get on 95 till after the tolls and it is not a bad drive to aberdeen.

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do you work in apg? if so got any connections?

I go to school in deen..it's kinda hood. columbia to elkton is a dramastic change....elkon nahhh that place is blue collar move to like bel air churville forest hill or fallston.

There are a few entry-level engineering positions on this list (http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/jobsearch.asp?q=&lid=17790&salmin=&salmax=&paygrademin=9&paygrademax=&FedEmp=N&tm=&sort=rv&vw=d&brd=3876&ss=0&FedPub=Y&SUBMIT1.x=120&SUBMIT1.y=17). Applying via the jobs website is sloooow though.

There are a few entry-level engineering positions on this list (http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/jobsearch.asp?q=&lid=17790&salmin=&salmax=&paygrademin=9&paygrademax=&FedEmp=N&tm=&sort=rv&vw=d&brd=3876&ss=0&FedPub=Y&SUBMIT1.x=120&SUBMIT1.y=17). Applying via the jobs website is sloooow though.

usajobs is a worthless site unless you are already a government employee... using sites like that and monster just open you up to getting spammed by worthless recruiters who don't read your resume!

the only real way to find a job is to have your resume handed to the person looking to fill a position, HR is useless.

I agree it's pretty worthless. Even to gov't employees it's of very limited use. But it's further proof that the R&D groups at APG are doing some hiring.

I agree it's pretty worthless. Even to gov't employees it's of very limited use. But it's further proof that the R&D groups at APG are doing some hiring.

i don't know, those where rather slim pickings, that list included about 6 different engineering disciplines at wages that made my eye's roll immediately!

I really do wish they where starting to ramp up, but from best i can tell we are probably still a few years off from getting the real jobs... at which point the economy will be dead and it'll be pointless bc i'll be on the soup line!

i need to pick up some farm land, growing your own food ftw!

i need to pick up some farm land, growing your own food ftw! doesn't the government actually pay farmers to not grow food?

doesn't the government actually pay farmers to not grow food?

you are correct, farmers bring down mad loot...