Other People’s Tweets Still Telling It Like It Is

Howard Hughes Corporation runs adverts on social media about why Columbia is the up and coming place for “the best talent.”

Howard County Tourism and the Columbia Association entice you with beautiful vistas, appealing amenities, and engaging activities.

But those folks you don’t know on Twitter, well…they get straight to the heart of it.

All they build in PG County is Chick Fil A’s and Townhomes.

Move to Howard County or Caroll County. You get the country, farms, plenty of open land + townhouses and chick fil a within 2 minutes of each other.

I’m imagining a whole new slogan:

Howard County: sure we have Chick Fil A and townhomes, but there’s so much more!

Oof.

Yes, I’m still going through Twitter first thing every morning looking for local stories. At best it’s a shadow of its former self. But I love coming across snippets like this because I enjoy seeing how other people think. It’s the homebody equivalent of DCist’s Overheard in DC.

The Howard Hughes Corporation warned us that, without the TIF, the Downtown Plan wouldn’t amount to much more than “Walmarts and garden apartments.” (Remember that?) To my knowledge, they haven’t built any Walmarts or garden apartments in Columbia since those words were spoken. Nor do I think they ever intended to. Those were just words that HHC thought might scare - - sorry, motivate - - people towards a resolution they felt would the most fruitful. 

Poor Prince George’s County. If only they had Howard Hughes perhaps they’d have more than town homes and Chick Fil A’s. 

No, this post is not entirely serious. I do think it’s interesting to look at things through other people’s eyes, though. If you asked people in River Hill/Clarksville about what keeps getting built it’s likely you’d hear about banks and nail salons. They seem to be congregating out there for some reason. Every time a new business begins construction you see people get their hopes up, only to have them dashed by another bank or nail salon. 

Someone, somewhere, must think those folks have plenty of money to bank and plenty of time to get their nails done.

So endeth yet another episode of Other People’s Tweets. Do you have any witty ideas for a Howard County slogan? Let me know.

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