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<div>Generally I agree with the sentiments and please don't interpret my statements as fingerpointing - it wasn't. But and this is a big but, most of the progress locally has been defined by what we did at the local level over the last five years. </div>
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<div>We did work in partnership with county and state partners for example on Cafritz but they told us from the get go they would support the consensus opinion and wouldn't drive the conversation. This is true in many aspects. It's up to the local leaders to
define the positions and lobby those higher up. When local leaders don't stake out positions or provide leadership on issues that impact things locally we are left with sub optimal decisions made by others without a stake in our town - ergo east west highway
killing our town center or the proposed "wall" for the purple line</div>
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<div>Quality of life issues start at the lowest level in terms of defining what is acceptable. It's absolutely true that these require regional and state guidance (with some aspects of federal involvement) but I'd still argue the responsibility to define and
lobby issues rests within our town. Just an opinion though - I'm well aware of the complications of issues like this </div>
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On May 27, 2016, at 11:09 AM, Dwight Holmes <<a href="mailto:dwightrholmes@gmail.com">dwightrholmes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Beth, the American Community Survey is conducted by Census to provide a good, national and local statistical sample consisting of many very detailed questions. A relatively few people would have participated in this survey in any one year. These
folks just pulled the ACS data (available at <a href="http://census.gov">census.gov</a>) and did a very quick, back of the envelope kind of analysis.
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<div>I see very little in the article that would fall directly under the purview of town authorities. Obviously increasing employment opportunities in the town would do much to alleviate a lot of the challenges listed there, certainly that is true. More (good)
jobs would shorten commutes, lower the relative cost of rent (all else being equal), and make health insurance more affordable and more accessible to people. National, regional, state, county and perhaps local policies and action are involved in these factors.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">How did they collect the data? I don't remember receiving a survey.
<div>Did anyone else on TownTalk receive a survey?</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">WOW!!!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Definitely a list the town should not want to be #1 on. Looks like the town leadership has a lot of work ahead of them:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://washington.cbslocal.com/2016/05/25/see-if-your-town-is-one-of-the-10-most-stressed-places-in-maryland/" target="_blank">http://washington.cbslocal.com/2016/05/25/see-if-your-town-is-one-of-the-10-most-stressed-places-in-maryland/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It’s no surprise that Maryland is</span><span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://washington.cbslocal.com/2016/05/25/see-if-your-town-is-one-of-the-10-most-stressed-places-in-maryland/" target="_blank"><span><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#009900;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">home</span></span><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2457a7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none"><image001.png></span></a></span><span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">to
plenty of stressed out people when you consider the high cost of living in many areas, long commutes from D.C. and more. But what residents most need a vacation?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.zippia.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2457a7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Zippia</span></a> analyzed data from the U.S. Census’ American</span><span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://washington.cbslocal.com/2016/05/25/see-if-your-town-is-one-of-the-10-most-stressed-places-in-maryland/" target="_blank"><span><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#009900;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">Community</span></span><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#2457a7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none"><image001.png></span></a>Survey
for 2010 to 2014 to <a href="https://www.zippia.com/advice/stressed-places-in-maryland/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2457a7;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">rank</span></a> the 41 most stressed places in Maryland, using criteria such as the
unemployment rate, average hours worked and percentage of income going to rent.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Riverdale Park tops the list with 69.3 percent of residents suffering a long commute and 55.3 percent paying high rent. See the top 10 below:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Riverdale Park<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Mount Rainier<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">New Carrollton<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">District Heights<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Bladensburg<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Cheverly<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Baltimore<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Takoma Park<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Hyattsville<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">College Park<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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