Recent comments in /f/ColumbiaMD

Arcticsnorkler OP t1_irrj0gg wrote

I have only been here for a year so still getting to know the area. I haven’t been able to find a butcher store which sells high-end products, like big and clean (no bone chips) marrow and soup bones, prime beef, etc. I have been shopping at Wholefoods but just came back from a northwest vacation where went to a high-end butcher store “Mr Prime Beef”. They sold much higher grade of seafood and beef products than I have found locally here, high enough quality to be in demand from restaurants. Willing to drive further.

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WhiteBoiSebbie t1_irqm0zk wrote

Banker here!

A bank isn’t a one size fits all type thing.

There’s roughly eight steps, I’d recommend:

  1. Identify the right account.
  2. Look for banks that charge little to no fee(s).
  3. Identify if you’d rather have an all digital experience, or if you’d want one that has brick and mortar stores spread across the nation.
  4. Take a good look at notable credit unions. (Navy Federal, PenFed, USAA, etc)
  5. Find a bank that supports YOUR lifestyle & YOUR habits.
  6. Checkout their digital features. Do they let you use Apple/Samsung Pay? Do they let you do mobile deposit, and etc.
  7. This is a must, but generally go through the terms and conditions & see if you understand the fee schedules, availability of deposited funds per RegCC, dispute process, and etc.
  8. Go online - and gander reviews for the banks you’re considering.
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Delski28 t1_irq6xre wrote

No idea, it's been empty for a while but if its still open people should visit pepinos trattoria in there! It's one of the last places in there and is actually pretty good and not too expensive! The owners are really nice.

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setho212 t1_irky297 wrote

Reply to comment by k0vi86 in Calvin so sexy by Ultraxxx

Now you’re just trolling. You know full well that stating the increase as a percentage and ignoring absolute figures is highly misleading.

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setho212 t1_irkxezv wrote

Reply to comment by ConversationNext2821 in Calvin so sexy by Ultraxxx

Give me stats, don’t give me anecdotes. How much exactly have all types of crime gone up in the county and how much have they gone up on comparison to surrounding jurisdictions. How many of those crimes were committed by people from outside of the county on other people from outside the county but they just happened to be in the county. How many of the the victims of those crimes were innocent people and how many were targeted crimes based on drug deals that went bad or something similar. You need to present the full story and not just say have you see how many crimes are reported lately.

Of course every death or shooting is a tragedy, but the way Kittleman and his right wing followers are using crime as a political talking point is disgusting. We hear residents of rural western Howard county decrying the increase in crime based primarily on anecdotes about events in eastern Howard County. We hear people decrying shootings, many of which are targeted and are not random events putting innocent lives at risk. We have commercials complaining that SROs are not in school to protect kids against school shootings without any explanation as to how a single police officer with a pistol is supposed to stop a lunatic with an AR-15 shooting into crowds of panicked students. The crime argument is nothing but fear mongering aimed at appealing to a certain crowd that spends more time worrying about some “thug” mugging them than thinking logically.

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k0vi86 t1_irkx5w8 wrote

Reply to comment by setho212 in Calvin so sexy by Ultraxxx

25% increase is not significant?

What has Ball done again? Not saying Kittleman is any less useless than him, I just want to hear someone give an example?

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setho212 t1_irkwid3 wrote

Reply to comment by k0vi86 in Calvin so sexy by Ultraxxx

You’re giving half assed information to rile people up. Property taxes have not gone up and the tax that has gone up is a minor increase.

As for recordation taxes, once again you’re avoiding numbers because the increases are minimal. The rate went from 1% to 1.25%. One quarter of a percent. $1,250 on a $500,000 home or $2,500 on a million dollar home. I’m not exactly shedding many tears for a person selling a million dollar home netting $2,500 less. Even more so considering how much property values have gone up in recent years. But then again some people are just greedy jerks that decry any tax increase, demand the county cut the budget, but complain about any decrease to the services that they like the best.

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ConversationNext2821 t1_irktwdu wrote

Reply to comment by setho212 in Calvin so sexy by Ultraxxx

Clearly you don’t read the HoCo Police Blotter. Ignorance is not an excuse.

And I live in an area of Columbia that has had several fatal shootings in the last few years. All of which were tragedies. No one deserves to lose their life like that. So excuse me if I don’t find any of your snark at all funny.

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k0vi86 t1_irkt93y wrote

Reply to comment by setho212 in Calvin so sexy by Ultraxxx

Lol you must be confusing me with another poster. All I said he hasn't done anything besides raise taxes and no one can counter it.

Good luck buying and selling a home with transfer and recordation taxes raised during ball's administration.

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