Montgomery Mojo
MoCo Mojo: Is Montgomery County Too 'Fuddy Duddy?'
Is there a generation gap in Montgomery County?
We have a test for you. Do you call it Montgomery County? Or do you call it MoCo? The answer may tell us something about the different generations in our county. In Montgomery County, seniors are the fastest-growing age group, according to the county’s Division of Aging and Disability Services. The number of seniors in Montgomery County, the state’s largest, increased 130 percent from 1980 to 2010, the agency said. That number is expected to increase an additional 65 percent from 2000 to 2020. The way the blog just up the pike put it, Baby Boomers arrived and "found life so good here that they never left." According to county planning officials, the county has 15 percent fewer adults between 15 and 24 than in 2000 and 17 percent fewer 25…
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Steve W.
10:24 am on Thursday, November 22, 2012
I moved here nearly 43 years ago, as I watched communities like Rockville and Olney change, acres of farmland become a sea of houses, as I love Montgomery County and hope, noting my ancestors also lived here, as a small town atmosphere like what we share in Kensington keeps me here, live nearby, shop and worship there, as seniors ages 50+ needs taken into account, not just big senior communities … more ›