There's a Lockheed site there, I believe. I 've been up there so often that I don't really pay attention to it anymore. The one that always pops out at me though is Mellon Bank - don't know why, but it does. Anyway, yeah. There's still some IBM there, and Lockheed Martin right near by.
The Fredneck, of course, being one that lives in or around Frederick and is a Redneck. Man. Frederick itself isn't so bad, but it's too far away from work. If it were a 20 minute drive and had widespread fast DSL or Cable, Jenni and I would probably get an apartment there. But, it's a 40 minute drive, and they don't have DSL in the area I was looking at. Plus, Fairfax is too great to pass up. The Sprint PCS coverage here just rocks, and I get full reception in my downstairs bedroom - wahoo! (My dad's girlfriend hogs the phone too much for me to not have my own line, so I got a mobile phone).
Maryland does have some beautiful scenery. I was just never in a place where I was able to get around - stuck in the house
all the time. So then I got a job and found someone to give me a ride there (who happened to be Jenni, who then turned out to be you-know-who). But that still sucked. Fairfax is cool because it's still a little city, but it's near everything. So I have a back yard and shit, but Outback is less than a mile away. It's beautiful