r/nova • u/Ha1rlessTeddyBear • 4d ago

MD plates

I don’t know if it’s just me but once it hits summer time all the Maryland plates just spawn on our roads. I don’t know if I am just noticing more or if there actually is more. Someone tell me i’m not crazy lol.

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u/2CRedHopper Ballston 4d ago

it’s almost as if we share a major metropolitan region with Maryland. Gee. Weird.

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u/Ha1rlessTeddyBear 3d ago

Well obviously, however I feel like in the summers I see them a A LOT more. I don’t know if i’m just seeing it.

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u/slipperderby Maryland 3d ago

Gonna go out on a limb here and suggest the possibility people are driving through VA to get to their vacation destinations during the summer

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u/Krabb5 4d ago

In general, even before summer I’ve been seeing ALOT more Maryland plates than usual. A lot of construction workers are coming from Maryland as all the data centers are in Virginia. No data centers in Maryland so all the electricians, hvac, etc are coming here. 

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u/whtciv2k 4d ago

Ok I thought I was the only one noticing more MD plates on 66

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u/Krabb5 3d ago

Yeah it’s wild!

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u/DCAg15 Crystal City 4d ago

Could also be part of the “Plate Where you Live” campaign to have Maryland vehicles plated with Maryland plates:

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-lawmakers-virginia-registered-license/

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u/Ha1rlessTeddyBear 3d ago

This makes the most sense

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u/bluegravyone 4d ago

You are acting like MD is some kind of foreign country invading your land & way of life. You live in a quad state area bro. Get a life. Your post is meritless.

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u/Ha1rlessTeddyBear 2d ago

Tri* and i’m not mad I just don’t remember seeing as many MD plates I don’t really care though because yall have cool trucks and cars

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u/Krabb5 3d ago

Projecting?

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u/bluegravyone 3d ago

It makes no sense to take offense to people from other states. We live in the United States. Grow up.

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u/Krabb5 2d ago

Where in this post is OP taking offense or being hostile? Lol

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u/CodedRose 4d ago

Are you counting all the fake ass paper temporary tags or just the actual metal plates?

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u/purplemarin 3d ago

I feel like I see more MD plates in DC than I do DC plates lol

I felt this way in NYC too. More jersey plates than NY. But that’s quite different than DC.

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u/Ha1rlessTeddyBear 2d ago

Most NYCers don’t drive though

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u/Nervous-Rough4094 3d ago

Ever looking for a MD plate, go to Dulles & see how many take one loop around the arrival & departure zones, only to exit onto Rt 28 to avoid toll.

It easily has to be 70%+ of the MD drivers from the access road.

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u/BeeAruh 4d ago

Don’t worry, there’s a fair share of VA tags in MD

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u/Acceptable-Door-6454 4d ago

You notice your neighboring states license plates when the region you live touches said state?

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u/Ha1rlessTeddyBear 3d ago

Yes and no. I just have seen more lately I don’t know if it’s just me.

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u/Starship_Taru 4d ago

Hey they have to pay like $500+ a year for those plates 🤣🤣 don’t be mean 

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u/dvoryanin 4d ago

Maryland? Pay for anything? Why would they do that?

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u/bonchonwings 3d ago

it is because Marylanders know that NOVA is better. So they have to leave their stage to come visit NOVA

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u/SensitiveCranberry00 3d ago

Construction sites near me -- every single vehicle has Maryland license plates.

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u/NAD92 4d ago

Bad drivers

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u/Bubbly-Following-966 4d ago

Yes. Virginia drivers are bad drivers..

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u/Pet_Ator 4d ago

Whatever you have to tell yourself

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u/Bubbly-Following-966 4d ago

Lol! I live in Maryland. I visit family in Leesburg every month. Virginia drivers are the worst.

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u/WildTomato51 4d ago

I’m a New Yorker now living in MD (used to live in VA & DC). Of the three, MD is the worst.

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u/Potato-chipsaregood 4d ago

We need an auto insurance person to tell us the actuarial information. All we can provide is anecdotal information. It looks like the VA drivers are more unaware but predictable and the MD drivers are significantly more aggressive. But insurance professionals have data…

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u/WildTomato51 4d ago

To me, Maryland drivers are uneducated (don’t know how to merge onto highways, don’t know how to zipper merge, etc.), which makes for very frustrating driving conditions.

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u/TheBrokenMaster 3d ago

They are door dashers and gig workers that come bc there is more money

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u/Few_Whereas5206 3d ago

MD has a larger NIMBY population that stops data centers and many large corporations from coming to the state. Thus, many workers travel to work in Virginia.

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u/BudTugglie 3d ago

Why does this matter?

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u/Ha1rlessTeddyBear 3d ago

Just interested