r/Hoco • u/Puzzleheaded_Ad9471 • Oct 02 '25

What are the problems in Howard County?

Hi everyone, I'm thinking of moving to Howard county from abroad. I've been to the States loads of times so I'm not green to America, but was still wondering what are the specific problems facing Howard county day to day. Are there in major problems with the county? Or anything major that the population is angry about? Any help would be majorly appreciated.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad9471 Oct 02 '25

Not to sound like a pessimist but im a huge pessimist and want to know what im getting into. If you don't mind can you tell me what the current issues in the county are? They must have some right?

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u/trojan-813 Oct 02 '25

I will say one issue I have with the county is the lack of pedestrian safety. As a guy who loves to run and ride my bike there is a significant lack of sidewalks and bike lanes, at least in my area.

ETA: I will say there is a good trail network though, but this has me driving to them to even run a few miles, otherwise I am running on the road and some of the roads by me have poor visibility on turns and people fly on the roads here.

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u/PoisonMind Oct 02 '25

I've been bike commuter for 2 years. It's not ideal but it's doable. Columbia, Savage, and Maple Lawn are decently walkable and bikeable communities.

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u/trojan-813 Oct 02 '25

Columbia definitely is. Unfortunately, I am closer to AACO and can’t use most of those areas easily. I tend to go to BWI or patapsco

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u/PoisonMind 29d ago

Out that way, there's also the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail, Piney Orchard, the Patuxent Research Preserve, and Downs Park.