以安纳波利斯和巴尔的摩为主要城市的马里兰州十分慷慨——慷慨到了在1791年捐赠了一大块土地给联邦政府,这块地就成为现在的华盛顿哥伦比亚特区(Washington D.C)。两百多年后,当年这个慷慨举动得到了丰厚的回报。围绕华盛顿D.C的三个马里兰州的主要郡,围绕着联邦机关,成为经济发展迅猛、高科技突飞猛进、就业率非常充分的地区。这里成为华盛顿人的卧房、后花园、 Maryland, with its major cities of Annapolis and Baltimore, was generous - generously donated a large piece of land to the federal government in 1791, and the area became Washington D.C. now. Two hundred years later, this generous move got a huge return. The three main Maryland counties surrounding Washington D.C revolve around federal agencies and become areas where rapid economic growth, rapid advances in high technology, and very good employment rates have occurred. Here to become Washington’s bedroom, back garden,