'If You Cannot Afford Howard County, Feel Free to Move'

While teacher , same-sex and Route 1  were hot topics last week, the article that received the most comments on Elkridge Patch was on the high in Howard County. 

In population, the county lost 8,000 adults ages 30–39 and 800 infants and children, according to the 2010 census, which human services  could be related to the high cost of living in Howard.

A family of four, with two adults, a school-aged child and a preschooler needs to make an annual income of at least $83,557 to live in Howard County, according to the 2012 Self-Sufficiency Standard for Maryland. 

Here's what Elkridge Patch readers had to say about that:

“If you are a young person, just starting out, is it reasonable to expect that you should be able to move right into one of the richest counties in the nation?...” —

“...We moved here as young people, and raised our kids. I don't think it's too much ask that our children be able to live here, too.” —

"Find a place you can afford. If you cannot afford Howard County, feel free to move." —

"Where will your children live? Where will they start out? I ask this because this is how a community is built, with history. It appears without wealth, your children will not have a right to live in the neighborhood they were born and raised in." —

Comments have been edited for spelling and length. See the  here.

What do you think—will kids in Howard County not be able to afford it as adults?