I can remember going to see Santa Claus in the little shed out side of Woolworth's in the Westminster Shopping Center. On a cold blistery day, standing in a line that stretched to the end of the shopping center. Then going to Sharon's Black Eagle, so my mom could get cards and little knick knacks for her students. Going with my dad to Grove's and O'Ferrel's auctions on the weekends. Riding sleds down the college hill. Getting ice cream at Baugher's or Hoffman's. Watching the fireworks at the Farm Museum. Too many memories.
Having grown up here, I love this town more than any other place in the world. It used to be a place where you could keep your front door open during the summer. Let the breeze cool you down. You could hear the Firehouse bells ring every hour and half hour. Huge brown owls keeping watch over our house, hooting in the middle of the night, just to remind you there are there. Far enough away from the city, but close enough to drive. I can't imagine growing up anywhere else.
Even as a visitor it is a very nice place, and we enjoy ourselves every time we get to visit. It seems especially fun in the autumn, but we enjoy it anytime.
@@Realunitedstates Autumn in Westminster are exactly how you would expect, crisp, clean air, beautiful colors, walking on crisp leaves, listening to the wind sing through the woods behind my parents house. Memories were made there and they will be forever engrained in my life.
Thank you for this video! I used to live in Westminster, and it was interesting to revisit it and see what someone who's never lived there thought of my little hometown. Thank you!
Yes, I do recall being in Westminster, MD a few times when visiting with relatives from a smaller town a little south of there. The architecture is very distictive and pleasant. Thankfully your video stayed in the older areas of town with the great older structures. This brought back memories from a few years back. Thanks for the tour.
Glad you enjoyed it! We try to show the most distinctive parts of any town we film. There's usually lots more to any town, but trying to cover it all would make the video unnecessarily long and be boring to the viewer.
It is pretty typical for towns and cities to have or plant lots of trees along the streets. It's very pleasant, and it provides a lot of shade to both the buildings and the pedestrians along the street. Thanks!
In its dimensions, proportions, architecture, street and plot layout, it resembles almost perfectly your typical town in the Lower Rhineland in Germany, or in Flanders (Belgium); looks like a place for a nondescript, quiet, non-city but also not-too-rural country life.
I thought so as well. It's difficult to show a significant portion of even a small town in a reasonable amount of time such that it will remain interesting in a video, but I think we captured the bulk of the center of the town. Thanks!
Looks like a really beautiful town. The mix of old frame, brick and then the stone building was nice to see. I enjoyed hearing a bit about the history of the town :) I guess some people have always had trouble with the main stream media eh? ;) Those stories are always interesting though. Because it really speaks to how much things can change while still having that core thing that goes back and never really does seem to be different in how those divisons happen. 😊
Well I like to give a little context to a place when we film it. I think it makes the place a little more real when there is some information about the town and its history/culture. These are the things that make up the world around us. The town is just a non-descript place, but the events are the story.
Great video! Not too far from where you are is Pipe Creek Farm the former home of American hero Whittaker Chambers. You should certainly check out his book Witness if you get the chance.
Oh far-out! I wonder if he still has my secret pumpkin? LOL! I was not aware it was near here. Thanks for letting me know. That might make an interesting video.
If you want to see the farm you need to email the people who currently manage it. Google Save Whittaker Chambers Farm. It's a non profit I guess you could say that over sees it, but they are the ones you need to touch base with. It's definitely worth it if you appreciate who he was and what he did.
In the beginning of the video that gas station use to be a Sheetz, I lived only a flew blocks from there for years and went there for everything! The building across from it next to the yellow building use to be a pizza place and my friends lived in the apartment on the top.
@@Realunitedstates The Amish Market was at the end of town heading south down 140, on the right. They moved years ago to Hunt Valley. Great food. The Smokehouse is what I think one of the vendors was called.
Very low crime rate. Most crimes are very petty. Drug use, drunk driving, disorderly conduct, etc. We have had a few murders, but usually in the shady parts of town.
I live in Westminster and it's pretty nice. It's definitely welcoming but the crack heads and drug dealers on Main Street scare me😂 one time I was driving with my mom and was stopped for road work and this dude tried to get into my moms car 💀
I'm not entirely certain how to respond to this. Bad and/or weird things can, and do, happen everywhere, but those things are the exception, not the rule. Don't live in fear because of a single, or even a few, incidents. I think that indeed I may make an episode dedicated to this very topic. Thanks for sharing.
@@Realunitedstates I lived in Westminster from 1972 to 1991. The opiate crisis in Westminster is very well known, and widespread on many of the quaint streets you drove past in this video. It's a tragedy that hit many small towns throughout the country and Westminster had/has a strong reputation for sales of Heroin, especially.
Well, this was shot on a Sunday, and is through the commercial district, so most of these places were closed at the time we were filming. I think that is largely the reason we got relatively uninhabited footage.
I can remember going to see Santa Claus in the little shed out side of Woolworth's in the Westminster Shopping Center. On a cold blistery day, standing in a line that stretched to the end of the shopping center. Then going to Sharon's Black Eagle, so my mom could get cards and little knick knacks for her students. Going with my dad to Grove's and O'Ferrel's auctions on the weekends. Riding sleds down the college hill. Getting ice cream at Baugher's or Hoffman's. Watching the fireworks at the Farm Museum. Too many memories.
Lovely memories
Having grown up here, I love this town more than any other place in the world. It used to be a place where you could keep your front door open during the summer. Let the breeze cool you down. You could hear the Firehouse bells ring every hour and half hour. Huge brown owls keeping watch over our house, hooting in the middle of the night, just to remind you there are there. Far enough away from the city, but close enough to drive. I can't imagine growing up anywhere else.
Even as a visitor it is a very nice place, and we enjoy ourselves every time we get to visit. It seems especially fun in the autumn, but we enjoy it anytime.
@@Realunitedstates Autumn in Westminster are exactly how you would expect, crisp, clean air, beautiful colors, walking on crisp leaves, listening to the wind sing through the woods behind my parents house. Memories were made there and they will be forever engrained in my life.
It's getting a lot less safe as of late. Mostly due to people leaving Baltimore and bringing their issues with them
I'm moving back to Westminster. My wife and I went to college here and now we're returning,.
I agree
Lovely, peaceful feel. I enjoy looking at older buildings.
chiefamylee, it's lovely to see everyday
I grew up on this street. Nice to see my grandmas house again.
Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for this video! I used to live in Westminster, and it was interesting to revisit it and see what someone who's never lived there thought of my little hometown. Thank you!
Thanks! We had a great time there. Looking forward to going back again.
I moved here 5 years ago I live in the neighborhood across Safeway
We always enjoyed going there, especially in the autumn.
Yes, I do recall being in Westminster, MD a few times when visiting with relatives from a smaller town a little south of there. The architecture is very distictive and pleasant. Thankfully your video stayed in the older areas of town with the great older structures. This brought back memories from a few years back. Thanks for the tour.
Glad you enjoyed it! We try to show the most distinctive parts of any town we film. There's usually lots more to any town, but trying to cover it all would make the video unnecessarily long and be boring to the viewer.
It's nice to have a lot of trees next to the road. Looks real nice.
It is pretty typical for towns and cities to have or plant lots of trees along the streets. It's very pleasant, and it provides a lot of shade to both the buildings and the pedestrians along the street. Thanks!
Come to Summerville, SC some time. Small town personified (and I used to be a Westminster resident, so I know of where I speak) ;-)
That would be lovely. Perhaps someday it might be possible. I appreciate the invite!
In its dimensions, proportions, architecture, street and plot layout, it resembles almost perfectly your typical town in the Lower Rhineland in Germany, or in Flanders (Belgium); looks like a place for a nondescript, quiet, non-city but also not-too-rural country life.
I think that is a accurate description. Thanks!
Hi sir Paul I'm back,
Nice & Peaceful Place - Beautiful Place To live in - Thanks for sharing sir Paul
Thank you Julius. Good to have you back!
thanks for welcoming me back, its a pleasure - thanks again sir Paul
Beautiful town, Love the Architecture.
I thought so as well. It's difficult to show a significant portion of even a small town in a reasonable amount of time such that it will remain interesting in a video, but I think we captured the bulk of the center of the town. Thanks!
Looks like a really beautiful town. The mix of old frame, brick and then the stone building was nice to see. I enjoyed hearing a bit about the history of the town :) I guess some people have always had trouble with the main stream media eh? ;) Those stories are always interesting though. Because it really speaks to how much things can change while still having that core thing that goes back and never really does seem to be different in how those divisons happen. 😊
Well I like to give a little context to a place when we film it. I think it makes the place a little more real when there is some information about the town and its history/culture. These are the things that make up the world around us. The town is just a non-descript place, but the events are the story.
Great video! Not too far from where you are is Pipe Creek Farm the former home of American hero Whittaker Chambers. You should certainly check out his book Witness if you get the chance.
Oh far-out! I wonder if he still has my secret pumpkin? LOL! I was not aware it was near here. Thanks for letting me know. That might make an interesting video.
If you want to see the farm you need to email the people who currently manage it. Google Save Whittaker Chambers Farm. It's a non profit I guess you could say that over sees it, but they are the ones you need to touch base with. It's definitely worth it if you appreciate who he was and what he did.
Whats a nice town.
I love Westminster it's my home
Thanks for joining us and commenting! We loved our visit there, and look forward to next time.
Maia Thomas same
Was mine growing up. I’m now in Arizona
I was their today!! MAIN STREET
Very cool. We really enjoyed the turkey dinner at Baugher's restaurant there.
Youre getting closer to where i live. You should do a video in Cumberland, MD
We did an episode at the GRAND headquarters in Cumberland about a year ago. Will get back there eventually though. Thanks.
7:55 a Saab! ❤️
ok
There use to be a Huge Amish Market but I don't know what it is now.
In the beginning of the video that gas station use to be a Sheetz, I lived only a flew blocks from there for years and went there for everything! The building across from it next to the yellow building use to be a pizza place and my friends lived in the apartment on the top.
I don't recall an Amish market when we were there. so perhaps it has changed.
@@Realunitedstates The Amish Market was at the end of town heading south down 140, on the right. They moved years ago to Hunt Valley. Great food. The Smokehouse is what I think one of the vendors was called.
We have a walmart and mcdonalds
I will look for them next time I'm in town. Thanks.
Don’t forget the hospital
I live here
Very cool.
the enclave same
I saw my ancestors homes
Nice!
yeh, you certainly are NOT from westminster. you present it WAY differently than i remember. do a bit more research.
Well, I doubt any amount of research is going to give us a shared experience or shared weltanschauung.
seems like politicians on this days too
What’s the crime rate like?
I have no special insight beyond the same statistical data/information that would be available to you via the internet.
Very low crime rate. Most crimes are very petty. Drug use, drunk driving, disorderly conduct, etc. We have had a few murders, but usually in the shady parts of town.
@@dbantnerthat isn’t true at all Westminster has had a high crime rate for years. Property crime though not violent.
I live in Westminster and it's pretty nice. It's definitely welcoming but the crack heads and drug dealers on Main Street scare me😂 one time I was driving with my mom and was stopped for road work and this dude tried to get into my moms car 💀
I'm not entirely certain how to respond to this. Bad and/or weird things can, and do, happen everywhere, but those things are the exception, not the rule. Don't live in fear because of a single, or even a few, incidents. I think that indeed I may make an episode dedicated to this very topic. Thanks for sharing.
Olivia Bartel SAME
@@Realunitedstates I lived in Westminster from 1972 to 1991. The opiate crisis in Westminster is very well known, and widespread on many of the quaint streets you drove past in this video. It's a tragedy that hit many small towns throughout the country and Westminster had/has a strong reputation for sales of Heroin, especially.
Bro u filmed my house
Well, when filming street views that is going to happen from time to time I suppose.
Where are the inhabitants? 🙆 🙋 🙌 🙏 🙊 🙈 🙉 💆 😄 😄 😄 😄 😄
Well, this was shot on a Sunday, and is through the commercial district, so most of these places were closed at the time we were filming. I think that is largely the reason we got relatively uninhabited footage.