Capital Region

counties

Frederick County — the farthest flung and most rural of the three counties but still home to a large commuter population, where the main attraction is the main city, Frederick

Prince George's County — the country's wealthiest majority black county, and is home to the University of Maryland, as well as much of what you would expect to be in D.C.—huge outposts of government agencies like NASA and the Department of Agriculture, as well as the Washington Redskins

Montgomery County — one of the wealthiest counties in the U.S., much of the county is very urban, and home to an enormous commuter population of professionals working in the city