Karl Marx was a German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist, and revolutionary whose ideas are credited as the foundation of modern communism.
Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. The population was 65,834 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Howard County.
In 2010 it made the cut for CNNMoney's own list of the Best Places to Live.. A report from the U.S. Census Bureau ranked Howard County as the third wealthiest in the nation. The school system is also the best in Maryland. Those are the relevant statistics, and they certainly speak well of life in Ellicott City.