Aspen Hill residents, give me your experiences with the place

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Anonymous wrote:I was working over there and stoped at Aspen Hill Shopping Center for lunch. I went in a Panera shop and there was two beggars outside asking for money. I went inside and ordered food, I sat down and the beggars came inside and started to bother me for money. I walked out top the car and left. I'm thinking, that area is just like northeast DC. A real dump with beggars.

I go to that Panera several times a week as I work nearby. I’ve never seen a beggar. I’ve worked there for 5 years.

I go there once a while in the morning and always see a policeman in there. Maybe he chases the beggars away. The shopping center hires another policeman that sits in the parking lot. All the stores have his cell number. I talked to him one day and he said the stores always get loited and the shopping center owners hired him.

Now where the Michaels store is that shopping center has beggars and scammers preying on people. All my neighbors been hit on.

The Safeway by Norbeck and Wood M.S also has this issue now. There was always a cop there about once a week but now they’ve had heavy caution around that place after COVID and lockdown. The last time we went to that Safeway we were notified about an armed robbery that happened inside just minutes before it was going to close.

This kind of stuff does not happen in Ashburn and other areas in VA that are as far, time wise, from the Downtown DC core. There is a reason why far out MoCo is half the price of far out Fairfax and Loudoun County. It’s because it’s mostly low rent, depressing, hood suburbs.

This kind of stuff also does not happen at that Safeway. That poster has been lying up and down the board. The only people loitering at Safeway are the teenagers from Wood/Rockville High.

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I live nearby and use that cvs for all my prescriptions. I do shop at Safeway sometimes (being honest I avoid it because I’m not crazy about their brands sold. I prefer Giant and Harris teeter). However, I’ve only ever seen groups of teens (from my neighborhood) trying to pull stupid pranks there.

Just keep in mind you could buy a house in the nicest neighborhoods in North Arlington, Vienna, or McLean in 1980 for the same price as these split levels in Aspen Hill. Go to the strip mall on Harrison and Langston in North Arlington or the Giant strip mall off of Chain Bridge Road in Vienna and ask yourself is this nicer than the Giant strip mall on Connecticut in in Aspen Hill.

Think about all the mistakes the politicians made in MoCo to allow a place like Aspen Hill - which used to be as expensive as Vienna, Falls Church City, and McLean - to slip so far downhill.

Why would I ask myself that when I can live somewhere nice in 2025 that's still affordable? What is your malfunction?

It’s not nice and the reason it’s affordable is because it’s been steadily going downhill for the past 40 years. In addition to that there are no plans for any development in the near future that would change anything for the better. In fact, with all these Fed job cuts and MoCo’s refusal to make a harder play for business development compared to VA and DC, it is going to get much worse in the next 5-10 years especially relative to far flung suburbs in VA that at least have private sector development projects in line.

Renting in Aspen Hill is fine if you’re on a budget and have a thick skin and won’t be depressed whenever you go shopping in the area because of the shady stuff you’ll constantly encounter. But buying in Aspen Hill is foolish. You’re tying yourself to a sinking ship.

Your levels of trolling don’t go away. I highly doubt you even live around here or even in MoCo.

What did PP say that was incorrect though? Was Aspen Hill real estate as expensive as Vienna and McLean in the 80s? What changed since then?

Hi can you help me find a home near rock creek valley and barnsley that look like this

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Weird. SFH from the 70s in my Aspen Hill adjacent neighborhood just sold for 700k.

It's fine, yes sometimes things are stolen from cars but that's been about it.

The downside is retail but I tend to drive to Olney / Rockville / Wheaton to shop anyhow. The Safeway in Aspen Hill is fine, I just don't go when all the kids from the local schools are wandering around, but that goes for anywhere in the entire DC metro.

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Anonymous wrote:Weird. SFH from the 70s in my Aspen Hill adjacent neighborhood just sold for 700k.

It's fine, yes sometimes things are stolen from cars but that's been about it.

The downside is retail but I tend to drive to Olney / Rockville / Wheaton to shop anyhow. The Safeway in Aspen Hill is fine, I just don't go when all the kids from the local schools are wandering around, but that goes for anywhere in the entire DC metro.

There is never a time that I need to avoid the Safeway in Great Falls or the one on Harrison Street in North Arlington. There’s a reason why SFHs are only $700,000. That price tag comes with having to avoid grocery stores when the local kids are around, which is a crazy thing to have to do.

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Elegant and Aspen Hill do not go together in a sentence.

Hewitt Ave a main area of Aspen Hill once a very nice mix of apartments and home now a dump.

Aspen Hill needs a serious visit from ICE. Then it might get better. From Wheaton to Glenmont to Aspen Hill. Those with means went west.

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Anonymous wrote:Weird. SFH from the 70s in my Aspen Hill adjacent neighborhood just sold for 700k.

It's fine, yes sometimes things are stolen from cars but that's been about it.

The downside is retail but I tend to drive to Olney / Rockville / Wheaton to shop anyhow. The Safeway in Aspen Hill is fine, I just don't go when all the kids from the local schools are wandering around, but that goes for anywhere in the entire DC metro.

There is never a time that I need to avoid the Safeway in Great Falls or the one on Harrison Street in North Arlington. There’s a reason why SFHs are only $700,000. That price tag comes with having to avoid grocery stores when the local kids are around, which is a crazy thing to have to do.

God you're exhausting. OP asked for YOUR experiences with Aspen Hill, specifically the Barnsley or Flower Valley cluster, not your opinion on why areas that cost two or three times more are better. Nobody that lives in Aspen Hill cares what you're doing over in Great Falls or Tysons or wherever else you're determined befits your social status.

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Anonymous wrote:Elegant and Aspen Hill do not go together in a sentence.

Hewitt Ave a main area of Aspen Hill once a very nice mix of apartments and home now a dump.

Aspen Hill needs a serious visit from ICE. Then it might get better. From Wheaton to Glenmont to Aspen Hill. Those with means went west.

Yes, the brown people playing soccer on the weekends are a serious scourge to the neighborhood

Gladly have them over you brownshirts.

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Anonymous wrote:Elegant and Aspen Hill do not go together in a sentence.

Hewitt Ave a main area of Aspen Hill once a very nice mix of apartments and home now a dump.

Aspen Hill needs a serious visit from ICE. Then it might get better. From Wheaton to Glenmont to Aspen Hill. Those with means went west.

Hi can you help me find a house in shippers lane or flint rock road with a house like this

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Do not live there. Many illegal Peruvians and Colombians migrated here since the late 90's and ruined it.

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Anonymous wrote:Weird. SFH from the 70s in my Aspen Hill adjacent neighborhood just sold for 700k.

It's fine, yes sometimes things are stolen from cars but that's been about it.

The downside is retail but I tend to drive to Olney / Rockville / Wheaton to shop anyhow. The Safeway in Aspen Hill is fine, I just don't go when all the kids from the local schools are wandering around, but that goes for anywhere in the entire DC metro.

There is never a time that I need to avoid the Safeway in Great Falls or the one on Harrison Street in North Arlington. There’s a reason why SFHs are only $700,000. That price tag comes with having to avoid grocery stores when the local kids are around, which is a crazy thing to have to do.

God you're exhausting. OP asked for YOUR experiences with Aspen Hill, specifically the Barnsley or Flower Valley cluster, not your opinion on why areas that cost two or three times more are better. Nobody that lives in Aspen Hill cares what you're doing over in Great Falls or Tysons or wherever else you're determined befits your social status.

You still don’t get it. Ask yourself why Aspen Hill cost as much as McLean in the early 1980s and is now seen as so undesirable that renovated SFHs are only selling for $600,000 even though it’s less than 5-10 miles from Bethesda and Chevy Chase.

The reason is because it has been sliding downhill for 40 years. Why would anyone in there right mind advise OP to make a $100,000+ down payment to live in a neighborhood with no prospects for the future?

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Anonymous wrote:Weird. SFH from the 70s in my Aspen Hill adjacent neighborhood just sold for 700k.

It's fine, yes sometimes things are stolen from cars but that's been about it.

The downside is retail but I tend to drive to Olney / Rockville / Wheaton to shop anyhow. The Safeway in Aspen Hill is fine, I just don't go when all the kids from the local schools are wandering around, but that goes for anywhere in the entire DC metro.

There is never a time that I need to avoid the Safeway in Great Falls or the one on Harrison Street in North Arlington. There’s a reason why SFHs are only $700,000. That price tag comes with having to avoid grocery stores when the local kids are around, which is a crazy thing to have to do.

God you're exhausting. OP asked for YOUR experiences with Aspen Hill, specifically the Barnsley or Flower Valley cluster, not your opinion on why areas that cost two or three times more are better. Nobody that lives in Aspen Hill cares what you're doing over in Great Falls or Tysons or wherever else you're determined befits your social status.

You still don’t get it. Ask yourself why Aspen Hill cost as much as McLean in the early 1980s and is now seen as so undesirable that renovated SFHs are only selling for $600,000 even though it’s less than 5-10 miles from Bethesda and Chevy Chase.

The reason is because it has been sliding downhill for 40 years. Why would anyone in there right mind advise OP to make a $100,000+ down payment to live in a neighborhood with no prospects for the future?

Because there are brown and Black people hard. It’s not the gotcha you think it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Elegant and Aspen Hill do not go together in a sentence.

Hewitt Ave a main area of Aspen Hill once a very nice mix of apartments and home now a dump.

Aspen Hill needs a serious visit from ICE. Then it might get better. From Wheaton to Glenmont to Aspen Hill. Those with means went west.

Yes, the brown people playing soccer on the weekends are a serious scourge to the neighborhood

Gladly have them over you brownshirts.

There are a lot of “brown people” in Ashburn and yet it is way nicer than Aspen Hill and you don’t need to worry about going to grocery stores when the local kids are around. Why is that?

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Anonymous wrote:Weird. SFH from the 70s in my Aspen Hill adjacent neighborhood just sold for 700k.

It's fine, yes sometimes things are stolen from cars but that's been about it.

The downside is retail but I tend to drive to Olney / Rockville / Wheaton to shop anyhow. The Safeway in Aspen Hill is fine, I just don't go when all the kids from the local schools are wandering around, but that goes for anywhere in the entire DC metro.

There is never a time that I need to avoid the Safeway in Great Falls or the one on Harrison Street in North Arlington. There’s a reason why SFHs are only $700,000. That price tag comes with having to avoid grocery stores when the local kids are around, which is a crazy thing to have to do.

God you're exhausting. OP asked for YOUR experiences with Aspen Hill, specifically the Barnsley or Flower Valley cluster, not your opinion on why areas that cost two or three times more are better. Nobody that lives in Aspen Hill cares what you're doing over in Great Falls or Tysons or wherever else you're determined befits your social status.

You still don’t get it. Ask yourself why Aspen Hill cost as much as McLean in the early 1980s and is now seen as so undesirable that renovated SFHs are only selling for $600,000 even though it’s less than 5-10 miles from Bethesda and Chevy Chase.

The reason is because it has been sliding downhill for 40 years. Why would anyone in there right mind advise OP to make a $100,000+ down payment to live in a neighborhood with no prospects for the future?

Because there are brown and Black people hard. It’s not the gotcha you think it is.

Nice try, but this South Arlington house sold for $161,000 in 1988 and is going for $940,000 today. The elementary school it’s zoned for is 77% Hispanic and 6% white. This house would go for $700,000 tops in Aspen Hill and Aspen Hill was more desirable and more expensive than South Arlington in the 80s.

The difference is that Arlington actually cares about attracting businesses so it can raise revenue with corporate taxes and doesn’t rely exclusively on raising property taxes. It’s also in a state with a budget surplus, not a budget deficit, despite having less taxes than MD.

Aspen Hill is a dying, depressing place to live with literally no economic development or hope in the horizon. Please name anything Aspen Hill is developing in the next 5-10 years. There’s nothing.

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South Arlington House:
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/5800-3rd-St-S-22204/home/11258664

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Anonymous wrote:Weird. SFH from the 70s in my Aspen Hill adjacent neighborhood just sold for 700k.

It's fine, yes sometimes things are stolen from cars but that's been about it.

The downside is retail but I tend to drive to Olney / Rockville / Wheaton to shop anyhow. The Safeway in Aspen Hill is fine, I just don't go when all the kids from the local schools are wandering around, but that goes for anywhere in the entire DC metro.

There is never a time that I need to avoid the Safeway in Great Falls or the one on Harrison Street in North Arlington. There’s a reason why SFHs are only $700,000. That price tag comes with having to avoid grocery stores when the local kids are around, which is a crazy thing to have to do.

God you're exhausting. OP asked for YOUR experiences with Aspen Hill, specifically the Barnsley or Flower Valley cluster, not your opinion on why areas that cost two or three times more are better. Nobody that lives in Aspen Hill cares what you're doing over in Great Falls or Tysons or wherever else you're determined befits your social status.

You still don’t get it. Ask yourself why Aspen Hill cost as much as McLean in the early 1980s and is now seen as so undesirable that renovated SFHs are only selling for $600,000 even though it’s less than 5-10 miles from Bethesda and Chevy Chase.

The reason is because it has been sliding downhill for 40 years. Why would anyone in there right mind advise OP to make a $100,000+ down payment to live in a neighborhood with no prospects for the future?

Because there are brown and Black people hard. It’s not the gotcha you think it is.

Nice try, but this South Arlington house sold for $161,000 in 1988 and is going for $940,000 today. The elementary school it’s zoned for is 77% Hispanic and 6% white. This house would go for $700,000 tops in Aspen Hill and Aspen Hill was more desirable and more expensive than South Arlington in the 80s.

The difference is that Arlington actually cares about attracting businesses so it can raise revenue with corporate taxes and doesn’t rely exclusively on raising property taxes. It’s also in a state with a budget surplus, not a budget deficit, despite having less taxes than MD.

Aspen Hill is a dying, depressing place to live with literally no economic development or hope in the horizon. Please name anything Aspen Hill is developing in the next 5-10 years. There’s nothing.

Where do you live that you keep pushing so hard against people who live in Aspen Hill saying it’s a fine place to live? Show us on the doll where Aspen Hill hurt you.