What is the History of Potomac, MD?
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Anonymous
| How did Potomac transform from farmland to mansions? |
Anonymous
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potomac,_Maryland |
Anonymous
| White flight right? |
Anonymous
Totally different demographic/SES level. |
Anonymous
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Simple. Back in 1960s-1980s in attempt to block McMansions on tiny plots everywhere and keep open farmland they went to two acre zoning in large sections to make it less profitable for builders.
Builders instead figured out if they have to buy two acres only large huge houses made sense. Land ended up being built on anyhow. |
Anonymous
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Population of DMV exploded.
Suburbanization was inevitable even without white flight. The nice SFH areas of DC remained mostly nice, people weren't interested in rowhouse living. Geographic location of Potomac meant it was going to become the next major upscale area. Explosion of wealth and highly paid jobs and industries around DC, combined with changes in home construction techniques led to McMansion era. The rest is history. |
Anonymous
No |
Anonymous
| All those grand scale architects had to go some where and dump their chump designs. So ugly. So very devastatingly ugly. |
Anonymous
| The houses in most of Potomac are large but tasteful. The problem is that there are some really crazy, gaudy ones on River Rd, and so some people think that is representative of all of Potomac because that's the road they drive on most often. |
Anonymous
This house is so ostentatious! |
Anonymous
It's not that bad. I wouldn't want it but given the other monstrosities that are out there, this one is fairly well designed and well built by comparison. |
Anonymous
No but it was a redline neighborhood, so was Bethesda. they had "black" neighborhoods, Tobytown, etc. |
Anonymous
Scotland and Tobytown. Actually Potomac is not very white all all. Most of the “white” people are not even white. On my block none of the white people are US born |
Anonymous
| Say what you will but it is perfect for families with kids. Potomac is ideal for raising children. |
Anonymous
Well, there are lots of ideas about what’s ideal for children. |