Are there neighborhoods that you believe will spiral in the next ten or twenty years?

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Anonymous wrote:Hoping not Silver Spring because we recently moved here. But the crime in downtown has given me some pause.

There's always been crime there. I don't think it's gotten worse than anywhere else

Please reach out to Jawando and other reps. The Council is budgeting now and they have not identified public safety as a priority.

Yet they shame the police force. Signaling won’t work to stop a mugging…

I’m really tired of so many blatant lies from conservatives on this site. Let me share the facts:

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Holistic approach to public safety results in success over summer

It’s been a team effort this summer to keep crime in check. Our police, health and human services and recreation departments deserve thanks along with our Regional Service Centers for their efforts to address crime and violence. Although we sadly had a homicide in Rockville over the holiday weekend, it was the first homicide since June and only the second in nearly four months. Additionally, there have been no homicides in the Silver Spring district this year after a major emphasis on public safety in the area that started last fall…..

… Additionally, our new police recruit class started last week with 30 cadets. Our last recruit class was only 18 so it appears we are already seeing the positive impacts from our pay increases for officers. It is imperative that we continue to improve MCPD staffing as well as continue our partnerships and collaborations with residents, communities, and our non-profit and faith communities. By working together, we will continue to improve public safety in Montgomery County.
https://mocoshow.com/blog/weekly-message-from-the-county-executive-marc-elrich-27/
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So contrary to the misinformation in this thread, Elrich has actually increased police hiring and given them a raise! How exactly is expanding the police force and paying them more “shaming” them?
Rockville has more murders than Silver Spring but you wouldn’t know that from how people always disparage SS as “declining”. SMH

That's encouraging to hear and I love DTSS, but having shootouts during weekday business hours in DTSS is getting really old.

“Getting old”? How often do you think that happens? And funny how you didn’t mention the more recent shooting in Chevy Chase, hm?

CHEVY CHASE, MD — Montgomery County Police are investigating a shooting that injured two people inside Clyde’s of Chevy Chase on Wisconsin Avenue early Monday morning.
https://patch.com/maryland/bethesda-chevychase/amp/31029796/shooting-at-clydes-of-chevy-chase-injures-2-people-police

This kind of thing happens everywhere. Even that Lulu lemon murder in Bethesda a few years ago, or kids engaged in knife fights in the parking lot of some W HS.

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All of Montgomery County. People used to move to Montgomery County for the schools, which have been in a downward spiral for about 10 years. With no businesses moving into the county, and the only thing being built are retirement homes and retail on the bottom/condos on the top style units, there won't be enough income taxes to pay for county serviced. This means schools will continue their downward spiral, traffic will continue to get worse, etc, etc

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Anonymous wrote:All of Montgomery County. People used to move to Montgomery County for the schools, which have been in a downward spiral for about 10 years. With no businesses moving into the county, and the only thing being built are retirement homes and retail on the bottom/condos on the top style units, there won't be enough income taxes to pay for county serviced. This means schools will continue their downward spiral, traffic will continue to get worse, etc, etc

Publics everywhere suck

MOCO is about great access to the best privates and country clubs

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Anonymous wrote:AU park, esp after the weed store goes in a block down from the Target in Tenley, located just above the train.

Yes agree.

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Anonymous wrote:All of Montgomery County. People used to move to Montgomery County for the schools, which have been in a downward spiral for about 10 years. With no businesses moving into the county, and the only thing being built are retirement homes and retail on the bottom/condos on the top style units, there won't be enough income taxes to pay for county serviced. This means schools will continue their downward spiral, traffic will continue to get worse, etc, etc

As long as the feds keep their offices downtown--and nobody thinks they'll move out of DC--MoCo will be an attractive place to live and commute in 2x a week.

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Anonymous wrote:New spin: for every neighborhood that you believe will spiral, list a corresponding neighborhood that will boom. Unless you think the DC MSA population is going to start trending downward for some reason it's a zero-sum game or better.

The areas near jobs will trend upward and the ones far from areas of economic growth will decline. I’d say Fairfax and Loudoun along 267 will continue to grow and Maryland suburbs will decline.

Eh, maybe. The geographic difference between NoVA and MoCo isn’t going to matter as much if you only drive to that job one or two days a week. I think people will care more about the space within and the neighborhood around their homes than a half hour difference in commute.

This. Everyone needs someplace to live and MoCo isn't far from DC or NOVA. The reality is, tons of knowledge workers in MoCo are WFH these days and for the foreseeable future; so commuting is an even smaller issue now than before.

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Anonymous wrote:All of Montgomery County. People used to move to Montgomery County for the schools, which have been in a downward spiral for about 10 years. With no businesses moving into the county, and the only thing being built are retirement homes and retail on the bottom/condos on the top style units, there won't be enough income taxes to pay for county serviced. This means schools will continue their downward spiral, traffic will continue to get worse, etc, etc

As long as the feds keep their offices downtown--and nobody thinks they'll move out of DC--MoCo will be an attractive place to live and commute in 2x a week.

The data on Montgomery county schools say otherwise and most of the issues we see today are the same issues impacting neighboring counties.

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Anonymous wrote:All of Montgomery County. People used to move to Montgomery County for the schools, which have been in a downward spiral for about 10 years. With no businesses moving into the county, and the only thing being built are retirement homes and retail on the bottom/condos on the top style units, there won't be enough income taxes to pay for county serviced. This means schools will continue their downward spiral, traffic will continue to get worse, etc, etc

As long as the feds keep their offices downtown--and nobody thinks they'll move out of DC--MoCo will be an attractive place to live and commute in 2x a week.

The data on Montgomery county schools say otherwise and most of the issues we see today are the same issues impacting neighboring counties.

I found the schools to be fantastic. At least my kids have been in magnets the entire way through. So many great opportunities for anyone who wants to learn, and the magnets consistently outperform TJ at least in every matchup I've seen.

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Anonymous wrote:All of Montgomery County. People used to move to Montgomery County for the schools, which have been in a downward spiral for about 10 years. With no businesses moving into the county, and the only thing being built are retirement homes and retail on the bottom/condos on the top style units, there won't be enough income taxes to pay for county serviced. This means schools will continue their downward spiral, traffic will continue to get worse, etc, etc

As long as the feds keep their offices downtown--and nobody thinks they'll move out of DC--MoCo will be an attractive place to live and commute in 2x a week.

The data on Montgomery county schools say otherwise and most of the issues we see today are the same issues impacting neighboring counties.

I found the schools to be fantastic. At least my kids have been in magnets the entire way through. So many great opportunities for anyone who wants to learn, and the magnets consistently outperform TJ at least in every matchup I've seen.

I feel the same way and my kids attend lower-rated schools. The elementary school was fabulous. Middle school is okay but now that my oldest is in High School (this is a school in "ganglandia" as DCUM refers to it), I realize that this is where MoCo really shines. The availability of programs at the high school level is simply top-notch. There is no doubt if a child wants to succeed, they absolutely can at MCPS- and I say this as someone who can't stand MCPS central office.

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Anonymous wrote:Parts of DC that clawed their way toward gentrification but can escape the crime

Reston that feeds into South Lakes High School

Areas around Tysons Corner where Fairfax County wants to dump more affordable housing due to Silver Line extension.

What's wrong with Reston and S Lakes HS? I don't see any bad neighborhoods or gang activities there. Stop spreading FUD

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Anonymous wrote:Parts of DC that clawed their way toward gentrification but can escape the crime

Reston that feeds into South Lakes High School

Areas around Tysons Corner where Fairfax County wants to dump more affordable housing due to Silver Line extension.

This is a popular take, but crime is actually down in DC in 2022 relative to last year.

DC can be tough for families, but the region is still growing, and the fertility rate is still near all-time lows. The increase in the number of singles and DINKs alone is enough to keep DC out of any real spiral.

And crime is almost insignificant in DC today compared to 20+ years ago.

Not quite. Crime is more random, and upper class neighborhoods are targeted, so it feels like more crime because it’s happening on your street.

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Anonymous wrote:All of Montgomery County. People used to move to Montgomery County for the schools, which have been in a downward spiral for about 10 years. With no businesses moving into the county, and the only thing being built are retirement homes and retail on the bottom/condos on the top style units, there won't be enough income taxes to pay for county serviced. This means schools will continue their downward spiral, traffic will continue to get worse, etc, etc

As long as the feds keep their offices downtown--and nobody thinks they'll move out of DC--MoCo will be an attractive place to live and commute in 2x a week.

The data on Montgomery county schools say otherwise and most of the issues we see today are the same issues impacting neighboring counties.

I found the schools to be fantastic. At least my kids have been in magnets the entire way through. So many great opportunities for anyone who wants to learn, and the magnets consistently outperform TJ at least in every matchup I've seen.

Same. My kids attended magnets (although one did language immersion for elementary). It was a great education. In fact, we tried a well-regarded local private, realized it wasn't as good, and returned that kid to the language immersion program.