Bethesda Row after the Purple Line Opens?

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Anonymous wrote:I've never been to downtown Bethesda, is it worth going there?

No, it's terrible. Don't waste your time.

It has good schools professors at Maryland want a nice place to live, that is why the purple line is going in.

Going out in Bethesda is like entering the 9 circles of he$$

Is it LGBT friendly there or is it mostly straight people that would look at a visibly queer couple like we don't belong there? I've been to Takoma Park and felt safe and absolutely fine.

Bethesda is in Montgomery County. There are visibly queer couples everywhere in Montgomery County. Even in Damascus at the Jimmie Cone.

I wouldn't go to Bethesda as a tourist destination, but it's a perfectly fine place, unless you're somebody who's super mad about tall buildings and the fact that it's not 1970 in Montgomery County anymore.

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^^^ not. No there are no “visibly gay couples” at the jimmy cone.

Gurl go to Takoma park and educate yourself.

Downtown Frederick is very lgbt friendly btw.

I'm the PP you're responding to, and I have seen visibly gay couples at the Jimmie Cone in Damascus. And I only go once or twice a year.

The fact you use the term “visibly gay” shows youre a little homophobic yourself.

Unless you know them personally you don’t really know.

How do “visibly gay” people look.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've never been to downtown Bethesda, is it worth going there?

No, it's terrible. Don't waste your time.

It has good schools professors at Maryland want a nice place to live, that is why the purple line is going in.

Going out in Bethesda is like entering the 9 circles of he$$

Is it LGBT friendly there or is it mostly straight people that would look at a visibly queer couple like we don't belong there? I've been to Takoma Park and felt safe and absolutely fine.

Bethesda is in Montgomery County. There are visibly queer couples everywhere in Montgomery County. Even in Damascus at the Jimmie Cone.

I wouldn't go to Bethesda as a tourist destination, but it's a perfectly fine place, unless you're somebody who's super mad about tall buildings and the fact that it's not 1970 in Montgomery County anymore.

Lol
^^^ not. No there are no “visibly gay couples” at the jimmy cone.

Gurl go to Takoma park and educate yourself.

Downtown Frederick is very lgbt friendly btw.

I'm the PP you're responding to, and I have seen visibly gay couples at the Jimmie Cone in Damascus. And I only go once or twice a year.

The fact you use the term “visibly gay” shows youre a little homophobic yourself.

Unless you know them personally you don’t really know.

How do “visibly gay” people look.

Ask this PP.

Is it LGBT friendly there or is it mostly straight people that would look at a visibly queer couple like we don't belong there? I've been to Takoma Park and felt safe and absolutely fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've never been to downtown Bethesda, is it worth going there?

No, it's terrible. Don't waste your time.

It has good schools professors at Maryland want a nice place to live, that is why the purple line is going in.

Going out in Bethesda is like entering the 9 circles of he$$

Is it LGBT friendly there or is it mostly straight people that would look at a visibly queer couple like we don't belong there? I've been to Takoma Park and felt safe and absolutely fine.

Bethesda is in Montgomery County. There are visibly queer couples everywhere in Montgomery County. Even in Damascus at the Jimmie Cone.

I wouldn't go to Bethesda as a tourist destination, but it's a perfectly fine place, unless you're somebody who's super mad about tall buildings and the fact that it's not 1970 in Montgomery County anymore.

Lol
^^^ not. No there are no “visibly gay couples” at the jimmy cone.

Gurl go to Takoma park and educate yourself.

Downtown Frederick is very lgbt friendly btw.

I'm the PP you're responding to, and I have seen visibly gay couples at the Jimmie Cone in Damascus. And I only go once or twice a year.

The fact you use the term “visibly gay” shows youre a little homophobic yourself.

Unless you know them personally you don’t really know.

How do “visibly gay” people look.

Ask this PP.

Is it LGBT friendly there or is it mostly straight people that would look at a visibly queer couple like we don't belong there? I've been to Takoma Park and felt safe and absolutely fine.

When two men or two women walk down the street holding hands. Or if someone is visibly trans and dating basically anyone. A lot of women give two women holding hands disdainful looks or will huff and puff or scoff as we walk by. They enjoy making their homophobia known to us while keeping it quiet to the straight people around them. It's a lot more common than you might think.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The purple line is the worst and dumbest tax taxpayer funded project in MD history. Such a colossal waste of our money.

And yes, Bethesda Row will have much, much more crime and overcrowding.

The freight rail line was planned for decades for light rail conversion by the county. Discussions began in the 1970s well before many of us were even alive. Then a republican governor went all in to enthusiastically support the Purple Line project posing for the photo ops and what have you. Even years of lawsuits by a seemingly endless array of anti-transit advocates—bike advocates, nature lovers, rail trail boosters, the town of Chevy Chase, friends of the chevy chase library, and the wealthy country club members—couldn’t stop it.

Overall the Purple Line will be an economic boon for the region. And despite the naysayers, will be wildly popular for years to come. Imagine taking the Purple Line from Bethesda to College Park for a public lecture by an academic followed by a relaxing dinner in Silver Spring, at Red Lobster for example.

Discussions began in the 1980s, when the freight railroad decided to abandon the right-of-way.

Zero Republican governors have enthusiastically supported the Purple Line. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/06/20/larry-hogan-purple-line-fiasco/

The anti-Purple Line lawsuits were brought by residents of the Town of Chevy Chase, some of whom were squatting in the right-of-way. Anti-Purple Line lobbying was funded by the Town of Chevy Chase and the Columbia Country Club.

If you want to go to the Red Lobster in Silver Spring, you'd better hurry, because Wall Street wizards are driving it into bankruptcy.

Another idea is a fun public library open-house activity for families, perhaps to coincide with the grand opening of the Purple Line. Imagine enjoying the collection at the Bethesda library, then hopping on the Purple Line to the Chevy Chase library for a public reading, followed by a final stop at the Silver Spring Library for a fun activity, where the station is creatively located in the covered portico of the library building itself. They could hand out commemorative buttons to the families that visit all three libraries via the Purple Line in a day. Then families could walk over to the Chick-fil-a or Nando's for a healthy, scrumptious meal, before hoping on the Purple Line back to Bethesda.

The future possibilities of this transit line are indeed mind-boggling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The purple line is the worst and dumbest tax taxpayer funded project in MD history. Such a colossal waste of our money.

And yes, Bethesda Row will have much, much more crime and overcrowding.

The freight rail line was planned for decades for light rail conversion by the county. Discussions began in the 1970s well before many of us were even alive. Then a republican governor went all in to enthusiastically support the Purple Line project posing for the photo ops and what have you. Even years of lawsuits by a seemingly endless array of anti-transit advocates—bike advocates, nature lovers, rail trail boosters, the town of Chevy Chase, friends of the chevy chase library, and the wealthy country club members—couldn’t stop it.

Overall the Purple Line will be an economic boon for the region. And despite the naysayers, will be wildly popular for years to come. Imagine taking the Purple Line from Bethesda to College Park for a public lecture by an academic followed by a relaxing dinner in Silver Spring, at Red Lobster for example.

Discussions began in the 1980s, when the freight railroad decided to abandon the right-of-way.

Zero Republican governors have enthusiastically supported the Purple Line. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/06/20/larry-hogan-purple-line-fiasco/

The anti-Purple Line lawsuits were brought by residents of the Town of Chevy Chase, some of whom were squatting in the right-of-way. Anti-Purple Line lobbying was funded by the Town of Chevy Chase and the Columbia Country Club.

If you want to go to the Red Lobster in Silver Spring, you'd better hurry, because Wall Street wizards are driving it into bankruptcy.

Another idea is a fun public library open-house activity for families, perhaps to coincide with the grand opening of the Purple Line. Imagine enjoying the collection at the Bethesda library, then hopping on the Purple Line to the Chevy Chase library for a public reading, followed by a final stop at the Silver Spring Library for a fun activity, where the station is creatively located in the covered portico of the library building itself. They could hand out commemorative buttons to the families that visit all three libraries via the Purple Line in a day. Then families could walk over to the Chick-fil-a or Nando's for a healthy, scrumptious meal, before hoping on the Purple Line back to Bethesda.

The future possibilities of this transit line are indeed mind-boggling.

I honestly can't tell if you think you're being funny.

Regardless, the main use of the Purple Line will be people going places just like people are now going places, except right now they're having to take multiple buses (or drive and park) and it takes much longer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The purple line is the worst and dumbest tax taxpayer funded project in MD history. Such a colossal waste of our money.

And yes, Bethesda Row will have much, much more crime and overcrowding.

The freight rail line was planned for decades for light rail conversion by the county. Discussions began in the 1970s well before many of us were even alive. Then a republican governor went all in to enthusiastically support the Purple Line project posing for the photo ops and what have you. Even years of lawsuits by a seemingly endless array of anti-transit advocates—bike advocates, nature lovers, rail trail boosters, the town of Chevy Chase, friends of the chevy chase library, and the wealthy country club members—couldn’t stop it.

Overall the Purple Line will be an economic boon for the region. And despite the naysayers, will be wildly popular for years to come. Imagine taking the Purple Line from Bethesda to College Park for a public lecture by an academic followed by a relaxing dinner in Silver Spring, at Red Lobster for example.

Discussions began in the 1980s, when the freight railroad decided to abandon the right-of-way.

Zero Republican governors have enthusiastically supported the Purple Line. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/06/20/larry-hogan-purple-line-fiasco/

The anti-Purple Line lawsuits were brought by residents of the Town of Chevy Chase, some of whom were squatting in the right-of-way. Anti-Purple Line lobbying was funded by the Town of Chevy Chase and the Columbia Country Club.

If you want to go to the Red Lobster in Silver Spring, you'd better hurry, because Wall Street wizards are driving it into bankruptcy.

Another idea is a fun public library open-house activity for families, perhaps to coincide with the grand opening of the Purple Line. Imagine enjoying the collection at the Bethesda library, then hopping on the Purple Line to the Chevy Chase library for a public reading, followed by a final stop at the Silver Spring Library for a fun activity, where the station is creatively located in the covered portico of the library building itself. They could hand out commemorative buttons to the families that visit all three libraries via the Purple Line in a day. Then families could walk over to the Chick-fil-a or Nando's for a healthy, scrumptious meal, before hoping on the Purple Line back to Bethesda.

The future possibilities of this transit line are indeed mind-boggling.

I honestly can't tell if you think you're being funny.

Regardless, the main use of the Purple Line will be people going places just like people are now going places, except right now they're having to take multiple buses (or drive and park) and it takes much longer.

The Orange Line did something similar when it opened in Va in 1979. Make the grand opening fun to showcase the possibilities to families (not just commuters). Our taxes are funding this transit infrastructure. Nando’s is family friendly. If Shakey’s or Farrell’s were still around I’d be on board with those. Silver Spring has Outback, et al.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Flood the zone with police, patrol aggressively, and let the criminals know that they will not be welcome.

The police should be defunded.

Must be nice to say that when you live in a safe affluent area with no need for police. What about if you lived in areas of open air drug markets where people compete for profitable turf using bullets with no names. And women being beat by abusive men behind closed doors.

It’s okay, I can guarantee you that you’ve never spent any significant time in an area like that. So keep being a virtue signaling activist. And I’m sure all those aforementioned elements will respond to social workers with clip boards. Would force the shooters and drug dealers right out of town!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The purple line is the worst and dumbest tax taxpayer funded project in MD history. Such a colossal waste of our money.

And yes, Bethesda Row will have much, much more crime and overcrowding.

The freight rail line was planned for decades for light rail conversion by the county. Discussions began in the 1970s well before many of us were even alive. Then a republican governor went all in to enthusiastically support the Purple Line project posing for the photo ops and what have you. Even years of lawsuits by a seemingly endless array of anti-transit advocates—bike advocates, nature lovers, rail trail boosters, the town of Chevy Chase, friends of the chevy chase library, and the wealthy country club members—couldn’t stop it.

Overall the Purple Line will be an economic boon for the region. And despite the naysayers, will be wildly popular for years to come. Imagine taking the Purple Line from Bethesda to College Park for a public lecture by an academic followed by a relaxing dinner in Silver Spring, at Red Lobster for example.

Discussions began in the 1980s, when the freight railroad decided to abandon the right-of-way.

Zero Republican governors have enthusiastically supported the Purple Line. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/06/20/larry-hogan-purple-line-fiasco/

The anti-Purple Line lawsuits were brought by residents of the Town of Chevy Chase, some of whom were squatting in the right-of-way. Anti-Purple Line lobbying was funded by the Town of Chevy Chase and the Columbia Country Club.

If you want to go to the Red Lobster in Silver Spring, you'd better hurry, because Wall Street wizards are driving it into bankruptcy.

Another idea is a fun public library open-house activity for families, perhaps to coincide with the grand opening of the Purple Line. Imagine enjoying the collection at the Bethesda library, then hopping on the Purple Line to the Chevy Chase library for a public reading, followed by a final stop at the Silver Spring Library for a fun activity, where the station is creatively located in the covered portico of the library building itself. They could hand out commemorative buttons to the families that visit all three libraries via the Purple Line in a day. Then families could walk over to the Chick-fil-a or Nando's for a healthy, scrumptious meal, before hoping on the Purple Line back to Bethesda.

The future possibilities of this transit line are indeed mind-boggling.

I honestly can't tell if you think you're being funny.

Regardless, the main use of the Purple Line will be people going places just like people are now going places, except right now they're having to take multiple buses (or drive and park) and it takes much longer.

The Orange Line did something similar when it opened in Va in 1979. Make the grand opening fun to showcase the possibilities to families (not just commuters). Our taxes are funding this transit infrastructure. Nando’s is family friendly. If Shakey’s or Farrell’s were still around I’d be on board with those. Silver Spring has Outback, et al.

I’d rather drive to Bethesda and gaze at the fine architecture of the Ourisman Honda dealership while walking down Bethesda Ave to Uncle Julio’s for some fine ethnic fare. Or nosh to my heart’s content at CAVA while planning my evening stroll down 355 where I can bask in the unique ambiance of such a high-end destination.

[Anonymous]

The Purple Lime will be studied for decades as a case study for how not to do transit. It won’t even be faster than existing bus service between several stops.
https://twitter.com/sodiumPen/status/1773353262353146257#m

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The purple line is the worst and dumbest tax taxpayer funded project in MD history. Such a colossal waste of our money.

And yes, Bethesda Row will have much, much more crime and overcrowding.

The freight rail line was planned for decades for light rail conversion by the county. Discussions began in the 1970s well before many of us were even alive. Then a republican governor went all in to enthusiastically support the Purple Line project posing for the photo ops and what have you. Even years of lawsuits by a seemingly endless array of anti-transit advocates—bike advocates, nature lovers, rail trail boosters, the town of Chevy Chase, friends of the chevy chase library, and the wealthy country club members—couldn’t stop it.

Overall the Purple Line will be an economic boon for the region. And despite the naysayers, will be wildly popular for years to come. Imagine taking the Purple Line from Bethesda to College Park for a public lecture by an academic followed by a relaxing dinner in Silver Spring, at Red Lobster for example.

Discussions began in the 1980s, when the freight railroad decided to abandon the right-of-way.

Zero Republican governors have enthusiastically supported the Purple Line. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/06/20/larry-hogan-purple-line-fiasco/

The anti-Purple Line lawsuits were brought by residents of the Town of Chevy Chase, some of whom were squatting in the right-of-way. Anti-Purple Line lobbying was funded by the Town of Chevy Chase and the Columbia Country Club.

If you want to go to the Red Lobster in Silver Spring, you'd better hurry, because Wall Street wizards are driving it into bankruptcy.

Another idea is a fun public library open-house activity for families, perhaps to coincide with the grand opening of the Purple Line. Imagine enjoying the collection at the Bethesda library, then hopping on the Purple Line to the Chevy Chase library for a public reading, followed by a final stop at the Silver Spring Library for a fun activity, where the station is creatively located in the covered portico of the library building itself. They could hand out commemorative buttons to the families that visit all three libraries via the Purple Line in a day. Then families could walk over to the Chick-fil-a or Nando's for a healthy, scrumptious meal, before hoping on the Purple Line back to Bethesda.

The future possibilities of this transit line are indeed mind-boggling.

I honestly can't tell if you think you're being funny.

Regardless, the main use of the Purple Line will be people going places just like people are now going places, except right now they're having to take multiple buses (or drive and park) and it takes much longer.

The Orange Line did something similar when it opened in Va in 1979. Make the grand opening fun to showcase the possibilities to families (not just commuters). Our taxes are funding this transit infrastructure. Nando’s is family friendly. If Shakey’s or Farrell’s were still around I’d be on board with those. Silver Spring has Outback, et al.

I’d rather drive to Bethesda and gaze at the fine architecture of the Ourisman Honda dealership while walking down Bethesda Ave to Uncle Julio’s for some fine ethnic fare. Or nosh to my heart’s content at CAVA while planning my evening stroll down 355 where I can bask in the unique ambiance of such a high-end destination.

Too bad Hot Shoppes, O’Donnell’s, and the B-CC McDonlads are gone. Those three landmark restaurants would’ve been worth the Purple Line fare from Chevy Chase Lake to Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Purple Lime will be studied for decades as a case study for how not to do transit. It won’t even be faster than existing bus service between several stops.
https://twitter.com/sodiumPen/status/1773353262353146257#m

So I clicked on your link, and here's what the Purple Line won't be faster than: Silver Spring to New Carrollton, 56 minutes via the Metro Red Line to Metro Center then transfer to the Metro Orange Line, 62.6 minutes via the Purple Line. And Silver Spring to College Park, 26 minutes via the Metro Red Line to Fort Totten, then transfer to the Metro Green Line, 37.6 minutes via the Purple Line.

The Metro Red Line/Orange Line/Green Line are not a bus. And most people will not be traveling all the way to New Carrollton on the Purple Line. And even if they are, the extra six minutes might be worth it for a one-seat ride. And unlike the College Park Metro station, where you would still have to take another bus to tget to UMD, the Purple Line will have three stations that are actually at UMD.

Would it have been better for the Purple Line to be built directly (not via the public-private partnership due to debt from the ICC), without the delays caused by decades of opposition and lawsuits from the Town of Chevy Chase and the Columbia Country Club, and without the enormous cost overruns caused by Larry Hogan? You betcha. I don't think anybody disagrees about that.

See here for how Larry Hogan botched the Purple Line: https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/06/20/larry-hogan-purple-line-fiasco/

[Anonymous]

The Purple Line will be slower than existing rail service from Silver Spring to College Park. You think that because it’s not a bus that makes it okay and not a colossal waste of money?

For all of the most obvious use cases, it will either be the same or slower than existing transit. What’s the point of this thing?

[Anonymous]

What is there actually to travel to BR for? Restaurants, maybe?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Purple Line will be slower than existing rail service from Silver Spring to College Park. You think that because it’s not a bus that makes it okay and not a colossal waste of money?

For all of the most obvious use cases, it will either be the same or slower than existing transit. What’s the point of this thing?

How about Silver Spring to Bethesda? College Park to Rockville?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Purple Line will be slower than existing rail service from Silver Spring to College Park. You think that because it’s not a bus that makes it okay and not a colossal waste of money?

For all of the most obvious use cases, it will either be the same or slower than existing transit. What’s the point of this thing?

The Purple Line will be slower than existing rail service from the Silver Spring Metro station to the College Park Metro station.

But the great thing about the Purple Line is that it will have multiple stations in Silver Spring, and also multiple stations in College Park. Which do you think will be faster for a trip from the Silver Spring library to Stamp?

I don't really care, though. Want to hate on the Purple Line? Go ahead. It will have as much effect as hating on the full moon.