Dear body on the street in Bethesda

[Anonymous]

I regularly see deer bodies on the side of the road in MoCo this time of year, nothing unusual about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You sound legitimately insane. And soulless.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This sounds tragic but the idea that this says something larger about Bethesda is silly. I walk around Bethesda all the time and at all hours, and it is safe, vibrant, and pleasant. It's a stark contrast with much of DC.

If you think Bethesda is “vibrant”…

We probably have different definitions of vibrant. Bethesda has lots of people walking around, patronizing retail and parks, and generally enjoying themselves. It also has lots of good festivals and events. I'll take it over anywhere else in the DC area, but I understand that everyone has different preferences.

[Anonymous]

As I walked out in the streets of Bethesda

As I walked out in Bethesda one day

I spied a dear big law lawyer wrapped up in white linen

Wrapped up in white linen and cold as the clay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nextdoor blowing up because a body was found outside Jetties....and.other confirming and that it was an OD.

Seriously, MoCo is now a trash heap. Even Bethesda is now a drug infested den slinging dope. I really think only about 10-20% of the population is actually productive, doesn't commit crime, and is keeping the county alive. What happens when they leave? Driving around MoCo the other day was just sad. So many beggars everywhere. People in parking lots selling sugar cane and coconuts while leaving trash and discarded waste everywhere. So many ODs in MCPS. Now bodies are piling up in Bethesda. 👎

One of the richest counties in one of the richest countries in the world is a "trash heap"?

Have you considered slithering back under the privliged-ass rock from whence you came and/or not being so poor MoCo is too trash cheap for you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nextdoor blowing up because a body was found outside Jetties....and.other confirming and that it was an OD.

Seriously, MoCo is now a trash heap. Even Bethesda is now a drug infested den slinging dope. I really think only about 10-20% of the population is actually productive, doesn't commit crime, and is keeping the county alive. What happens when they leave? Driving around MoCo the other day was just sad. So many beggars everywhere. People in parking lots selling sugar cane and coconuts while leaving trash and discarded waste everywhere. So many ODs in MCPS. Now bodies are piling up in Bethesda. 👎

One of the richest counties in one of the richest countries in the world is a "trash heap"?

Have you considered slithering back under the privliged-ass rock from whence you came and/or not being so poor MoCo is too trash cheap for you?

Not that poster but we are also one of the most educated counties in the nation. So how did we allow the quality of life to degrade so much over the past 20 years? We have brains and money. But apparently not much common sense.

[Anonymous]

Im in that park weekly (morning coffee) and get hit up for money all the time. Talking to someone in the know, the death was an overdose, not a homicide.

[Anonymous]

I knew that as soon as crime would start filtering down to Bethesda that it would get peoples attention. Maybe the blinders will come off some moco citizens and they’ll start getting mad about crime. Wheaton, Gaithersburg and other higher crime areas have been dealing with this for a long time and their concerns have fallen on deaf ears.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As I walked out in the streets of Bethesda

As I walked out in Bethesda one day

I spied a dear big law lawyer wrapped up in white linen

Wrapped up in white linen and cold as the clay

[Anonymous]

Addiction and drug use do not discriminate on the basis of income or socioeconomic status. Rich areas. Poor areas. No place is immune.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nextdoor blowing up because a body was found outside Jetties....and.other confirming and that it was an OD.

Seriously, MoCo is now a trash heap. Even Bethesda is now a drug infested den slinging dope. I really think only about 10-20% of the population is actually productive, doesn't commit crime, and is keeping the county alive. What happens when they leave? Driving around MoCo the other day was just sad. So many beggars everywhere. People in parking lots selling sugar cane and coconuts while leaving trash and discarded waste everywhere. So many ODs in MCPS. Now bodies are piling up in Bethesda. 👎

One of the richest counties in one of the richest countries in the world is a "trash heap"?

Have you considered slithering back under the privliged-ass rock from whence you came and/or not being so poor MoCo is too trash cheap for you?

Not that poster but we are also one of the most educated counties in the nation. So how did we allow the quality of life to degrade so much over the past 20 years? We have brains and money. But apparently not much common sense.

Greed and a false sense of meritocracy. “I worked hard for what I have so everyone else must work just as hard for what they have. I’m not going to share what I have to help someone else who made different life decisions or came from a different background than I did”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Not that poster but we are also one of the most educated counties in the nation. So how did we allow the quality of life to degrade so much over the past 20 years? We have brains and money. But apparently not much common sense.

False premise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nextdoor blowing up because a body was found outside Jetties....and.other confirming and that it was an OD.

Seriously, MoCo is now a trash heap. Even Bethesda is now a drug infested den slinging dope. I really think only about 10-20% of the population is actually productive, doesn't commit crime, and is keeping the county alive. What happens when they leave? Driving around MoCo the other day was just sad. So many beggars everywhere. People in parking lots selling sugar cane and coconuts while leaving trash and discarded waste everywhere. So many ODs in MCPS. Now bodies are piling up in Bethesda. 👎

One of the richest counties in one of the richest countries in the world is a "trash heap"?

Have you considered slithering back under the privliged-ass rock from whence you came and/or not being so poor MoCo is too trash cheap for you?

Not that poster but we are also one of the most educated counties in the nation. So how did we allow the quality of life to degrade so much over the past 20 years? We have brains and money. But apparently not much common sense.

A lot of it comes down to who is elected. The people elected tend to have more extreme left views than the general population, and tend to be from Takoma Park/Silver Spring area. Not a lot of representation from Damascus or Germantown other than the required location-specific Council positions.

Why do they get elected? Because we don't have open primaries, then whoever wins the primary for the Democrats becomes the winner in the general. But a lot of people don't vote in primaries, especially in an off-year (non presidential). To win in the primary you just need to court a few fringe groups who vote in heavy numbers to win. Elrich won the primary with 55,504 votes, ahead of more moderate Blair by 32 votes. In a county of 1 million people and 678,000 registered voters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nextdoor blowing up because a body was found outside Jetties....and.other confirming and that it was an OD.

Seriously, MoCo is now a trash heap. Even Bethesda is now a drug infested den slinging dope. I really think only about 10-20% of the population is actually productive, doesn't commit crime, and is keeping the county alive. What happens when they leave? Driving around MoCo the other day was just sad. So many beggars everywhere. People in parking lots selling sugar cane and coconuts while leaving trash and discarded waste everywhere. So many ODs in MCPS. Now bodies are piling up in Bethesda. 👎

One of the richest counties in one of the richest countries in the world is a "trash heap"?

Have you considered slithering back under the privliged-ass rock from whence you came and/or not being so poor MoCo is too trash cheap for you?

Not that poster but we are also one of the most educated counties in the nation. So how did we allow the quality of life to degrade so much over the past 20 years? We have brains and money. But apparently not much common sense.

A lot of it comes down to who is elected. The people elected tend to have more extreme left views than the general population, and tend to be from Takoma Park/Silver Spring area. Not a lot of representation from Damascus or Germantown other than the required location-specific Council positions.

Why do they get elected? Because we don't have open primaries, then whoever wins the primary for the Democrats becomes the winner in the general. But a lot of people don't vote in primaries, especially in an off-year (non presidential). To win in the primary you just need to court a few fringe groups who vote in heavy numbers to win. Elrich won the primary with 55,504 votes, ahead of more moderate Blair by 32 votes. In a county of 1 million people and 678,000 registered voters.

the people who are elected received more votes than the people who aren't elected, and a lot of those votes come from places where a lot of the voters live!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nextdoor blowing up because a body was found outside Jetties....and.other confirming and that it was an OD.

Seriously, MoCo is now a trash heap. Even Bethesda is now a drug infested den slinging dope. I really think only about 10-20% of the population is actually productive, doesn't commit crime, and is keeping the county alive. What happens when they leave? Driving around MoCo the other day was just sad. So many beggars everywhere. People in parking lots selling sugar cane and coconuts while leaving trash and discarded waste everywhere. So many ODs in MCPS. Now bodies are piling up in Bethesda. 👎

One of the richest counties in one of the richest countries in the world is a "trash heap"?

Have you considered slithering back under the privliged-ass rock from whence you came and/or not being so poor MoCo is too trash cheap for you?

Not that poster but we are also one of the most educated counties in the nation. So how did we allow the quality of life to degrade so much over the past 20 years? We have brains and money. But apparently not much common sense.

A lot of it comes down to who is elected. The people elected tend to have more extreme left views than the general population, and tend to be from Takoma Park/Silver Spring area. Not a lot of representation from Damascus or Germantown other than the required location-specific Council positions.

Why do they get elected? Because we don't have open primaries, then whoever wins the primary for the Democrats becomes the winner in the general. But a lot of people don't vote in primaries, especially in an off-year (non presidential). To win in the primary you just need to court a few fringe groups who vote in heavy numbers to win. Elrich won the primary with 55,504 votes, ahead of more moderate Blair by 32 votes. In a county of 1 million people and 678,000 registered voters.

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