Why is everyone in Takoma Park weird?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of our politicians are from their too, which is the problem.

+1

[Anonymous]

They have their own parody site it's so bad:

https://takomatorch.com/

[Anonymous]

Classic Takoma Park:
https://takomatorch.com/index.php/2024/04/08/takoma-park-residents-demand-delay-of-solar-eclipse-until-multiple-shadow-studies-performed/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They have their own parody site it's so bad:

https://takomatorch.com/

The site is cringe. The guy that runs it is cringe. And to confirm how weird Takoma Park is, apparently his wife is Republican.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The vast majority of TP are upper middle class, liberal families who work regular jobs as feds, lawyers, academics, etc. Just normal people. However, the people that dominate city politics and have the tjme and energy to engage with the City Council are the older aging hippies who are sometimes ridiculous. But it’s not at all representative of the community as a whole.

Signed TP resident of 15 years

This is true and false. Those white collar families chose to live with the hippies because they enjoy it and mostly agree with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They have their own parody site it's so bad:

https://takomatorch.com/

The site is cringe. The guy that runs it is cringe. And to confirm how weird Takoma Park is, apparently his wife is Republican.

I didn't know anything about the author, but some of the articles are pretty hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yup, it’s got tons of white, insufferable, progressives who freak out over minor dumb issues. - longtime tkpk resident

And who need real jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of our politicians are from their too, which is the problem.

+1

Well the rest of you keep voting for them. Takoma Park isn't big enough to vote their own politicians in on their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They have their own parody site it's so bad:

https://takomatorch.com/

The site is cringe. The guy that runs it is cringe. And to confirm how weird Takoma Park is, apparently his wife is Republican.

I didn't know anything about the author, but some of the articles are pretty hilarious.

Okay Eric.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The vast majority of TP are upper middle class, liberal families who work regular jobs as feds, lawyers, academics, etc. Just normal people. However, the people that dominate city politics and have the tjme and energy to engage with the City Council are the older aging hippies who are sometimes ridiculous. But it’s not at all representative of the community as a whole.

Signed TP resident of 15 years

Omg I’m 100% sure I know who wrote this and he is insufferable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The vast majority of TP are upper middle class, liberal families who work regular jobs as feds, lawyers, academics, etc. Just normal people. However, the people that dominate city politics and have the tjme and energy to engage with the City Council are the older aging hippies who are sometimes ridiculous. But it’s not at all representative of the community as a whole.

Signed TP resident of 15 years

Omg I’m 100% sure I know who wrote this and he is insufferable.

You are wrong. I wrote this and I’m a woman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The vast majority of TP are upper middle class, liberal families who work regular jobs as feds, lawyers, academics, etc. Just normal people. However, the people that dominate city politics and have the tjme and energy to engage with the City Council are the older aging hippies who are sometimes ridiculous. But it’s not at all representative of the community as a whole.

Signed TP resident of 15 years

This is true and false. Those white collar families chose to live with the hippies because they enjoy it and mostly agree with them.

Disagree. We largely agree on national political issues but less so on local issues. Many of us support upzoning and the older TP folks are mostly staunchly opposed.

White collar families choose TP because the schools are good, there is a cute, walkable downtown area, it’s close to DC, neighborhoods have a community feel and it’s more affordable than Bethesda with more diverse housing stock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The vast majority of TP are upper middle class, liberal families who work regular jobs as feds, lawyers, academics, etc. Just normal people. However, the people that dominate city politics and have the tjme and energy to engage with the City Council are the older aging hippies who are sometimes ridiculous. But it’s not at all representative of the community as a whole.

Signed TP resident of 15 years

This.

[Anonymous]

As long as you don’t delve too deeply into the various Takoma listservs, you’ll be fine.

[Anonymous]

As houses get more expensive in TP, the people are less and less like you describe. The nature of the talk you went to probably attracted those types. Those types also are active in local government. Most people in TP are nice and normal and are there to take advantage of the schools and location.