What’s the most horribly planned community in the dc area?

[Anonymous]

All of Northern Virginia. Anything to with I-66 is a disaster. Too many cars and accidents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's Georgetown, or rather how they have NOT planned getting in and out of there.
Key bridge dump at bottom of M street gives me nightmares. That weird exit off key bridge to whitehurst that is like a side highway sidearm is super creepy. A beautiful riverfront area that's now in the shadow of the creepy freeway. I've said creepy a few times, so that's how I feel. Not sure why. I never go there anymore.

They really should have more metro stops near Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

Hyattsville on the University Park side. No planning. No sidewalks but tons of pedestrians. They clearly gave no thought as to how it would work. Now with the never-ending Purple line construction, it's even worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amalyn in North Bethesda. 4,000-6,000 sq foot modern houses plopped in an established neighborhood of 1960s homes. Yes, I live in one of them

This, and yet people think it's some special neighborhood

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Anonymous wrote:Tysons

Many years ago, I worked for an ad agency in LA. Our clients were luxury brands like Tiffany and Cartier. While developing advertising plans to support their retail stores, “Tyson’s” was always a key market for the client. Since I had never lived in the DC area, I envisioned a super luxurious Beverly Hills / Rodeo Drive type shopping area, our perhaps an outdoor shopping center like Fashion Island. When I moved to DC five years ago, I was so excited to finally see Tysons! I drove around and around, thinking there was some hidden gem of a high street/shopping area that I kept missing. Nope, Tysons is just a convergence of highways, strip malls and parking lots. I just couldn’t believe the disconnect between my perception and the reality of Tyson’s.

I'm originally from LA, and not the Beverly Hills part of LA. Tysons reminds me of LA - a concrete jungle with a huge mall, and the traffic to go with it.

I hate that it's at the tip of the 495 so you *have* to go through it to get to around the beltway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tysons

Many years ago, I worked for an ad agency in LA. Our clients were luxury brands like Tiffany and Cartier. While developing advertising plans to support their retail stores, “Tyson’s” was always a key market for the client. Since I had never lived in the DC area, I envisioned a super luxurious Beverly Hills / Rodeo Drive type shopping area, our perhaps an outdoor shopping center like Fashion Island. When I moved to DC five years ago, I was so excited to finally see Tysons! I drove around and around, thinking there was some hidden gem of a high street/shopping area that I kept missing. Nope, Tysons is just a convergence of highways, strip malls and parking lots. I just couldn’t believe the disconnect between my perception and the reality of Tyson’s.

Harsh but so warranted. I live in another state and our luxury mall where celebrities and pro athletes shop is in an ugly area just like Tysons.

I think malls from the 70s looked fresher architecturally when everything new was brutalist concrete architecture.

I see the same effect on college campuses. The 1960s-1980s buildings are usually the hideous ones. Before and after usually look like buildings you won't hate the look of in 50 more years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tysons

Many years ago, I worked for an ad agency in LA. Our clients were luxury brands like Tiffany and Cartier. While developing advertising plans to support their retail stores, “Tyson’s” was always a key market for the client. Since I had never lived in the DC area, I envisioned a super luxurious Beverly Hills / Rodeo Drive type shopping area, our perhaps an outdoor shopping center like Fashion Island. When I moved to DC five years ago, I was so excited to finally see Tysons! I drove around and around, thinking there was some hidden gem of a high street/shopping area that I kept missing. Nope, Tysons is just a convergence of highways, strip malls and parking lots. I just couldn’t believe the disconnect between my perception and the reality of Tyson’s.

Harsh but so warranted. I live in another state and our luxury mall where celebrities and pro athletes shop is in an ugly area just like Tysons.

I think malls from the 70s looked fresher architecturally when everything new was brutalist concrete architecture.

I see the same effect on college campuses. The 1960s-1980s buildings are usually the hideous ones. Before and after usually look like buildings you won't hate the look of in 50 more years.

so so true. And they never ever "fit in" with the campus. I wonder how they were approved and what people were thinking. Probably all enamored of "modern" and "space age"

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Anonymous wrote:Amalyn in North Bethesda. 4,000-6,000 sq foot modern houses plopped in an established neighborhood of 1960s homes. Yes, I live in one of them

Curious what's bad about it? Just that the rest of bethesda is 1960s?

It seems to me what PP wrote is self explanatory.
New big modern houses don’t fit harmoniously with established 1960s homes in the same neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amalyn in North Bethesda. 4,000-6,000 sq foot modern houses plopped in an established neighborhood of 1960s homes. Yes, I live in one of them

Curious what's bad about it? Just that the rest of bethesda is 1960s?

It seems to me what PP wrote is self explanatory.
New big modern houses don’t fit harmoniously with established 1960s homes in the same neighborhood.

Isn't the whole neighborhood big modern? My 1960s bethesds neighborhood is sprinkled with out of place new builds that don't fit in

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tysons

Many years ago, I worked for an ad agency in LA. Our clients were luxury brands like Tiffany and Cartier. While developing advertising plans to support their retail stores, “Tyson’s” was always a key market for the client. Since I had never lived in the DC area, I envisioned a super luxurious Beverly Hills / Rodeo Drive type shopping area, our perhaps an outdoor shopping center like Fashion Island. When I moved to DC five years ago, I was so excited to finally see Tysons! I drove around and around, thinking there was some hidden gem of a high street/shopping area that I kept missing. Nope, Tysons is just a convergence of highways, strip malls and parking lots. I just couldn’t believe the disconnect between my perception and the reality of Tyson’s.

Tysons isn't a neighborhood or a community. There are only apartment buildings/condos there. The people who live near Tysons live in Vienna, Pimmit, Falls Church and frankly avoid the Tysons Corner area like the plague unless they work there..

[Anonymous]

National Harbor in Maryland. There's one way in and out, it's always a traffic nightmare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amalyn in North Bethesda. 4,000-6,000 sq foot modern houses plopped in an established neighborhood of 1960s homes. Yes, I live in one of them

Curious what's bad about it? Just that the rest of bethesda is 1960s?

It seems to me what PP wrote is self explanatory.
New big modern houses don’t fit harmoniously with established 1960s homes in the same neighborhood.

Give it time. In 10 years all of Bethesda will have turned into McMansions on those tiny lots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:National Harbor in Maryland. There's one way in and out, it's always a traffic nightmare.

I used to live over there and worked in MOCO. It was a nightmare to just simply get out of the development, and the streets are so narrow. Great to visit, but would never again actually have an address there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amalyn in North Bethesda. 4,000-6,000 sq foot modern houses plopped in an established neighborhood of 1960s homes. Yes, I live in one of them

Curious what's bad about it? Just that the rest of bethesda is 1960s?

It seems to me what PP wrote is self explanatory.
New big modern houses don’t fit harmoniously with established 1960s homes in the same neighborhood.

Isn't the whole neighborhood big modern? My 1960s bethesds neighborhood is sprinkled with out of place new builds that don't fit in

That specific development Amalyn Modern collection is big and modern by Toll Brothers.
But the section is located inside established 1960s neighborhood.
I would assume PP would also be annoyed with your neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Tysons id always a nightmare.