College Park is so cool now

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The town is undergoing a big renaissance as a college town. I know people have talked about how it's a good investment, etc, but I just want to talk about how cool it is becoming.

Its restaurant scene is better than ever with cool new taquerias, asian fusion restaurants, etc replacing old pizza by the slice spots.

It has the Milkboy Arthouse concert venue which opened in 2017. It features a mix of smaller time musical acts and internationally known artists with a more artsy/cultural vibe through a partnership through U Md's Clarice center.

From wikipedia: " The venue is the first in the United States to be a private-public performance space combined with the University of Maryland's Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center."

Link to shows if you're interested: milkboyarthouse.ticketfly.com

I don't live in College Park, but I just want to a show at Milkboy and felt like I needed to start this thread

What DC suburb can compete with College Park in terms of being as cool?

There is nothing cool about anything in the DC area. It's great for yuppies, but cool? Nothing.

[Anonymous]

I work at UMD and am glad to see the positive changes in College Park. But the changes are coming with a price: trees are going down and traffic and construction are getting worse and worse. Eventually, when the Purple Line stuff settles in, it will all be fine. But this "transition" period sucks for those of us commuting in and out of College Park regularly.

That said, I very much like some of the new additions, especially The Hotel. But what people don't get is that the administration is sinking money into the commercial stuff, and campus is suffering. There are JANK buildings on that campus, and the administration is more concerned with cosmetic and commerce matters, not taking care of the much-needed infrastructural updates on campus.

[Anonymous]

Following this.

We rent in one of the cool areas mentioned. Want to buy but can’t afford it, looking for next best thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Downtown Bethesda has lots of really cool restaurants and shops and is very walkable. If you expand the definition to include North Bethesda then you get to include the Strathmore

What cool restaurants are in downtown Bethesda?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just think it's the coolest DC suburb.

Some competitors:
Silver Spring - maybe could be considered cooler.... they have AFI silver, have the Fillmore venue, but are a little bit too cookie cutter to get 1st place
Bethesda - yeah, really nice, but not as "cool"
Clarendon - also has performing arts, bars, restaurants etc, but too douchey
Takoma Park - too crunchy, too old
anything farther out in Virginia than Arlington - no, just no

OP, the words "cool" and "suburb" can never be used in the same sentence.
Sniff sniff

[Anonymous]

I live on Rt 1 and I am as big a booster as anyone but college park is what it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

There is nothing cool about anything in the DC area. It's great for yuppies, but cool? Nothing.

haha! I love the people who are such snobs that the 6th largest metro area in the US has nothing to offer for them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Downtown Bethesda has lots of really cool restaurants and shops and is very walkable. If you expand the definition to include North Bethesda then you get to include the Strathmore

What cool restaurants are in downtown Bethesda?

I started this thread to talk about how college park is cool. I don't care to defend Bethesda anymore than saying it's a nice and has lots of dining/shopping options

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There is nothing cool about anything in the DC area. It's great for yuppies, but cool? Nothing.

haha! I love the people who are such snobs that the 6th largest metro area in the US has nothing to offer for them

Don't get me wrong. I like living here. But I'm not cool.

[Anonymous]

a nice area*

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Anonymous wrote:It is all relative. Compared to the 1980’s it is cool. Otherwise, I would describe it as a dump.

I am saying it is cooler than any other DC suburb

And I am telling you I’m not going...

I read that in Jennifer Hudson’s voice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is all relative. Compared to the 1980’s it is cool. Otherwise, I would describe it as a dump.

I am saying it is cooler than any other DC suburb

Er, its not even the coolest suburb in NW PG County. THAT would be Hyattsville.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is all relative. Compared to the 1980’s it is cool. Otherwise, I would describe it as a dump.

I am saying it is cooler than any other DC suburb

Er, its not even the coolest suburb in NW PG County. THAT would be Hyattsville.

ok, what is cooler about hyattsville? some chain restaurants? a busboys and poets? franklin's restaurant? doesn't beat out college park