Damascus?

[Anonymous]

Damascus is still racist AF I would never in a million years move there or send my kids to school there.

My family that lives there is racist AF and so are their neighbors, even their teens are racist and redneck.

The sports team comment above is 100% on point, though we had a few racist incidents with Bethesda Soccer.


I would look at Clarksburg, Poolesville, Gaithersburg (QO), Boyds (Northwest) or even Urbana.

Olney is getting better but has not gotten there yet, it is more diverse than Damascus but still deep roots in racism for the whites that remain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ethnic makeup of the area was 89.66% white, 6.63% African American, 0.24% Native American, 2.21% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.28% from other races, and 1.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.31% of the population.

There were 3,710 households, of which 52.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.0% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.0% were non-families. 13.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.38.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus,_Maryland

Really? You trust in Wikipedia

Are you saying these numbers are wrong? If so please post accurate demographics and identify your source.

I'm not the PP but here is the HS demographics.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04701.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ethnic makeup of the area was 89.66% white, 6.63% African American, 0.24% Native American, 2.21% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.28% from other races, and 1.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.31% of the population.

There were 3,710 households, of which 52.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.0% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.0% were non-families. 13.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.38.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus,_Maryland

Really? You trust in Wikipedia

Are you saying these numbers are wrong? If so please post accurate demographics and identify your source.

DP, but your source is for the 2000 census, 20 years ago. This data from 2017 shows 64% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black and 7% Asian.

http://www.city-data.com/city/Damascus-Maryland.html#b

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Damascus is still racist AF I would never in a million years move there or send my kids to school there.

My family that lives there is racist AF and so are their neighbors, even their teens are racist and redneck.

The sports team comment above is 100% on point, though we had a few racist incidents with Bethesda Soccer.


I would look at Clarksburg, Poolesville, Gaithersburg (QO), Boyds (Northwest) or even Urbana.

Olney is getting better but has not gotten there yet, it is more diverse than Damascus but still deep roots in racism for the whites that remain.

My court in Olney is very diverse. There are really four American born, non imigrant houses. I am an immgirant, DH is white American born. My walks are full of diverse aquintaces. The new subdivision Olney Springs has a lot of Indians, Asians and Africans and African Americans. In fact, they are the majority comapred to white people there. They are outside all gathered with their kids riding bikes all the time. It looks like they are having a great time and over 10 kids are always playing together. It is true, that I don't see white families and kids playing and hanging out with them.
When we moved here 9 years ago, my white older middle aged American neighbour, did tell my dh that she is relieved that the "right kind of people" moved in! Then she heard my accent, and only spoke to dh for the most part. I am white, but from the Balkans. Perhaps she was worried I was going to do her in? But, then I saw a bear and she did not, so my neighbouhood creed rose to "knows everything that is going on" and from then on I was privy to all the gossip she knew! They moved and immigrants moved into their house! Ha. Though, I gotta say, nobody keeps the lawn like white racists!
This was just to say that I don't think, overall, Olney is racist, and that it is getting much better. Though, as an immigrant I probably do not have access to the thoughts of old timers in Olney. I really love living in Olney.

[Anonymous]

You can find more info on the city data forum. People here rarely leave the beltway.
Clarksburg is cookie cutter. The developer pulled out of planned amenities and they broke a lot of county rules regarding height of buildings, I believe there was a lawsuit as well. Most of it was built around the height of the real estate market leaving many upside down on their mortgage.
The traffic inside Clarksburg is doable during certain times of the day. A big bottleneck is around the R355 going north from Germantown. I would avoid the homes that are zoned for SVH.
I believe Clarksburg also has some halfway housing, low income units. If you do not like that then look into it more.
Damascus is older, looks like you are about 100 miles from DC. If you like the upcountry, then look also at Ijamsville and New Market, Mount Airy.
Then again, this forum is fairly ignorant so switch to city data for that

[Anonymous]

Damascus is an absolute shithole. It's nothing like Bethesda, Potomac, Rockville or Gaitherburg. It's infested with meth heads and trailer trash people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Damascus public schools are a no go.

Read up how they treat their students at the HS. The football program alone is horrific. And yes that was an MCPS fail as well.

Traffic on 27 stinks.

Lot's of new housing out that way.

I'd do Urbana over Damascus and that is not saying much.

*nods grimly*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ethnic makeup of the area was 89.66% white, 6.63% African American, 0.24% Native American, 2.21% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.28% from other races, and 1.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.31% of the population.

There were 3,710 households, of which 52.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.0% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.0% were non-families. 13.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.38.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus,_Maryland

Really? You trust in Wikipedia

In this case, yes.

[Anonymous]

Damascus has a reputation for doing sexual harassment things, specifically Tea Bagging. Very revolting. I’d look elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Really!
This thread is from 2020?

New low for dcum