Is silver spring a decent place to live?

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Anonymous wrote:Go to Wheaton Mall on a weekend and tell me it’s less depressing than Springfield, Fair Oaks, or Pentagon City malls. It’s not just about crime, a lot of young people in MoCo are dressed in pajamas all the time and look like they’ve given up at life. There’s a certain sense of despair and ennui that exists among young people in MoCo, specifically in Silver Spring and points north and east, that doesn’t exist in the same percentages of young people in NoVA and DC.

This is so weird. The Wheaton Mall has Target and Costco. It's very convenient. You think that people dress differently at Target in Wheaton than they do in Fairfax?

The Target in Wheaton is the most run down Target I’ve ever been to in my
life. Even the Target in Columbia Heights has less stuff thrown on the ground and is less of a general mess.

It’d be interesting for people who have experience going regularly between MoCo and NoVA have to say about this. I can’t be the only one to notice how depressing Wheaton and Silver Spring are compared to the rest of the region.

I don’t base my home buying decisions in how a particular Target appears to look.

I could go into grocery stores as well. Compare the Harris Teeters in Bethesda and North Bethesda to the ones in Arlington. Not even close. The Whole Foods in Pentagon City and Clarendon are nicer than the ones on River Road and North Bethesda as well.

Compare the iPic in Pike and Rose to the theater in the Mosaic District or the dine in theater in Tysons Galleria, which are far nicer experiences despite not being as expensive. The iPic is barely vacuumed and staffed by burnouts but costs $22 a ticket.

In general, the entire retail experience is much more pleasurable in NoVA. Better ethnic food options as well, except for Chinese. Kabobs, Vietnamese, Thai are all better in close in VA.

That’s your opinion.

The PP is correct. I can't see anyone with good business mind want to live in MoCO and put their money down the drain in high taxes. It is just horrible and now the bigger tax deficit is going to increase higher income and property taxes. No way

[Anonymous]

No one moves to NoVa/VA because it's a great place to live.
They’re forced to live there because of their jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:Go to Wheaton Mall on a weekend and tell me it’s less depressing than Springfield, Fair Oaks, or Pentagon City malls. It’s not just about crime, a lot of young people in MoCo are dressed in pajamas all the time and look like they’ve given up at life. There’s a certain sense of despair and ennui that exists among young people in MoCo, specifically in Silver Spring and points north and east, that doesn’t exist in the same percentages of young people in NoVA and DC.

This is so weird. The Wheaton Mall has Target and Costco. It's very convenient. You think that people dress differently at Target in Wheaton than they do in Fairfax?

The Target in Wheaton is the most run down Target I’ve ever been to in my
life. Even the Target in Columbia Heights has less stuff thrown on the ground and is less of a general mess.

It’d be interesting for people who have experience going regularly between MoCo and NoVA have to say about this. I can’t be the only one to notice how depressing Wheaton and Silver Spring are compared to the rest of the region.

I'm at the Wheaton Target fairly regularly, and that's not been my experience.

Go to any Target in Arlington and then judge. The point is to get feedback from people who are in VA and MD frequently so they have something to judge it against.

I have been to multiple Targets in VA, MD, and DC and I don't agree with you.

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My goodness! OP only asked if Silver Spring is a decent place to live, and the insecure NoVa folks came out of the woods, MAGA meetings, and klan rallies, trying to convince us that NoVa is better; when the OP never asked about NoVa. You could not make this $hit up.
The inferiority complex of VA people never cease to amaze me.

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Can we all just agree that everywhere in the DMV is terrible and move on?

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Anonymous wrote:Go to Wheaton Mall on a weekend and tell me it’s less depressing than Springfield, Fair Oaks, or Pentagon City malls. It’s not just about crime, a lot of young people in MoCo are dressed in pajamas all the time and look like they’ve given up at life. There’s a certain sense of despair and ennui that exists among young people in MoCo, specifically in Silver Spring and points north and east, that doesn’t exist in the same percentages of young people in NoVA and DC.

This is so weird. The Wheaton Mall has Target and Costco. It's very convenient. You think that people dress differently at Target in Wheaton than they do in Fairfax?

The Target in Wheaton is the most run down Target I’ve ever been to in my
life. Even the Target in Columbia Heights has less stuff thrown on the ground and is less of a general mess.

It’d be interesting for people who have experience going regularly between MoCo and NoVA have to say about this. I can’t be the only one to notice how depressing Wheaton and Silver Spring are compared to the rest of the region.

I don’t base my home buying decisions in how a particular Target appears to look.

I could go into grocery stores as well. Compare the Harris Teeters in Bethesda and North Bethesda to the ones in Arlington. Not even close. The Whole Foods in Pentagon City and Clarendon are nicer than the ones on River Road and North Bethesda as well.

Compare the iPic in Pike and Rose to the theater in the Mosaic District or the dine in theater in Tysons Galleria, which are far nicer experiences despite not being as expensive. The iPic is barely vacuumed and staffed by burnouts but costs $22 a ticket.

In general, the entire retail experience is much more pleasurable in NoVA. Better ethnic food options as well, except for Chinese. Kabobs, Vietnamese, Thai are all better in close in VA.

That’s your opinion.

The PP is correct. I can't see anyone with good business mind want to live in MoCO and put their money down the drain in high taxes. It is just horrible and now the bigger tax deficit is going to increase higher income and property taxes. No way

Plenty of people live happily in MoCo. You NoVa boosters are getting sillier by the post.

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The funny thing is that NoVa people seem to only live there for tax reasons, so they get super-worked up when tax increases are announced. It's like their entire world is crumbling around them.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1244414.page

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1242388.page

I mean, no one likes taxes, but I don't spend every second thinking about them like the NoVa boosters do.

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Anonymous wrote:Go to Wheaton Mall on a weekend and tell me it’s less depressing than Springfield, Fair Oaks, or Pentagon City malls. It’s not just about crime, a lot of young people in MoCo are dressed in pajamas all the time and look like they’ve given up at life. There’s a certain sense of despair and ennui that exists among young people in MoCo, specifically in Silver Spring and points north and east, that doesn’t exist in the same percentages of young people in NoVA and DC.

This is so weird. The Wheaton Mall has Target and Costco. It's very convenient. You think that people dress differently at Target in Wheaton than they do in Fairfax?

The Target in Wheaton is the most run down Target I’ve ever been to in my
life. Even the Target in Columbia Heights has less stuff thrown on the ground and is less of a general mess.

It’d be interesting for people who have experience going regularly between MoCo and NoVA have to say about this. I can’t be the only one to notice how depressing Wheaton and Silver Spring are compared to the rest of the region.

I'm at the Wheaton Target fairly regularly, and that's not been my experience.

Same, I am at Wheaton Target almost weekly. Is it as good as the Rockville one? No. Is it 100x better than Columbia Heights? YES.

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Anonymous wrote:Go to Wheaton Mall on a weekend and tell me it’s less depressing than Springfield, Fair Oaks, or Pentagon City malls. It’s not just about crime, a lot of young people in MoCo are dressed in pajamas all the time and look like they’ve given up at life. There’s a certain sense of despair and ennui that exists among young people in MoCo, specifically in Silver Spring and points north and east, that doesn’t exist in the same percentages of young people in NoVA and DC.

This is so weird. The Wheaton Mall has Target and Costco. It's very convenient. You think that people dress differently at Target in Wheaton than they do in Fairfax?

The Target in Wheaton is the most run down Target I’ve ever been to in my
life. Even the Target in Columbia Heights has less stuff thrown on the ground and is less of a general mess.

It’d be interesting for people who have experience going regularly between MoCo and NoVA have to say about this. I can’t be the only one to notice how depressing Wheaton and Silver Spring are compared to the rest of the region.

I'm at the Wheaton Target fairly regularly, and that's not been my experience.

Same, I am at Wheaton Target almost weekly. Is it as good as the Rockville one? No. Is it 100x better than Columbia Heights? YES.

The Wheaton Target was under renovation for a while and it WAS a mess but it's done now and quite nice!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Go to Wheaton Mall on a weekend and tell me it’s less depressing than Springfield, Fair Oaks, or Pentagon City malls. It’s not just about crime, a lot of young people in MoCo are dressed in pajamas all the time and look like they’ve given up at life. There’s a certain sense of despair and ennui that exists among young people in MoCo, specifically in Silver Spring and points north and east, that doesn’t exist in the same percentages of young people in NoVA and DC.

This is so weird. The Wheaton Mall has Target and Costco. It's very convenient. You think that people dress differently at Target in Wheaton than they do in Fairfax?

The Target in Wheaton is the most run down Target I’ve ever been to in my
life. Even the Target in Columbia Heights has less stuff thrown on the ground and is less of a general mess.

It’d be interesting for people who have experience going regularly between MoCo and NoVA have to say about this. I can’t be the only one to notice how depressing Wheaton and Silver Spring are compared to the rest of the region.

I don’t base my home buying decisions in how a particular Target appears to look.

I could go into grocery stores as well. Compare the Harris Teeters in Bethesda and North Bethesda to the ones in Arlington. Not even close. The Whole Foods in Pentagon City and Clarendon are nicer than the ones on River Road and North Bethesda as well.

Compare the iPic in Pike and Rose to the theater in the Mosaic District or the dine in theater in Tysons Galleria, which are far nicer experiences despite not being as expensive. The iPic is barely vacuumed and staffed by burnouts but costs $22 a ticket.

In general, the entire retail experience is much more pleasurable in NoVA. Better ethnic food options as well, except for Chinese. Kabobs, Vietnamese, Thai are all better in close in VA.

That’s your opinion.

The PP is correct. I can't see anyone with good business mind want to live in MoCO and put their money down the drain in high taxes. It is just horrible and now the bigger tax deficit is going to increase higher income and property taxes. No way

Plenty of people live happily in MoCo. You NoVa boosters are getting sillier by the post.

But do those people have "good business mind"? Really makes you think.

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Anonymous wrote:My goodness! OP only asked if Silver Spring is a decent place to live, and the insecure NoVa folks came out of the woods, MAGA meetings, and klan rallies, trying to convince us that NoVa is better; when the OP never asked about NoVa. You could not make this $hit up.
The inferiority complex of VA people never cease to amaze me.

VA voted for Harris, Biden and Obama. Arlington, Alexandria, and Fairfax all voted for Harris by the same, or greater margins, than MoCo. The difference is that the average Dem voter in VA isn’t a frumpy loser led by a frumpy loser like Elrich. You’ll find more people wearing masks driving 15 year old Subarus by themselves in MD. More teenagers with bad haircuts and atrocious hygiene. I have never seen a mass of people in this country more depressing than the people I’ve seen in Downtown Silver Spring. People in places that cost half as much to live in look better put together and less depressed.

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SS is a poo-poo place to live. Full stop.

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Anonymous wrote:My goodness! OP only asked if Silver Spring is a decent place to live, and the insecure NoVa folks came out of the woods, MAGA meetings, and klan rallies, trying to convince us that NoVa is better; when the OP never asked about NoVa. You could not make this $hit up.
The inferiority complex of VA people never cease to amaze me.

VA voted for Harris, Biden and Obama. Arlington, Alexandria, and Fairfax all voted for Harris by the same, or greater margins, than MoCo. The difference is that the average Dem voter in VA isn’t a frumpy loser led by a frumpy loser like Elrich. You’ll find more people wearing masks driving 15 year old Subarus by themselves in MD. More teenagers with bad haircuts and atrocious hygiene. I have never seen a mass of people in this country more depressing than the people I’ve seen in Downtown Silver Spring. People in places that cost half as much to live in look better put together and less depressed.

Dems in VA


Dems in Silver Spring

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Anonymous wrote:My goodness! OP only asked if Silver Spring is a decent place to live, and the insecure NoVa folks came out of the woods, MAGA meetings, and klan rallies, trying to convince us that NoVa is better; when the OP never asked about NoVa. You could not make this $hit up.
The inferiority complex of VA people never cease to amaze me.

VA voted for Harris, Biden and Obama. Arlington, Alexandria, and Fairfax all voted for Harris by the same, or greater margins, than MoCo. The difference is that the average Dem voter in VA isn’t a frumpy loser led by a frumpy loser like Elrich. You’ll find more people wearing masks driving 15 year old Subarus by themselves in MD. More teenagers with bad haircuts and atrocious hygiene. I have never seen a mass of people in this country more depressing than the people I’ve seen in Downtown Silver Spring. People in places that cost half as much to live in look better put together and less depressed.

Why so insecure?

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Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is that NoVa people seem to only live there for tax reasons, so they get super-worked up when tax increases are announced. It's like their entire world is crumbling around them.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1244414.page

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1242388.page

I mean, no one likes taxes, but I don't spend every second thinking about them like the NoVa boosters do.

I don’t want my tax money to go towards MOCOs wasteful spending and programs that import poverty.