Chevy Chase MD - What's so great about it?

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Anonymous wrote:Got it, areas like SP which used to be white but have been black now for a few decades need to be protected but white areas need to be broken up because they are evil.

What happens if African Americans ever get any real wealth or political power other than at the individual level? Promises of retaliation isn’t a good look esp when ones only actual mechanisms for change currently is Twitter. It simply won’t advance the conversation.

Truth is there simply arent lots of AA buyers at CC price points even in the DC metro area which has more black wealth than anywhere else. The few that are in the market typically pick other places to live like SP or PG. This leaves people who can’t even afford CC with opinions on who should and should live there about what they think is fair (like you) and nobody cares about your opinion. If you want more black people in CC convince your rich black friends to move there...

I actually know several very wealthy Black families in CC MD. They do exist!

Of course they do but let’s not act like there is a large buying block of them.

Nor in most affluent DC area suburbs and neighborhoods. You can make the same complaint about Bethesda and most of NW and McLean and Arlington and Great Falls and Potomac and so on. Why is Chevy Chase being singled out?

DP, but Bethesda and Potomac are much larger than CC. CC is known in part for being small and exclusive. It's much more homogenous than either Bethesda or Potomac. Those are plenty wealthy themselves, but many CC residents would turn their noses up at the nouveau riche who inhabit those areas. Can't speak to VA since I know it much less, but I imagine the same applies.

But the bigger question is: why are you so ardently defending Chevy Chase? You sound like any other mediocre white person stomping their feet about the how whites are truly the oppressed ones in this country.

Your last sentence is charming. Calling people mediocre? You pretty much destroyed whatever credibility you may have had.

As a FYI I am not affiliated with Chevy Chase in any form. Just another poster, and there have clearly been more than just a handful, puzzled why people are making a big deal about Chevy Chase.

But I do suspect I know the real reason why affluent African American homeowners are not into Chevy Chase. They don't see the allure of spending so much money for small and cramped and dated houses. Which is what most of Chevy Chase is. It's the same reason why you also don't find many Asian or South Asian buyers in Chevy Chase. Chevy Chase, contrary to what some of you want to think, is not a ku klux klan hangout or populated by people who haven't left the 1950s country club environment, but a highly educated, strongly Democratic leaning area dominated by the professionals who'd be happy to have more AA residents. But AA buyers aren't interested in Chevy Chase when they can get bigger and newer houses for their money elsewhere. And that's all there is to it.

Ah, now you're just being disingenuous. And you clearly don't know much about the older parts of CC. There's a lot more to it than that. Other PPs have already laid that out, thoroughly and eloquently. That you choose to ignore that information says volumes.

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Anonymous wrote:Got it, areas like SP which used to be white but have been black now for a few decades need to be protected but white areas need to be broken up because they are evil.

What happens if African Americans ever get any real wealth or political power other than at the individual level? Promises of retaliation isn’t a good look esp when ones only actual mechanisms for change currently is Twitter. It simply won’t advance the conversation.

Truth is there simply arent lots of AA buyers at CC price points even in the DC metro area which has more black wealth than anywhere else. The few that are in the market typically pick other places to live like SP or PG. This leaves people who can’t even afford CC with opinions on who should and should live there about what they think is fair (like you) and nobody cares about your opinion. If you want more black people in CC convince your rich black friends to move there...

I actually know several very wealthy Black families in CC MD. They do exist!

Of course they do but let’s not act like there is a large buying block of them.

Nor in most affluent DC area suburbs and neighborhoods. You can make the same complaint about Bethesda and most of NW and McLean and Arlington and Great Falls and Potomac and so on. Why is Chevy Chase being singled out?

DP, but Bethesda and Potomac are much larger than CC. CC is known in part for being small and exclusive. It's much more homogenous than either Bethesda or Potomac. Those are plenty wealthy themselves, but many CC residents would turn their noses up at the nouveau riche who inhabit those areas. Can't speak to VA since I know it much less, but I imagine the same applies.

But the bigger question is: why are you so ardently defending Chevy Chase? You sound like any other mediocre white person stomping their feet about the how whites are truly the oppressed ones in this country.

Your last sentence is charming. Calling people mediocre? You pretty much destroyed whatever credibility you may have had.

As a FYI I am not affiliated with Chevy Chase in any form. Just another poster, and there have clearly been more than just a handful, puzzled why people are making a big deal about Chevy Chase.

But I do suspect I know the real reason why affluent African American homeowners are not into Chevy Chase. They don't see the allure of spending so much money for small and cramped and dated houses. Which is what most of Chevy Chase is. It's the same reason why you also don't find many Asian or South Asian buyers in Chevy Chase. Chevy Chase, contrary to what some of you want to think, is not a ku klux klan hangout or populated by people who haven't left the 1950s* country club environment, but a highly educated, strongly Democratic leaning area dominated by the professionals who'd be happy to have more AA residents. But AA buyers aren't interested in Chevy Chase when they can get bigger and newer houses for their money elsewhere. And that's all there is to it.

Ah, now you're just being disingenuous. And you clearly don't know much about the older parts of CC. There's a lot more to it than that. Other PPs have already laid that out, thoroughly and eloquently. That you choose to ignore that information says volumes.

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That’s all there is to it! Destroyed your credibility! It’s like breitbart and my dumbest uncle got drunk at Thanksgiving and decided to lecture the kids table on The Way Things Are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Got it, areas like SP which used to be white but have been black now for a few decades need to be protected but white areas need to be broken up because they are evil.

What happens if African Americans ever get any real wealth or political power other than at the individual level? Promises of retaliation isn’t a good look esp when ones only actual mechanisms for change currently is Twitter. It simply won’t advance the conversation.

Truth is there simply arent lots of AA buyers at CC price points even in the DC metro area which has more black wealth than anywhere else. The few that are in the market typically pick other places to live like SP or PG. This leaves people who can’t even afford CC with opinions on who should and should live there about what they think is fair (like you) and nobody cares about your opinion. If you want more black people in CC convince your rich black friends to move there...

I actually know several very wealthy Black families in CC MD. They do exist!

Of course they do but let’s not act like there is a large buying block of them.

Nor in most affluent DC area suburbs and neighborhoods. You can make the same complaint about Bethesda and most of NW and McLean and Arlington and Great Falls and Potomac and so on. Why is Chevy Chase being singled out?

DP, but Bethesda and Potomac are much larger than CC. CC is known in part for being small and exclusive. It's much more homogenous than either Bethesda or Potomac. Those are plenty wealthy themselves, but many CC residents would turn their noses up at the nouveau riche who inhabit those areas. Can't speak to VA since I know it much less, but I imagine the same applies.

But the bigger question is: why are you so ardently defending Chevy Chase? You sound like any other mediocre white person stomping their feet about the how whites are truly the oppressed ones in this country.

Your last sentence is charming. Calling people mediocre? You pretty much destroyed whatever credibility you may have had.

As a FYI I am not affiliated with Chevy Chase in any form. Just another poster, and there have clearly been more than just a handful, puzzled why people are making a big deal about Chevy Chase.

But I do suspect I know the real reason why affluent African American homeowners are not into Chevy Chase. They don't see the allure of spending so much money for small and cramped and dated houses. Which is what most of Chevy Chase is. It's the same reason why you also don't find many Asian or South Asian buyers in Chevy Chase. Chevy Chase, contrary to what some of you want to think, is not a ku klux klan hangout or populated by people who haven't left the 1950s* country club environment, but a highly educated, strongly Democratic leaning area dominated by the professionals who'd be happy to have more AA residents. But AA buyers aren't interested in Chevy Chase when they can get bigger and newer houses for their money elsewhere. And that's all there is to it.

Ah, now you're just being disingenuous. And you clearly don't know much about the older parts of CC. There's a lot more to it than that. Other PPs have already laid that out, thoroughly and eloquently. That you choose to ignore that information says volumes.

*1980s
That’s all there is to it! Destroyed your credibility! It’s like breitbart and my dumbest uncle got drunk at Thanksgiving and decided to lecture the kids table on The Way Things Are.

Kid, do you know how silly you sound? Belittling people, calling them names, shouting ignorance, when they just have different views?

Life is not that complicated. There will always be someone with issues with something while the rest of the world gets on with it. Nor can you claim to speak for all African Americans, and clearly not for the 6% or so of Chevy Chase's population who, for whatever reason, chose to live there despite being African American. Ironically this is a higher percentage than in Bethesda or Potomac or McLean.