Downtown Bethesda: Where did it all go wrong?

[Anonymous]

$$$$$$$

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like old town Alexandria.

Except old town Alexandria is actually nice.

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Downtown Bethesda has always been boring

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Alexandria has cute boutique, local shops. Bethesda is only chains. It’s annoying.

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Anonymous wrote:Downtown Bethesda has always been boring

agree. very overrated. was fun many, many years ago and now it's just meh.

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I lived there from 2010-11. I remember going to jaleo for happy hour and enjoying walking around. It seemed more lively than what you’re describing now. I don’t remember other specific stores, but there was a bar we’d frequent

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When Barnes and Noble left. That's when it became soulless

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Frederick is adorable. My DH and I may retire there from Silver Spring.

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Anonymous wrote:same thing that is wrong with the rest of MD, too many regulations, too blue and lame.

I heard some parts of Africa have very few regulations, if that's what you're into. You might need to hire private security, and the infrastructure might be terrible, but at least you'll be in your regulation-free utopia.

You never know in MD, you can be in the best parts of town and still wonder. when you watch the local news, you hear about crimes of passion in VA and MD you hear about senseless crime. take it for what its worth, its the reality. Living in VA is much better.

VA? The land of the gun? And Bumpkin Youngkin?

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Anonymous wrote:same thing that is wrong with the rest of MD, too many regulations, too blue and lame.

I heard some parts of Africa have very few regulations, if that's what you're into. You might need to hire private security, and the infrastructure might be terrible, but at least you'll be in your regulation-free utopia.

You never know in MD, you can be in the best parts of town and still wonder. when you watch the local news, you hear about crimes of passion in VA and MD you hear about senseless crime. take it for what its worth, its the reality. Living in VA is much better.

VA? The land of the gun? And Bumpkin Youngkin?

And in all honestly, what is the problem? Does it affect my everyday life? No. In MD you do have to worry about crime a whole lot. It’s not like that in VA. My wife may shoot me (crime of passion) but not some random guy trying to steal from me! I’ll take my chances with my wife.

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Bethesda is just like a mall except not indoors. Rather drive to Tyson’s.

DC restaurant scene is better. Just look at the Best Of lists. So few MoCo restaurants are usually on the list.

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Anonymous wrote:same thing that is wrong with the rest of MD, too many regulations, too blue and lame.

I heard some parts of Africa have very few regulations, if that's what you're into. You might need to hire private security, and the infrastructure might be terrible, but at least you'll be in your regulation-free utopia.

You never know in MD, you can be in the best parts of town and still wonder. when you watch the local news, you hear about crimes of passion in VA and MD you hear about senseless crime. take it for what its worth, its the reality. Living in VA is much better.

VA? The land of the gun? And Bumpkin Youngkin?

And in all honestly, what is the problem? Does it affect my everyday life? No. In MD you do have to worry about crime a whole lot. It’s not like that in VA. My wife may shoot me (crime of passion) but not some random guy trying to steal from me! I’ll take my chances with my wife.

Exactly. Crime in Bethesda (not MoCo, but Bethesda itself) is about twice the crime rate of Fairfax County

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Anonymous wrote:same thing that is wrong with the rest of MD, too many regulations, too blue and lame.

I heard some parts of Africa have very few regulations, if that's what you're into. You might need to hire private security, and the infrastructure might be terrible, but at least you'll be in your regulation-free utopia.

You never know in MD, you can be in the best parts of town and still wonder. when you watch the local news, you hear about crimes of passion in VA and MD you hear about senseless crime. take it for what its worth, its the reality. Living in VA is much better.

VA? The land of the gun? And Bumpkin Youngkin?

And in all honestly, what is the problem? Does it affect my everyday life? No. In MD you do have to worry about crime a whole lot. It’s not like that in VA. My wife may shoot me (crime of passion) but not some random guy trying to steal from me! I’ll take my chances with my wife.

Exactly. Crime in Bethesda (not MoCo, but Bethesda itself) is about twice the crime rate of Fairfax County

LOL. Crime in Bethesda is not the problem. That's an unusual perspective. The weird design/traffic is. But the shops and restaurants seem pretty great.

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Anonymous wrote:same thing that is wrong with the rest of MD, too many regulations, too blue and lame.

I heard some parts of Africa have very few regulations, if that's what you're into. You might need to hire private security, and the infrastructure might be terrible, but at least you'll be in your regulation-free utopia.

You never know in MD, you can be in the best parts of town and still wonder. when you watch the local news, you hear about crimes of passion in VA and MD you hear about senseless crime. take it for what its worth, its the reality. Living in VA is much better.

VA? The land of the gun? And Bumpkin Youngkin?

And in all honestly, what is the problem? Does it affect my everyday life? No. In MD you do have to worry about crime a whole lot. It’s not like that in VA. My wife may shoot me (crime of passion) but not some random guy trying to steal from me! I’ll take my chances with my wife.

Exactly. Crime in Bethesda (not MoCo, but Bethesda itself) is about twice the crime rate of Fairfax County

LOL. Crime in Bethesda is not the problem. That's an unusual perspective. The weird design/traffic is. But the shops and restaurants seem pretty great.

Name one restaurant in downtown Bethesda that isn't dominated by at least 50 other restaurants in the region.

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Show us the crime report Bethesda vs McLean/Vienna

No way Bethesda has less crime.