Why is there so much income inequality in moco

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s the question.
For a place that elects politicians that are so pro-egalitarianism why is there so much income inequality. I’ve seen Potomac and I’ve seen the slummy apartments in Wheaton and Silver Spring and the Soviet high-rises in White Oak.

Why is virtually all of the low-income housing built in the eastern part of MoCo and never in Bethesda or Potomac?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More than 30% of MoCo population are foreign-born.
More than 50% MCPS K-2 students are FARM.
Imported poverty is real in MoCo.

Over half of MCPS K-2 students are Free And Reduced Meals? That doesn't make sense.

It makes perfect sense. I haven't checked these numbers for MOCO.

But in Fairfax, there is a bulge of poorer students in the system. FARMS rate is 34% for all students there. My elementary has gone from 18% to 22% last couple years.

Public schools are not going to be what they used to be, at least in the DC area with its county-based systems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s the question.
For a place that elects politicians that are so pro-egalitarianism why is there so much income inequality. I’ve seen Potomac and I’ve seen the slummy apartments in Wheaton and Silver Spring and the Soviet high-rises in White Oak.

Why is virtually all of the low-income housing built in the eastern part of MoCo and never in Bethesda or Potomac?

False premise. The "slummy apartments" in the eastern part of the county, which are now primarily lived in by low-income people, were not built to be "low-income housing." Same with the "slummy apartments" elsewhere in the county, for example Gaithersburg and Montgomery Village.

For building low-income housing, the same requirements apply everywhere in the county.

Now, you might ask, "Why are there so few apartments in Potomac?" and the answer to that question is: the zoning does not allow it. The zoning should be modified to allow multi-family housing in more parts of the county, which would both add to the overall housing supply and provide more housing options for low-income people, but this would upset affluent people in Potomac, so I don't expect it to happen anytime soon.

In the long run, I don't think Potomac will remain an in-demand neighborhood. Most of the houses are nothing special, and the spread-out, car-dependent, no-sidewalk development pattern will appeal to ever fewer people with money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s the question.
For a place that elects politicians that are so pro-egalitarianism why is there so much income inequality. I’ve seen Potomac and I’ve seen the slummy apartments in Wheaton and Silver Spring and the Soviet high-rises in White Oak.

Why is virtually all of the low-income housing built in the eastern part of MoCo and never in Bethesda or Potomac?

Why would someone want to build low income housing in Potomac/Bethesda when they could build traditional housing and make more money?

Some places are expensive..deal with it. Life ain't always fair. I want to live on the beach in Tortola, but here I am in Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More than 30% of MoCo population are foreign-born.
More than 50% MCPS K-2 students are FARM.
Imported poverty is real in MoCo.

Over half of MCPS K-2 students are Free And Reduced Meals? That doesn't make sense.

It makes perfect sense. I haven't checked these numbers for MOCO.

But in Fairfax, there is a bulge of poorer students in the system. FARMS rate is 34% for all students there. My elementary has gone from 18% to 22% last couple years.

Public schools are not going to be what they used to be, at least in the DC area with its county-based systems.

It makes no sense. Students are not meals. Students are people. In addition, most of the K-2 students from low-income families were born in the US, not "imported".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s the question.
For a place that elects politicians that are so pro-egalitarianism why is there so much income inequality. I’ve seen Potomac and I’ve seen the slummy apartments in Wheaton and Silver Spring and the Soviet high-rises in White Oak.

Why is virtually all of the low-income housing built in the eastern part of MoCo and never in Bethesda or Potomac?

Why would someone want to build low income housing in Potomac/Bethesda when they could build traditional housing and make more money?

Some places are expensive..deal with it. Life ain't always fair. I want to live on the beach in Tortola, but here I am in Bethesda.

If you build in Potomac/Bethesda, you have to build "low income" housing. For example, the WMAL development in Bethesda has or will have 40 Moderately Priced Dwelling Units.

I don't know what "traditional housing" is.

Some places are expensive because of housing and land use regulations. Housing and land use regulations can be changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More than 30% of MoCo population are foreign-born.
More than 50% MCPS K-2 students are FARM.
Imported poverty is real in MoCo.

Over half of MCPS K-2 students are Free And Reduced Meals? That doesn't make sense.

It makes perfect sense. I haven't checked these numbers for MOCO.

But in Fairfax, there is a bulge of poorer students in the system. FARMS rate is 34% for all students there. My elementary has gone from 18% to 22% last couple years.

Public schools are not going to be what they used to be, at least in the DC area with its county-based systems.

It makes no sense. Students are not meals. Students are people. In addition, most of the K-2 students from low-income families were born in the US, not "imported".

I haven't seen anywhere where MCPS breaks out the FARMS rate for grades K-2 specifically. They do report it for all elementary, middle, and high schools though (as of 9/30/22):

Elementary: 47.2%
Middle: 43.5%
High: 39.2%

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/SAAG2023.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More than 30% of MoCo population are foreign-born.
More than 50% MCPS K-2 students are FARM.
Imported poverty is real in MoCo.

Over half of MCPS K-2 students are Free And Reduced Meals? That doesn't make sense.

It makes perfect sense. I haven't checked these numbers for MOCO.

But in Fairfax, there is a bulge of poorer students in the system. FARMS rate is 34% for all students there. My elementary has gone from 18% to 22% last couple years.

Public schools are not going to be what they used to be, at least in the DC area with its county-based systems.

In MCPS it's 33.2% FARMS, not "over half."

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/about/statistics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More than 30% of MoCo population are foreign-born.
More than 50% MCPS K-2 students are FARM.
Imported poverty is real in MoCo.

Over half of MCPS K-2 students are Free And Reduced Meals? That doesn't make sense.

It makes perfect sense. I haven't checked these numbers for MOCO.

But in Fairfax, there is a bulge of poorer students in the system. FARMS rate is 34% for all students there. My elementary has gone from 18% to 22% last couple years.

Public schools are not going to be what they used to be, at least in the DC area with its county-based systems.

In MCPS it's 33.2% FARMS, not "over half."

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/about/statistics

You realize that data is over a decade old, right? it might as well be 100 years ago. 44% of MCPS students are eligible for FARMS today. It's right in the link above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s the question.
For a place that elects politicians that are so pro-egalitarianism why is there so much income inequality. I’ve seen Potomac and I’ve seen the slummy apartments in Wheaton and Silver Spring and the Soviet high-rises in White Oak.

Why is virtually all of the low-income housing built in the eastern part of MoCo and never in Bethesda or Potomac?

You are not keeping up with the times, buddy. All new construction has low income housing. There is quite a bit in Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

MoCo is a second-tier county. Its new residents are mostly people who buy single family houses because they can’t afford to buy in Northwest or Fairfax and people who rent because they can’t afford a rental in Northwest or Fairfax. There are some small enclaves of wealth that offer what NW and Fairfax don’t but other than that MoCo is a cheaper choice, so you end up with extreme wealth on one end and lower incomes on the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MoCo is a second-tier county. Its new residents are mostly people who buy single family houses because they can’t afford to buy in Northwest or Fairfax and people who rent because they can’t afford a rental in Northwest or Fairfax. There are some small enclaves of wealth that offer what NW and Fairfax don’t but other than that MoCo is a cheaper choice, so you end up with extreme wealth on one end and lower incomes on the other.

The delusion runs deep. Sure, people are choosing the likes of Clifton, Centreville, Chantilly, Burke, and Lorton because they're cheaper than MoCo. Quite the sense of humor you have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s the question.
For a place that elects politicians that are so pro-egalitarianism why is there so much income inequality. I’ve seen Potomac and I’ve seen the slummy apartments in Wheaton and Silver Spring and the Soviet high-rises in White Oak.

OP, were you born yesterday? Do you seriously not understand how this works?

On the offhand chance that you're not a troll and really are this dumb, the answer to your question is that upward mobility and income directly relate to education and values of family raised in. There is no getting around this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Enclave in Silver Springs hosts > 200 LEGAL refugee/SIV families from Afghanistan … in case anyone here still gives a crap about people whom we screwed over. They still need a lot of help. Even in that “slummy place” rents are high (> 2000$ for 2 bedrooms) for families who only have 1 member able to work a minimum wage job. And MoCo has strict occupancy limits so a family with 4 kids and only one breadwinner will truly struggle to afford anything

The great thing about living in the United States are opportunities to get educated and work hard to change your circumstances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s the question.
For a place that elects politicians that are so pro-egalitarianism why is there so much income inequality. I’ve seen Potomac and I’ve seen the slummy apartments in Wheaton and Silver Spring and the Soviet high-rises in White Oak.

Progressive elites always want servants to do the work.
They typically never walk their talk.