What is the History of Potomac, MD?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:White flight right?

No but it was a redline neighborhood, so was Bethesda.

they had "black" neighborhoods, Tobytown, etc.

What is a redline neighborhood?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White flight right?

No but it was a redline neighborhood, so was Bethesda.

they had "black" neighborhoods, Tobytown, etc.

What is a redline neighborhood?

You really should know what that is.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

That’s not specific to Potomac. Thats all of Montgomery county.

Also Potomac is 80% White/Asian… I get that you know some world bank people … congrats.

Uninformed comment (and racist -- you're the one being reductive about Asian Americans, not PP). Potomac has a notably high Asian-American population, even by Montgomery County standards. Potomac ES's student body is 29% Asian, compared to 39% white. And the percentage of population that's Black in Potomac is twice as high as in neighboring Bethesda. With the majority of the local school student bodies being non-white, it's kind of silly to assert that Potomac is a product of 'white flight.' And the data rebut the assertion that Potomac's demographic mix is the same as "all of Montgomery County."

Add to that the fact that Potomac and adjacent Rockville are the center of Montgomery County's Jewish population -- yes, also specific to Potomac, which is more Jewish than Bethesda, Chevy Chase, most of Silver Spring, and further out communities like Gaithersburg, Germantown and beyond -- and Potomac is actually significantly more diverse than it appears (except when it comes to income level, where frankly few US suburbs are models of economic diversity).

Indeed, one of the interesting disconnects of Potomac is that when you drive around, much of it looks like the epitome of WASPy horse-country Main Line/Greenwich style exurbia, but in fact many of the residents are just one generation away from either the old country or from American parents who faced restrictive covenants on where they could live. Potomac's obvious wealth and excesses make it an easy target for snarky critics on DCUM (often tinged with an ugly nativist bias against the tastes of foreign born nouveaux riches), but in many respects it's the American dream come true.

+1. Well said.

The “right type” of diversity. Dude Potomac has been saying this for decades. Just don’t put affordable housing in Potomac.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The houses in most of Potomac are large but tasteful. The problem is that there are some really crazy, gaudy ones on River Rd, and so some people think that is representative of all of Potomac because that's the road they drive on most often.

This house is so ostentatious!

Pretty sure that one is on River Rd!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The houses in most of Potomac are large but tasteful. The problem is that there are some really crazy, gaudy ones on River Rd, and so some people think that is representative of all of Potomac because that's the road they drive on most often.

This house is so ostentatious!

Pretty sure that one is on River Rd!

Yes it is. If you take away the driveway and fountain, and replace them with grass or a normal driveway, the house is pretty tame from the exterior.

[Anonymous]

Lots of neighborhoods in Potomac are not filled with gaudy McMansions. Friend of mine grew up there in a neighborhood with normal colonial homes built in the 60's. Cute neighborhood, has lifelong friends who lived on the street.

Looked something like this:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/10905-Old-Coach-Rd-Rockville-MD-20854/37259187_zpid/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Say what you will but it is perfect for families with kids. Potomac is ideal for raising children.

Well, there are lots of ideas about what’s ideal for children.

Um, this isn't subjective. See for yourself: https://www.greatschools.org/maryland/potomac/985-Winston-Churchill-High-School/#Test_scores

Testing isn’t a team sport though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Potomac is just boring exurbs but it is punctuated by some fun immigrant dream homes.

Exurbs is way out in Frederick County or further afield. Potomac is most definitely not exurban.

I've always liked Potomac because it's so American to me. Very aspirational. Dominated by hard working, high achieving people. So what if some want a gaudy house, being gaudy is part of the American story.

I agree! The gaudy dream homes are the only good/interesting thing about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The houses in most of Potomac are large but tasteful. The problem is that there are some really crazy, gaudy ones on River Rd, and so some people think that is representative of all of Potomac because that's the road they drive on most often.

This house is so ostentatious!

Pretty sure that one is on River Rd!

Yes it is. If you take away the driveway and fountain, and replace them with grass or a normal driveway, the house is pretty tame from the exterior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White flight right?

No but it was a redline neighborhood, so was Bethesda.

they had "black" neighborhoods, Tobytown, etc.

Scotland and Tobytown. Actually Potomac is not very white all all. Most of the “white” people are not even white. On my block none of the white people are US born

Poser. Real Potomac isn't measured in "blocks".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of neighborhoods in Potomac are not filled with gaudy McMansions. Friend of mine grew up there in a neighborhood with normal colonial homes built in the 60's. Cute neighborhood, has lifelong friends who lived on the street.

Looked something like this:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/10905-Old-Coach-Rd-Rockville-MD-20854/37259187_zpid/

This is a Rockville. And it also sold for more than 1.2 million!!

[Anonymous]

But I think of Potomac, this is what I think of. This is quintessential Potomac:
https://redf.in/JwwFes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The houses in most of Potomac are large but tasteful. The problem is that there are some really crazy, gaudy ones on River Rd, and so some people think that is representative of all of Potomac because that's the road they drive on most often.

This house is so ostentatious!

Pretty sure that one is on River Rd!

It's named Casa d'Amor. The family built it for their entire family, but it took so long that the kids were off in college by the time it was ready. It went on sale a few years ago and was featured in some local newspaper. I guess it sold?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The houses in most of Potomac are large but tasteful. The problem is that there are some really crazy, gaudy ones on River Rd, and so some people think that is representative of all of Potomac because that's the road they drive on most often.

This house is so ostentatious!

This is my teen son's favorite house in the world.

We live in Potomac on half an acre in a very normal neighborhood (well, maybe not for NW or Bethesda, but for middle to upper middle class in the US, normal). People who aren't familiar with Potomac or drive through it on River Road or Falls Road or Persimmon Tree or Bradley are used to huge ostentations homes. But there are far more regular houses. Even some sub-1M ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of neighborhoods in Potomac are not filled with gaudy McMansions. Friend of mine grew up there in a neighborhood with normal colonial homes built in the 60's. Cute neighborhood, has lifelong friends who lived on the street.

Looked something like this:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/10905-Old-Coach-Rd-Rockville-MD-20854/37259187_zpid/

This is a Rockville. And it also sold for more than 1.2 million!!

It says that but it's not. For some reason Zillow puts a lot of Potomac addresses in Rockville, but that's not correct.