why is MoCo so dumpy now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, it's part of Maryland. Maryland as a whole has been in decline for two decades.

CNBC just showed it...

1. Virginia.
31. Maryland.

yet MD is still wealthier and more educated. Go figure.

Nope, MD lost out to Virginia. Count me among the people with means that left. It is sad to see how far it has fallen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, it's part of Maryland. Maryland as a whole has been in decline for two decades.

CNBC just showed it...

1. Virginia.
31. Maryland.

yet MD is still wealthier and more educated. Go figure.

Nope, MD lost out to Virginia. Count me among the people with means that left. It is sad to see how far it has fallen.

+1. In terms of the DMV, NOVA is so much nicer than MoCo + PG it's not even funny. Comparing the rest of the states maryland maybe is nicer, idk. I do really like Anne Arundel + Frederick + eastern shore, but Virginia has Cville, Richmond, and a few others so there's no clear winner. But yeah MoCo and PG look like a third world country at this stage of the game, minus Bethesda and Potomac and CC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can't help but notice MoCo is turning into the pits. You can drive omg the beltway in MoCo or on many local roads and find trash strewn everywhere. So many people seem to dump garbage everywhere now. For a while there on 495 right before the TP exit, there was a crazy amount of trash dumped onto the shoulder....like big contractor bags of industrial trash. Just saw a garbage mattress thrown into the woods today on 495 in MoCo. Sale everywhere else you go on local roads. So much trash dumped everywhere. Panhandlers on every corner. Illegal vendors all over in parking lots selling stuff and dumping trash. Tons of randos hanging out in store parking lots all of the time. Many potholes on roads. Many neighborhoods now with abandoned junk vehicles sitting for months.

MoCo turned into dumpsville USA. How and why did this happen? It is way more noticeable now than even 5 or 10 years ago.

All true. Makes me sad.

[Anonymous]

Can someone tell me where these really nice areas of NoVA are, outside McLean, Great Falls, and North Arlington? I've driven throughout NoVA and I guess I must have missed what people are referring to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me where these really nice areas of NoVA are, outside McLean, Great Falls, and North Arlington? I've driven throughout NoVA and I guess I must have missed what people are referring to.

To be clear, a poster who says stuff like "But yeah MoCo and PG look like a third world country at this stage of the game, minus Bethesda and Potomac and CC." isn't actually talking about areas, they're talking about the people who live in those areas. I think it's a win for Montgomery County if posters who say stuff like this don't live in Montgomery County.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me where these really nice areas of NoVA are, outside McLean, Great Falls, and North Arlington? I've driven throughout NoVA and I guess I must have missed what people are referring to.

To be clear, a poster who says stuff like "But yeah MoCo and PG look like a third world country at this stage of the game, minus Bethesda and Potomac and CC." isn't actually talking about areas, they're talking about the people who live in those areas. I think it's a win for Montgomery County if posters who say stuff like this don't live in Montgomery County.

You sure taught that straw man a lesson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me where these really nice areas of NoVA are, outside McLean, Great Falls, and North Arlington? I've driven throughout NoVA and I guess I must have missed what people are referring to.

To be clear, a poster who says stuff like "But yeah MoCo and PG look like a third world country at this stage of the game, minus Bethesda and Potomac and CC." isn't actually talking about areas, they're talking about the people who live in those areas. I think it's a win for Montgomery County if posters who say stuff like this don't live in Montgomery County.

I live in Bethesda and would never live in any other part of Montgomery other than Bethesda or Potomac.

I treat the entire rest of the county aside from Bethesda, Potomac and the commercial strip along the pike up to Gude as a giant no-go zone. Like when you travel to a all-inclusive resort and are cautioned not to leave the compound? That is exactly how I see Bethesda/Potomac. They’re the compound. Do not leave the compound.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me where these really nice areas of NoVA are, outside McLean, Great Falls, and North Arlington? I've driven throughout NoVA and I guess I must have missed what people are referring to.

To be clear, a poster who says stuff like "But yeah MoCo and PG look like a third world country at this stage of the game, minus Bethesda and Potomac and CC." isn't actually talking about areas, they're talking about the people who live in those areas. I think it's a win for Montgomery County if posters who say stuff like this don't live in Montgomery County.

I live in Bethesda and would never live in any other part of Montgomery other than Bethesda or Potomac.

I treat the entire rest of the county aside from Bethesda, Potomac and the commercial strip along the pike up to Gude as a giant no-go zone. Like when you travel to a all-inclusive resort and are cautioned not to leave the compound? That is exactly how I see Bethesda/Potomac. They’re the compound. Do not leave the compound.

Damn you, Poe's Law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t noticed any rash. What is the “TP” exit? There have always been panhandlers. I haven’t noticed an uptick. In fact there seem to be less around. I have t seen any illegal vendors at places I frequent. Where specifically are you seeing them? Maybe what you are seeing is more prevalent in another part of the county than where I am. It is a large location.

OP is just another Virginia troll that bashes MoCo. Daily thing around here.

Yep.
The inferiority complex is strong with them.

Don’t flatter yourself. Vast majority of people in NoVa couldn’t care less about MoCo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:495 is maintained by MDSHA, not MCDOT. So get mad at the state if 495 isn't clean.

MDSHA is not dumping things on 495, the people that live there are. And that never used to happen.

The culture and pride of being in MoCo is dying with the changes in who is moving there. It is a slow and ugly, but very predictable decline.

[Anonymous]

I’m up county and it’s beautiful.

I haven’t been on 495 is years.

Come live the good life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, it's part of Maryland. Maryland as a whole has been in decline for two decades.

CNBC just showed it...

1. Virginia.
31. Maryland.

yet MD is still wealthier and more educated. Go figure.

Nope, MD lost out to Virginia. Count me among the people with means that left. It is sad to see how far it has fallen.

+1. In terms of the DMV, NOVA is so much nicer than MoCo + PG it's not even funny. Comparing the rest of the states maryland maybe is nicer, idk. I do really like Anne Arundel + Frederick + eastern shore, but Virginia has Cville, Richmond, and a few others so there's no clear winner. But yeah MoCo and PG look like a third world country at this stage of the game, minus Bethesda and Potomac and CC.

LOL
NoVa is concrete jungle after concrete jungle. Arlington and FFX are fugly as hell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, it's part of Maryland. Maryland as a whole has been in decline for two decades.

CNBC just showed it...

1. Virginia.
31. Maryland.

yet MD is still wealthier and more educated. Go figure.

Nope, MD lost out to Virginia. Count me among the people with means that left. It is sad to see how far it has fallen.

MD is still the wealthiest state and more educated than VA. But keep dreaming, keep the hope alive!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that in general we’ve come to accept boorish behavior, but in some places more than others. We also live in a society that at some point decided that everyone has to accept individual bad behavior, like it’s some
protected free expression. If I caught a guy crapping in my yard and yelled at him someone would definitely blame me for not leaving my door open for him to use. I’ve seen people get roasted on listserves because they had the nerve to call out dangerous drivers with a picture and a plate. You aren’t “allowed” to correct bad behavior.

Of course, places like MOCO work overtime at enabling this by doing things like passing laws that prevent you from pulling people over for bad or expired tags, safety lights out, throwing trash out the window, etc. No one cares of you are smoking weed while you driving. No one does anything about noise or fireworks or loitering. If you live in a society that goes one of its way to accept bad behavior, expect more of it.

+1. I was just thinking of that today - we need to bring back shame. As a society, we need to be able to shame those members of society who display this boorish behavior.

On one of the hot days last week, I went to Rockville City pool.

The amount of weed I smelled was mind boggling. Also mind boggling? The number of dirty diapers that were being changed out in the open and on tables.

Before, I was always happy to live in mixed communities but after seeing the behavior among the lower classes getting worse and worse, I’m appreciating the Bethesda/Potomac people who are staying in that area and not venturing out of it too much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me where these really nice areas of NoVA are, outside McLean, Great Falls, and North Arlington? I've driven throughout NoVA and I guess I must have missed what people are referring to.

To be clear, a poster who says stuff like "But yeah MoCo and PG look like a third world country at this stage of the game, minus Bethesda and Potomac and CC." isn't actually talking about areas, they're talking about the people who live in those areas. I think it's a win for Montgomery County if posters who say stuff like this don't live in Montgomery County.

Bingo!
We know damn well what they meant.