Suburban MD Prestige Rankings

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate DC so much bc if posts like this. It’s the most superficial status obsessed place I’ve ever lived and I am from Manhattan.

Yeah. I think because people here are more insecure than New Yorkers.

If you live in anywhere in Maryland and are worried about “prestige” something is wrong.

+1. I live in a suburb of NYC that 10 billionaires call home and conversations like this would never happen. It’s amusing to read threads like this, but also pretty depressing. Posters are so mean spirited and status chasing.

I peaked into the Nova prestige thread, and it's 1000 times worse than this thread. It's the losers of the world trying to one-up each other. Really sad and pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Bowie

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You guys gotta be careful with these. Your demarcation line looks an awful like the front of the bus and the back of the bus to me.

America!

Washington actually. You don’t realize how segregated it is compared to other cities because you live there. But it always weirds me out when I visit. Cuties north of DC are less segregated. When I’m in “white” parts of DC the only black prop me I see are baristas and doormen/service people. It’s gross.

Yeah, like that notable bastion of racial integration Boston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate DC so much bc if posts like this. It’s the most superficial status obsessed place I’ve ever lived and I am from Manhattan.

Guess you’ve never lived in Los Angeles or Dallas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate DC so much bc if posts like this. It’s the most superficial status obsessed place I’ve ever lived and I am from Manhattan.

Honestly, lived in NY area and DC area only my entire life. There is no comparison at all. The NY area is far more status obsessed. The infrastructure of access is ten times what it is in DC.

[Anonymous]

The funny thing about this thread and the Nova one is that both pale in comparison to NW DC neighborhoods. I work in fundraising so I know who lives where and the wealthiest, most prestigious people live in Foxhall, Spring Valley, Kent, Mass Ave Heights, Cleveland Park and Forest Hills. Check out the Green book sometime and you’ll see what I am talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate DC so much bc if posts like this. It’s the most superficial status obsessed place I’ve ever lived and I am from Manhattan.

Honestly, lived in NY area and DC area only my entire life. There is no comparison at all. The NY area is far more status obsessed. The infrastructure of access is ten times what it is in DC.

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I live in the suburb outside NY with 10 billionaires and spent over a decade in the City. New Yorkers can appreciate different parts of the city for what they are. The UWS is great for families and relaxed, the UES is also great for families and close to schools but more status obsessed…both offer easy park access. Downtown (SoHo, West Village) are fun and great for going out… etc. There isn’t a hierarchy per se unless you’re talking about boroughs and then it’s Manhattan > Brooklyn > Queens and then the Bronx/Staten Island.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate DC so much bc if posts like this. It’s the most superficial status obsessed place I’ve ever lived and I am from Manhattan.

Honestly, lived in NY area and DC area only my entire life. There is no comparison at all. The NY area is far more status obsessed. The infrastructure of access is ten times what it is in DC.

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I live in the suburb outside NY with 10 billionaires and spent over a decade in the City. New Yorkers can appreciate different parts of the city for what they are. The UWS is great for families and relaxed, the UES is also great for families and close to schools but more status obsessed…both offer easy park access. Downtown (SoHo, West Village) are fun and great for going out… etc. There isn’t a hierarchy per se unless you’re talking about boroughs and then it’s Manhattan > Brooklyn > Queens and then the Bronx/Staten Island.

The larger point I was trying to make is that no one in NYC needs a thread like this because it’s subjective but also childish and unkind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate DC so much bc if posts like this. It’s the most superficial status obsessed place I’ve ever lived and I am from Manhattan.

Honestly, lived in NY area and DC area only my entire life. There is no comparison at all. The NY area is far more status obsessed. The infrastructure of access is ten times what it is in DC.

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I live in the suburb outside NY with 10 billionaires and spent over a decade in the City. New Yorkers can appreciate different parts of the city for what they are. The UWS is great for families and relaxed, the UES is also great for families and close to schools but more status obsessed…both offer easy park access. Downtown (SoHo, West Village) are fun and great for going out… etc. There isn’t a hierarchy per se unless you’re talking about boroughs and then it’s Manhattan > Brooklyn > Queens and then the Bronx/Staten Island.

The larger point I was trying to make is that no one in NYC needs a thread like this because it’s subjective but also childish and unkind.

People in Manhattan and the hipster parts of Brooklyn crap on Staten Island all the time. What are you talking about?!

[Anonymous]

The undisputed prestige ranking:

T1
- Potomac (old money, estates)
- Bethesda - Edgemoor (walkable to downtown, nice homes, close to DC)

T2
- Bethesda (all other neighborhoods)
- North Bethesda (a little far but metro accessible, good food)

T3
- Chevy Chase (nice homes but too chopped up, too many frumps)
- Rockville (good food, too far away from DC)

T4
- Silver Spring (for workers, subject of Rachel Carson book)

Dumpster
- Everywhere else (shootings n stuff)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tier 1:

Chevy Chase
Somerset
Potomac
Bethesda

Tier 2:
Takoma Park
North Bethesda
Kensington
Nicer parts of Silver Spring (Woodside area, Rock Creek Forest etc.)
Rockville

Tier 3:
Olney
Gaithersburg
Further out Silver Spring

Tier 4:
Wheaton
Aspen hill
Germantown
Montgomery village

Where does Chevy Chase View fall?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys gotta be careful with these. Your demarcation line looks an awful like the front of the bus and the back of the bus to me.

America!

Washington actually. You don’t realize how segregated it is compared to other cities because you live there. But it always weirds me out when I visit. Cuties north of DC are less segregated. When I’m in “white” parts of DC the only black prop me I see are baristas and doormen/service people. It’s gross.

Yeah, like that notable bastion of racial integration Boston.

Lol this! in Boston and Chicago even the Irish, polish, and Italians segregate. Atlanta and Tampa are far more integrated than most northern cities I’ve visited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Edgemoor, Kenwood, Chevy Chase Village

Potomac Falls, Country Club Dr, Burning Tree

Somerset, Martins Additions

Rest of CCMD, Rest of Bethesda, close in Potomac outside of the above

Garret Park, Historic Kensington, further out potomac

North Bethesda, Forest Glen, historic Takoma Park

Rockville, close in silver spring, nice parts of Gaithersburg, cute historic part of Hyattsville

Mt Ranier, College Park

Far out silver spring, Cheverly, Bowie, rest of Gaithersburg

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^Sh*t tier demarcation line 💩🚨 💩🚨 💩 🚨

Aspen Hill, Glenmont (can debatably bump them up one slot out of the sh*t tier)

Wheaton, Takoma outside of the cute historic areas, Montgomery Village

West Hyattsville (away from Rt1)

Lanham, Landover

Oxon Hill, Suitland, Temple Hills

Waldorf

Isn't Potomac Falls in VA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The undisputed prestige ranking:

T1
- Potomac (old money, estates)
- Bethesda - Edgemoor (walkable to downtown, nice homes, close to DC)

T2
- Bethesda (all other neighborhoods)
- North Bethesda (a little far but metro accessible, good food)

T3
- Chevy Chase (nice homes but too chopped up, too many frumps)
- Rockville (good food, too far away from DC)

T4
- Silver Spring (for workers, subject of Rachel Carson book)

Dumpster
- Everywhere else (shootings n stuff)

🤣

Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring when she lived in Silver Spring. It wasn't the subject of the book.

[Anonymous]

This thread makes me so happy that I moved out of the DMV a few years ago.