Is Park Potomac Supposed to Be Nice?

[Anonymous]

Quincy’s is a sports bar. Enough said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They sent out a notice to residence that they may have noticed mentally unstable ‘unhoused’ individuals around and not to approach them and call 911 immediately

Who is they?
And why would you call an emergency number for a homeless person just in the area? That’s asinine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The shopping center you're describing is actually in Rockville. Well actually, the city limit cuts through the larger development: the townhouses and Harris Teeter and Founding Farmers are on the edge of Potomac. The Quincy's shopping center is entirely in Rockville (also on the edge).

I think of this area as no-mans-land 270 between the two.

The only two shopping centers with actual "Potomac vibes" are Potomac Falls (Falls and River) and Cabin John (Seven Locks and Tuckerman). The former is "old Potomac" where you'll find more old guard and the later is more busy-family. But both are decidedly upper middle class to rich feeling Potomac experiences. The shopping center with Quincys and Walgreens and the UPS and liquor stores is...not. It's fine though! Perfectly nice!

This is pretty accurate. The cabin John space is in my mind similar to the Wildwood center by old Georgetown rd in terms of the “bougie” shops (balducci, the trattorias). Park Potomac has some nice coffee spots and the delis that appeal more to a retiree crowd (Attman’s, Brooklyn’s)

OP you should go to Falls Rd and River Rd. Maybe that’s what you have in mind. Not sure what kind of shopping you’re looking for though…the coffee and baked goods is good in all of these spots. None of them is a place to shop for clothing really

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people from the Northeast or from abroad (eg asian, Indian diaspora) so obsessed with things being “prestigious”?

Park Potomac is a perfectly nice, affluent shopping area. The deli spots are packed with retirees every day during lunch time. The Quincy’s bar is where divorcees go flirt. The residences around it are definitely pricey, given they’re mostly condos and townhomes

The only knock against it is that it’s next to the highway. But you dont really “hang out” there, you go to a shop and leave

Somebody should tell you in case nobody in your social circle does not: you are being weird!

Let me reframe. Why is Park Potomac so low class? I thought Potomac was supposed to be nice but the socio economic demographic makeup of Quincy’s for MNF is something I’d expect in Germantown. I’ve seen more upscale crowds in sports bars in Columbia Heights.

I feel like somebody told you Potomac is high class and you’re showing some kind of Paris syndrome. It’s just a grocery store and some shops, man. It’s kept clean and there’s no hobos, an everybody looks put together: it’s standard for the neighborhood. Venture out just west of Seven Locks and it’s your standard upper middle class suburbia of people walking their golden retrievers and moms going to the Lifetime Gym. I truly don’t see the “low class” aspect. I think you’re just trolling.

You should go to that Harris Teeter on a weekday night after 7 and to that Quincy’s bar on a weekend night or for Sunday night or Monday night football and get back to the thread with how “put together” everyone looks. It is a depressing s show.

[Anonymous]

The northern part of Park Potomac has a Rockville zip code. Fortune Terr. It may have been all of Rockville at one time and got annex years ago when development started.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are people from the Northeast or from abroad (eg asian, Indian diaspora) so obsessed with things being “prestigious”?

Park Potomac is a perfectly nice, affluent shopping area. The deli spots are packed with retirees every day during lunch time. The Quincy’s bar is where divorcees go flirt. The residences around it are definitely pricey, given they’re mostly condos and townhomes

The only knock against it is that it’s next to the highway. But you dont really “hang out” there, you go to a shop and leave

Somebody should tell you in case nobody in your social circle does not: you are being weird!

Let me reframe. Why is Park Potomac so low class? I thought Potomac was supposed to be nice but the socio economic demographic makeup of Quincy’s for MNF is something I’d expect in Germantown. I’ve seen more upscale crowds in sports bars in Columbia Heights.

I feel like somebody told you Potomac is high class and you’re showing some kind of Paris syndrome. It’s just a grocery store and some shops, man. It’s kept clean and there’s no hobos, an everybody looks put together: it’s standard for the neighborhood. Venture out just west of Seven Locks and it’s your standard upper middle class suburbia of people walking their golden retrievers and moms going to the Lifetime Gym. I truly don’t see the “low class” aspect. I think you’re just trolling.

You should go to that Harris Teeter on a weekday night after 7 and to that Quincy’s bar on a weekend night or for Sunday night or Monday night football and get back to the thread with how “put together” everyone looks. It is a depressing s show.

I went yesterday at 8 pm to HT and it was fine. It was a ghost town, yes, but nothing off about it

[Anonymous]

Maybe some New Yorkers descended on Park Potomac for the game? Maybe there are some rowdy DMV'ers who just make their way to different bars on Monday nights? Seriously, just try a different night. You can go to a Michelin three star and get stuck next to a table with crying kids, but I'm not sure it's an experience from which you can generalize.

[Anonymous]

What are you expecting from a shopping center?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are you expecting from a shopping center?

Yes, they are certainly putting a lot of their hopes and dreams in a suburban shopping strip, lol!

[Anonymous]

I find everywhere in that area excessively crowded during the day - and small chaotic parking lots - and then desolate at night. I just don’t get the appeal and prefer VA.

I really don’t understand the rugged terrain of the roads.

Driving up Seven Locks at night is basically pitch black and the trees hover over and basically touch each other so you can’t see the sky! The houses seem all dark even if it’s early? Idk

[Anonymous]

The shopping centers are very old - same as 20 years ago and looked old then

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find everywhere in that area excessively crowded during the day - and small chaotic parking lots - and then desolate at night. I just don’t get the appeal and prefer VA.

I really don’t understand the rugged terrain of the roads.

Driving up Seven Locks at night is basically pitch black and the trees hover over and basically touch each other so you can’t see the sky! The houses seem all dark even if it’s early? Idk

Sure, the 16-lane roads in Tysons/McLean, where every traffic light takes five minutes to change, are so appealing and not at all chaotic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find everywhere in that area excessively crowded during the day - and small chaotic parking lots - and then desolate at night. I just don’t get the appeal and prefer VA.

I really don’t understand the rugged terrain of the roads.

Driving up Seven Locks at night is basically pitch black and the trees hover over and basically touch each other so you can’t see the sky! The houses seem all dark even if it’s early? Idk

Sure, the 16-lane roads in Tysons/McLean, where every traffic light takes five minutes to change, are so appealing and not at all chaotic :)

Speaking of Tysons, go to Patsy’s back bar to watch a nighttime football game and then go to Quincy’s and report back with your findings.

Maybe go to the Boro to go grocery shopping and get a meal at North Italia or go the Capital One Center and go grocery shopping and get a beer at Starr Hill or a meal at Wren. Then go to Park Potomac to compare and contrast. The differences are incredibly stark, let’s just say. And Park Potomac is supposed to be a nice town center with $900,000 condos and $1M+ townhomes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find everywhere in that area excessively crowded during the day - and small chaotic parking lots - and then desolate at night. I just don’t get the appeal and prefer VA.

I really don’t understand the rugged terrain of the roads.

Driving up Seven Locks at night is basically pitch black and the trees hover over and basically touch each other so you can’t see the sky! The houses seem all dark even if it’s early? Idk

Sure, the 16-lane roads in Tysons/McLean, where every traffic light takes five minutes to change, are so appealing and not at all chaotic :)

Speaking of Tysons, go to Patsy’s back bar to watch a nighttime football game and then go to Quincy’s and report back with your findings.

Maybe go to the Boro to go grocery shopping and get a meal at North Italia or go the Capital One Center and go grocery shopping and get a beer at Starr Hill or a meal at Wren. Then go to Park Potomac to compare and contrast. The differences are incredibly stark, let’s just say. And Park Potomac is supposed to be a nice town center with $900,000 condos and $1M+ townhomes.

Such passionate arguments!

Why is this so important to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find everywhere in that area excessively crowded during the day - and small chaotic parking lots - and then desolate at night. I just don’t get the appeal and prefer VA.

I really don’t understand the rugged terrain of the roads.

Driving up Seven Locks at night is basically pitch black and the trees hover over and basically touch each other so you can’t see the sky! The houses seem all dark even if it’s early? Idk

Sure, the 16-lane roads in Tysons/McLean, where every traffic light takes five minutes to change, are so appealing and not at all chaotic :)

Speaking of Tysons, go to Patsy’s back bar to watch a nighttime football game and then go to Quincy’s and report back with your findings.

Maybe go to the Boro to go grocery shopping and get a meal at North Italia or go the Capital One Center and go grocery shopping and get a beer at Starr Hill or a meal at Wren. Then go to Park Potomac to compare and contrast. The differences are incredibly stark, let’s just say. And Park Potomac is supposed to be a nice town center with $900,000 condos and $1M+ townhomes.

Well, I've been to Quincy's and didn't have the same experience as you. Maybe you should do a controlled experiment -- try visiting Quincy's on MNF, and have a friend visit a comparable sports bar in your beloved Tysons on the same night, and report back. It seems that you're having trouble understanding that you can't generalize based on a single experience.