Tell me about Cabin John

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cabin John is a great area. It is definitely going up in value as it is being gentrified. Over the years, it has attracted eclectic artsy types that march to the beat of their own drummer. Bigger homes are being built and a new crowd of folks are moving in. Typically, though, they aren't the uptight Chevy Chase crowd.

You have to be willing to accept that your $900K home may be next to a pretty ramshackle $500K house or dwarfed by a new $2.5M house.

You do have to drive a little for big grocery shopping excursions, but not too far. Commuting to downtown down Clara Barton sucks a bit, but it's no worse than anywhere else that far out.

There are no 500k houses in cabin john and fewer and fewer 900k examples. Also gentrfyied isn't the right term as it has gone from all white to all white just slightly richer.

Not quite all white. There were a number of black families who came to Cabin John to work at the Carderock naval facility during the 40's, and many of their descendants are still there. This history mentions it: http://www.cabinjohn.org/about-cabin-john/history/

Many is quite a stretch, at the last census the area was 84% white and is trending whiter in the last 5 years. As of 2010 there was lust under 2000 people and 74 of them were black (3.8%), that is literally about a dozen house holds or so. It also borders Glen Echo which had 3 black people, not 3%, just 3 total in 2010 which both areas are surrounded or bordered by the vaunted 20816 zip code which makes Cabin John look like the poster child for diversity with only 2.3% of it's population identifying as black in 2010. These numbers are getting more concentrated not less as the eastern portions of MoCo continue to experience a weird hybrid phenom of rich white flight.

http://www.zip-codes.com/zip-code/20818/zip-code-20818-2010-census.asp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cabin John is a great area. It is definitely going up in value as it is being gentrified. Over the years, it has attracted eclectic artsy types that march to the beat of their own drummer. Bigger homes are being built and a new crowd of folks are moving in. Typically, though, they aren't the uptight Chevy Chase crowd.

You have to be willing to accept that your $900K home may be next to a pretty ramshackle $500K house or dwarfed by a new $2.5M house.

You do have to drive a little for big grocery shopping excursions, but not too far. Commuting to downtown down Clara Barton sucks a bit, but it's no worse than anywhere else that far out.

There are no 500k houses in cabin john and fewer and fewer 900k examples. Also gentrfyied isn't the right term as it has gone from all white to all white just slightly richer.

Not quite all white. There were a number of black families who came to Cabin John to work at the Carderock naval facility during the 40's, and many of their descendants are still there. This history mentions it: http://www.cabinjohn.org/about-cabin-john/history/

Many is quite a stretch, at the last census the area was 84% white and is trending whiter in the last 5 years. As of 2010 there was lust under 2000 people and 74 of them were black (3.8%), that is literally about a dozen house holds or so. It also borders Glen Echo which had 3 black people, not 3%, just 3 total in 2010 which both areas are surrounded or bordered by the vaunted 20816 zip code which makes Cabin John look like the poster child for diversity with only 2.3% of it's population identifying as black in 2010. These numbers are getting more concentrated not less as the eastern portions of MoCo continue to experience a weird hybrid phenom of rich white flight.

http://www.zip-codes.com/zip-code/20818/zip-code-20818-2010-census.asp

I wasn't trying to claim that the streets of Cabin John look like a Benetton ad from the 1980s, just wanted to point out some of the history. "Many" in this case refers to the portion of the 20 or so black families who moved there in the '40s that have some descendants still there today. It doesn't have the same sort of generations-deep history as the Scotland neighborhood in Potomac which was settled by black families right after the Civil War (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/17/AR2005061700588.html), but the demographics are still pretty interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cabin John used to be country and kind of redneck but has reinvented it's self into a modern inside the beltway rural oasis. Great schools and large houses anchor it with easy access to the C&O and Potomac. Not much left under a million but cheaper than McLean near the river for sure.

What in the world are you talking about?

used to be county and redneck? when? the 40's?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cabin John used to be country and kind of redneck but has reinvented it's self into a modern inside the beltway rural oasis. Great schools and large houses anchor it with easy access to the C&O and Potomac. Not much left under a million but cheaper than McLean near the river for sure.

What in the world are you talking about?

used to be county and redneck? when? the 40's?

new poster here it is still known as the redneck area for Whitman and Pyle. if you remember the quick or kwik or however you called it chances are you were a redneck or knew one or when the bridge had two way traffic on it.

until the demolish the gardens it will always be a place to skip unless you can afford to move into one of the bigger nicer places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cabin John is a great area. It is definitely going up in value as it is being gentrified. Over the years, it has attracted eclectic artsy types that march to the beat of their own drummer. Bigger homes are being built and a new crowd of folks are moving in. Typically, though, they aren't the uptight Chevy Chase crowd.

You have to be willing to accept that your $900K home may be next to a pretty ramshackle $500K house or dwarfed by a new $2.5M house.

You do have to drive a little for big grocery shopping excursions, but not too far. Commuting to downtown down Clara Barton sucks a bit, but it's no worse than anywhere else that far out.

There are no 500k houses in cabin john and fewer and fewer 900k examples. Also gentrfyied isn't the right term as it has gone from all white to all white just slightly richer.

Not quite all white. There were a number of black families who came to Cabin John to work at the Carderock naval facility during the 40's, and many of their descendants are still there. This history mentions it: http://www.cabinjohn.org/about-cabin-john/history/

Many is quite a stretch, at the last census the area was 84% white and is trending whiter in the last 5 years. As of 2010 there was lust under 2000 people and 74 of them were black (3.8%), that is literally about a dozen house holds or so. It also borders Glen Echo which had 3 black people, not 3%, just 3 total in 2010 which both areas are surrounded or bordered by the vaunted 20816 zip code which makes Cabin John look like the poster child for diversity with only 2.3% of it's population identifying as black in 2010. These numbers are getting more concentrated not less as the eastern portions of MoCo continue to experience a weird hybrid phenom of rich white flight.

http://www.zip-codes.com/zip-code/20818/zip-code-20818-2010-census.asp

I wasn't trying to claim that the streets of Cabin John look like a Benetton ad from the 1980s, just wanted to point out some of the history. "Many" in this case refers to the portion of the 20 or so black families who moved there in the '40s that have some descendants still there today. It doesn't have the same sort of generations-deep history as the Scotland neighborhood in Potomac which was settled by black families right after the Civil War (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/17/AR2005061700588.html), but the demographics are still pretty interesting.

I wasn't claiming you were, only that saying it has strong ties to an African American group would be revisionist history at best and it is about as not diverse as one can get in the DC area save for the influx of Asians coming for the schools. I was just pointing out that most people in Cabin John don't know any black people outside of work or play. I shop at the Co-op and I can not recall ever seeing a AA there or at wild Tomato. Many would consider that a defining attribute of the area and one anecdotal story about black founding families doesn't seem to match today's reality.

[Anonymous]

Went back to the posters link for CabinJohn.org and out of all the pictures of 4th of July, trips and what not sure enough there wasn't one black person pictured. Wow just wow I had no idea places like this where inside the beltway of Chocolate City.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Went back to the posters link for CabinJohn.org and out of all the pictures of 4th of July, trips and what not sure enough there wasn't one black person pictured. Wow just wow I had no idea places like this where inside the beltway of Chocolate City.

Well, this may also be a function of the activity, kayaking/canoeing

But yes, not many black people in Cabin John.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cabin John used to be country and kind of redneck but has reinvented it's self into a modern inside the beltway rural oasis. Great schools and large houses anchor it with easy access to the C&O and Potomac. Not much left under a million but cheaper than McLean near the river for sure.

What in the world are you talking about?

used to be county and redneck? when? the 40's?

20 years ago. If that.

[Anonymous]

I live in Cabin John and feel like it's one of the few places in this area where everyone is not so freakin uptight and materialistic.

The last couple posts about blacks in Cabin John are disturbing. Who gives a shit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Went back to the posters link for CabinJohn.org and out of all the pictures of 4th of July, trips and what not sure enough there wasn't one black person pictured. Wow just wow I had no idea places like this where inside the beltway of Chocolate City.

Well, this may also be a function of the activity, kayaking/canoeing

But yes, not many black people in Cabin John.

Ok, but there are more than just white and black people. What other ethnicities call Cabin John home?

[Anonymous]

There are white people in cabin John then more white people and then a few whiter people. White people aside there are a few Asian house holds but little else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
new poster here it is still known as the redneck area for Whitman and Pyle. if you remember the quick or kwik or however you called it chances are you were a redneck or knew one or when the bridge had two way traffic on it.

until the demolish the gardens it will always be a place to skip unless you can afford to move into one of the bigger nicer places.

I agree. The real shacks are located just off Seven Locks on the right, as you head from River to Macarthur. It's a few hundred yards before the shopping center.

A lot have been renovated now, but it used to be all shacks 20 years ago. I had a friend in high school who epitomized it. Emancipated minor, living in a house with 2 high school-aged brothers (one a dropout) and their father. Word is she paid the rent by giving BJs to the overweight and ugly father. Yes, the father was blue collar, and yes, he drove a pick-up truck.

At least is brought some diversity and drama to Whitman. Those days are long over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Cabin John and feel like it's one of the few places in this area where everyone is not so freakin uptight and materialistic.

The last couple posts about blacks in Cabin John are disturbing. Who gives a shit?

Says the white person who moved there to be away from black people be it consciously or subconsciously.

[Anonymous]

Why does it seem like the Asians are more accepted when it comes to identifying race in neighborhoods?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does it seem like the Asians are more accepted when it comes to identifying race in neighborhoods?

Because white people like Asians better. They don't become scary until they get into the scale of sheer numbers of them marching in unison in front of a large ballistic missile or dancing aggressively during an opening ceremony. It only takes a few blacks talking in a movie theater or dunking on the over match caucasian player to rankle whites. And to be fair white peoples hate everybody least we not forget that whole inturement camp thing in WW2.