North College Park?

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Anonymous wrote:Meh, it’s fine. Not the nicest but it’s not a some distant mad max world of pedophiles, sex shops, and crime.

Y’all are so judgey. 🙄

It’s not my favorite part of PG and I think there are more family friendly neighborhoods in the same price range.
Check out Berwyn Heights.

Cheverly!

At this point, Cheverly is more expensive that North College Park and Berwyn Heights.

Mount Rainier, Brentwood, and Cottage City are nice and affordable.

You think CC is nice?

Nicer than North College Park.

Idk if I agree with that but to each their own.

N. CP has paint stores, a hyundai dealership, a Hampton Inn, tattoo parlor, an ikea, and a sex shop + no sidewalks and ugly track housing

Half of CC is a park. I'll take that instead.

-Longtime Cottage City resident

Tell me you aren't familiar with College Park without telling me you are...newsflash, N College Park isn't just Rt. 1. We have the Hollywood Shopping Center which has MOMs organic store, Proteus Bike and Coffee shop, Posh Fitness studio, and Hollywood Nutrition smoothie shop. There is a new dog park in Daniels Park/Hollywood, new concession stand for events, new lighting and streetscape project. There is a new trail with a bridge off of Cherry Hill Rd that connects to the trail to UMD.

DP here. N. College Park's zoning is screwy. Yes, there's a Mom's organic store and Posh Fitness studio... but it's next to a Maryland unemployment office and a gas station. The Hollywood dog park is next to public works and a auto detailing shop. The neighborhood would have potential if the zoning wasn't screwed up.

+1 dh and I moved from Hollywood for this reason… despite the development there was too much random stuff built around the area

Where did you go?

Cheverly

Cheverly is much much nicer than those pgc exurbs

Cheverly is a pgc exurb

It's an inner-suburb since it's like 2 miles from the MD-DC border.

College Park is an exurb.

No. You are wrong.
5 miles from the DC line does not an exurb make.

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Anonymous wrote:Meh, it’s fine. Not the nicest but it’s not a some distant mad max world of pedophiles, sex shops, and crime.

Y’all are so judgey. 🙄

It’s not my favorite part of PG and I think there are more family friendly neighborhoods in the same price range.
Check out Berwyn Heights.

Cheverly!

At this point, Cheverly is more expensive that North College Park and Berwyn Heights.

Mount Rainier, Brentwood, and Cottage City are nice and affordable.

You think CC is nice?

Nicer than North College Park.

Idk if I agree with that but to each their own.

N. CP has paint stores, a hyundai dealership, a Hampton Inn, tattoo parlor, an ikea, and a sex shop + no sidewalks and ugly track housing

Half of CC is a park. I'll take that instead.

-Longtime Cottage City resident

Tell me you aren't familiar with College Park without telling me you are...newsflash, N College Park isn't just Rt. 1. We have the Hollywood Shopping Center which has MOMs organic store, Proteus Bike and Coffee shop, Posh Fitness studio, and Hollywood Nutrition smoothie shop. There is a new dog park in Daniels Park/Hollywood, new concession stand for events, new lighting and streetscape project. There is a new trail with a bridge off of Cherry Hill Rd that connects to the trail to UMD.

DP here. N. College Park's zoning is screwy. Yes, there's a Mom's organic store and Posh Fitness studio... but it's next to a Maryland unemployment office and a gas station. The Hollywood dog park is next to public works and a auto detailing shop. The neighborhood would have potential if the zoning wasn't screwed up.

+1 dh and I moved from Hollywood for this reason… despite the development there was too much random stuff built around the area

Where did you go?

Cheverly

Cheverly is much much nicer than those pgc exurbs

Cheverly is a pgc exurb

It's an inner-suburb since it's like 2 miles from the MD-DC border.

College Park is an exurb.

No. You are wrong.
5 miles from the DC line does not an exurb make.

dp here.

you both are wrong. if you can't walk to the district line within 45 minutes, then you live in the exurbs/outer suburbs/whatever you want to call it. i live in mount rainier, which is not an exurb.

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Anonymous wrote:Meh, it’s fine. Not the nicest but it’s not a some distant mad max world of pedophiles, sex shops, and crime.

Y’all are so judgey. 🙄

It’s not my favorite part of PG and I think there are more family friendly neighborhoods in the same price range.
Check out Berwyn Heights.

Cheverly!

At this point, Cheverly is more expensive that North College Park and Berwyn Heights.

Mount Rainier, Brentwood, and Cottage City are nice and affordable.

You think CC is nice?

Nicer than North College Park.

Idk if I agree with that but to each their own.

N. CP has paint stores, a hyundai dealership, a Hampton Inn, tattoo parlor, an ikea, and a sex shop + no sidewalks and ugly track housing

Half of CC is a park. I'll take that instead.

-Longtime Cottage City resident

Tell me you aren't familiar with College Park without telling me you are...newsflash, N College Park isn't just Rt. 1. We have the Hollywood Shopping Center which has MOMs organic store, Proteus Bike and Coffee shop, Posh Fitness studio, and Hollywood Nutrition smoothie shop. There is a new dog park in Daniels Park/Hollywood, new concession stand for events, new lighting and streetscape project. There is a new trail with a bridge off of Cherry Hill Rd that connects to the trail to UMD.

DP here. N. College Park's zoning is screwy. Yes, there's a Mom's organic store and Posh Fitness studio... but it's next to a Maryland unemployment office and a gas station. The Hollywood dog park is next to public works and a auto detailing shop. The neighborhood would have potential if the zoning wasn't screwed up.

+1 dh and I moved from Hollywood for this reason… despite the development there was too much random stuff built around the area

Where did you go?

Cheverly

Cheverly is much much nicer than those pgc exurbs

Cheverly is a pgc exurb

It's an inner-suburb since it's like 2 miles from the MD-DC border.

College Park is an exurb.

No. You are wrong.
5 miles from the DC line does not an exurb make.

dp here.

you both are wrong. if you can't walk to the district line within 45 minutes, then you live in the exurbs/outer suburbs/whatever you want to call it. i live in mount rainier, which is not an exurb.

NP. Whose rule is this?

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Anonymous wrote:Meh, it’s fine. Not the nicest but it’s not a some distant mad max world of pedophiles, sex shops, and crime.

Y’all are so judgey. 🙄

It’s not my favorite part of PG and I think there are more family friendly neighborhoods in the same price range.
Check out Berwyn Heights.

Cheverly!

At this point, Cheverly is more expensive that North College Park and Berwyn Heights.

Mount Rainier, Brentwood, and Cottage City are nice and affordable.

You think CC is nice?

Nicer than North College Park.

Idk if I agree with that but to each their own.

N. CP has paint stores, a hyundai dealership, a Hampton Inn, tattoo parlor, an ikea, and a sex shop + no sidewalks and ugly track housing

Half of CC is a park. I'll take that instead.

-Longtime Cottage City resident

Tell me you aren't familiar with College Park without telling me you are...newsflash, N College Park isn't just Rt. 1. We have the Hollywood Shopping Center which has MOMs organic store, Proteus Bike and Coffee shop, Posh Fitness studio, and Hollywood Nutrition smoothie shop. There is a new dog park in Daniels Park/Hollywood, new concession stand for events, new lighting and streetscape project. There is a new trail with a bridge off of Cherry Hill Rd that connects to the trail to UMD.

DP here. N. College Park's zoning is screwy. Yes, there's a Mom's organic store and Posh Fitness studio... but it's next to a Maryland unemployment office and a gas station. The Hollywood dog park is next to public works and a auto detailing shop. The neighborhood would have potential if the zoning wasn't screwed up.

+1 dh and I moved from Hollywood for this reason… despite the development there was too much random stuff built around the area

Where did you go?

Cheverly

Cheverly is much much nicer than those pgc exurbs

Cheverly is a pgc exurb

It's an inner-suburb since it's like 2 miles from the MD-DC border.

College Park is an exurb.

No. You are wrong.
5 miles from the DC line does not an exurb make.

dp here.

you both are wrong. if you can't walk to the district line within 45 minutes, then you live in the exurbs/outer suburbs/whatever you want to call it. i live in mount rainier, which is not an exurb.

NP. Whose rule is this?

ITT people who live far away from the district pretend that they live close-in while also pretending they actually like living in the soul-sucking exurbs of PGC.

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Anonymous wrote:Meh, it’s fine. Not the nicest but it’s not a some distant mad max world of pedophiles, sex shops, and crime.

Y’all are so judgey. 🙄

It’s not my favorite part of PG and I think there are more family friendly neighborhoods in the same price range.
Check out Berwyn Heights.

Cheverly!

At this point, Cheverly is more expensive that North College Park and Berwyn Heights.

Mount Rainier, Brentwood, and Cottage City are nice and affordable.

You think CC is nice?

Nicer than North College Park.

Idk if I agree with that but to each their own.

N. CP has paint stores, a hyundai dealership, a Hampton Inn, tattoo parlor, an ikea, and a sex shop + no sidewalks and ugly track housing

Half of CC is a park. I'll take that instead.

-Longtime Cottage City resident

Tell me you aren't familiar with College Park without telling me you are...newsflash, N College Park isn't just Rt. 1. We have the Hollywood Shopping Center which has MOMs organic store, Proteus Bike and Coffee shop, Posh Fitness studio, and Hollywood Nutrition smoothie shop. There is a new dog park in Daniels Park/Hollywood, new concession stand for events, new lighting and streetscape project. There is a new trail with a bridge off of Cherry Hill Rd that connects to the trail to UMD.

DP here. N. College Park's zoning is screwy. Yes, there's a Mom's organic store and Posh Fitness studio... but it's next to a Maryland unemployment office and a gas station. The Hollywood dog park is next to public works and a auto detailing shop. The neighborhood would have potential if the zoning wasn't screwed up.

+1 dh and I moved from Hollywood for this reason… despite the development there was too much random stuff built around the area

Where did you go?

Cheverly

Cheverly is much much nicer than those pgc exurbs

Cheverly is a pgc exurb

It's an inner-suburb since it's like 2 miles from the MD-DC border.

College Park is an exurb.

No. You are wrong.
5 miles from the DC line does not an exurb make.

dp here.

you both are wrong. if you can't walk to the district line within 45 minutes, then you live in the exurbs/outer suburbs/whatever you want to call it. i live in mount rainier, which is not an exurb.

NP. Whose rule is this?

Nobody’s. the towns along the old trolley trail are considered first suburbs.

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For years, we've taken our cars down to auto shops in N. College Park. Cheapest prices in the DMV.

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Anonymous wrote:For years, we've taken our cars down to auto shops in N. College Park. Cheapest prices in the DMV.

That's a bad thing in this economy?

To the previous poster saying College Park is an exurb LOL. An exurb to me would be places like Gainesville, Clarksburg, and Ashburn. Technically part of the DC Metro area by census definition but far from the downtown core. I can literally bike to downtown from N College Park in 30 mins via the bike trail network. I can metro down there in the same time frame on the GL or YL. We are well connected to the city even though these days with so many restaurants popping up along the Rt. 1 corridor there is less of a need to do so.

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Anonymous wrote:For years, we've taken our cars down to auto shops in N. College Park. Cheapest prices in the DMV.

That's a bad thing in this economy?

To the previous poster saying College Park is an exurb LOL. An exurb to me would be places like Gainesville, Clarksburg, and Ashburn. Technically part of the DC Metro area by census definition but far from the downtown core. I can literally bike to downtown from N College Park in 30 mins via the bike trail network. I can metro down there in the same time frame on the GL or YL. We are well connected to the city even though these days with so many restaurants popping up along the Rt. 1 corridor there is less of a need to do so.

Exactly. Howard county is an exurb (or a Baltimore suburb).

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No clue what delimits a suburb vs exurb, tbh. What I do know is Hollywood, CP is a dumpy area. It was a dump when I lived there in college, and looked run down when I drove through to drop my kids off to soccer.

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At a very pedestrian level, I think you can easily say that anything that is inside the beltway (like College Park) certainly qualifies as a suburb and not an exurb. Where you want to draw the line of suburb vs exurb is unclear, but there is no way that most people would consider College Park to be an exurb.

I live in Laurel 6 miles from the beltway and I consider Laurel to be a suburb. I know that some will disagree, but it certainly feels that way. I live about the same distance outside the beltway as people in Oakton.

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Anonymous wrote:No clue what delimits a suburb vs exurb, tbh. What I do know is Hollywood, CP is a dumpy area. It was a dump when I lived there in college, and looked run down when I drove through to drop my kids off to soccer.

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Anonymous wrote:No clue what delimits a suburb vs exurb, tbh. What I do know is Hollywood, CP is a dumpy area. It was a dump when I lived there in college, and looked run down when I drove through to drop my kids off to soccer.

College Park doesn't have beautiful housing stock. So many other college towns have beautiful homes but College Park for the most part does not. I wonder why?

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Anonymous wrote:No clue what delimits a suburb vs exurb, tbh. What I do know is Hollywood, CP is a dumpy area. It was a dump when I lived there in college, and looked run down when I drove through to drop my kids off to soccer.

College Park doesn't have beautiful housing stock. So many other college towns have beautiful homes but College Park for the most part does not. I wonder why?

Lot of these homes are track housing building during the 1950s/1960s.... not a period known for great architecture in America.

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Anonymous wrote:No clue what delimits a suburb vs exurb, tbh. What I do know is Hollywood, CP is a dumpy area. It was a dump when I lived there in college, and looked run down when I drove through to drop my kids off to soccer.

College Park doesn't have beautiful housing stock. So many other college towns have beautiful homes but College Park for the most part does not. I wonder why?

Lot of these homes are track housing building during the 1950s/1960s.... not a period known for great architecture in America.

True. You’ll see a random Victorian occasionally. There was a plantation for sale awhile ago if that doesn’t freak you out. Southern College Park and University Park are nicer.

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Isn't there an EPA superfund about mile from N. College Park?