Why do MoCoites keep voting for the same? Silver Spring residents are melting down due crime

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Anonymous wrote:The Online Left in Silver Spring, median age of 24, believe that Marc Elrich isn't woke enough because he loves cops too much. They want him to defund the police more.

24-year-olds in Montgomery County are living with their parents or other older relatives, because they can't afford the high cost of housing in Montgomery County.

A 1 minute search has informed me that you can rent a studio apartment in downtown Silver Spring for $810 per month. If you are 24 and cannot afford that then you have other problems rather than housing costs.

I'm guessing you haven't tried to get rental housing lately. Finding something on Google at an advertised rent is not the same as actually being able to rent it.

No. That was apartments.com that showed real-time availability. It also showed that there were 2-BD apartments for $1550. So that 24 year old Silver Spring resident could rent that and get a roommate, like a lot of current and past 24 year olds in the area. Including me.

No, it doesn't. It shows that people are advertising a studio in downtown Silver Spring for $810 per month. It doesn't mean that the unit is actually available, even if it is listed as available on apartments.com, and it also doesn't mean that a given person would be allowed to rent it. For example, that $810 studio in downtown Silver Spring on apartments.com is in the Charter House on Fenwick Lane, which is age-restricted to people who are 55 or older.

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My family is from SS. We all left decades ago. You can just leave. Everyone can leave, then when the next town is undesirable to you, you move again. At this point, I'm hearing NC is desirable.. That's how this area goes. I'm sure that plays into a lack of accountability for local governments here.

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Anonymous wrote:The Online Left in Silver Spring, median age of 24, believe that Marc Elrich isn't woke enough because he loves cops too much. They want him to defund the police more.

24-year-olds in Montgomery County are living with their parents or other older relatives, because they can't afford the high cost of housing in Montgomery County.

Oh boy, M.E. has found this thread. Try to ignore.

Nope. I'm not him. I'm a middle-aged parent in the cohort of middle-aged parents with 20-something kids who are living at home.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw an interview with Jawando on don lemon after the terrible incident with those two police officers at the elementary school center as leaked (the one where the police officers were suggesting someone should smack the kid), and it was clear to me that neither Jawanda nor Lemon had watched the whole video before the interview because they had mistakes on basic facts. That video was a very bad showing from two officers of MCPD but jawanda was making all sorts of conclusions that weren’t warranted because he was wrong on the facts. I really don’t like him and think that he’s a one trick pony and that one trick is playing on white liberal guilt.
We could really have the best police force in the nation and be a leading model for training and accountability. (I think MCPD was already probably one of the best in the country.). But it’s easier just to slash and burn the department I guess.

Jawando is good example of the kind of slick politician with national aspirations that just does not understand the needs of his constituents in part because he has insulated himself from the harm that his policies cause. This is particularly true when it comes to crime.

DTSS getting so dangerous that families don't let their teens go out after 7? He doesn't care, he moved to the countryside. Weekly lockdowns in public schools due to guns and rumours of guns? Why would Jawando bother to lift a finger - his kids are in private school, after all.

Meanwhile, he shills his new book and claims credit for policies that look good on paper but that completely fall down in the implementation.

Don’t think you need to worry too much about Jawando. His colleagues have ostracized him and has no political future. He got the least number of votes of all At-Large Councilmembers.

^^ This. There were four (D) candidates and four at-large spots. Most voters, particularly in Montgomery County, vote straight ticket. For Jawando to have underperformed other Council incumbents, he needed to be divisive enough that reliable Democratic voters split their ballot to vote for the other three Democrats but not Jawando.

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Anonymous wrote:The Online Left in Silver Spring, median age of 24, believe that Marc Elrich isn't woke enough because he loves cops too much. They want him to defund the police more.

24-year-olds in Montgomery County are living with their parents or other older relatives, because they can't afford the high cost of housing in Montgomery County.

Oh boy, M.E. has found this thread. Try to ignore.

Nope. I'm not him. I'm a middle-aged parent in the cohort of middle-aged parents with 20-something kids who are living at home.

Cool. It's the smart thing for 20-something kids to do. I lived with my parents in my mid-20s while making six figures in this area. Allowed me to pay down most of my student loans and save money to buy a very basic condo. This area is expensive; sacrifices are necessary.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw an interview with Jawando on don lemon after the terrible incident with those two police officers at the elementary school center as leaked (the one where the police officers were suggesting someone should smack the kid), and it was clear to me that neither Jawanda nor Lemon had watched the whole video before the interview because they had mistakes on basic facts. That video was a very bad showing from two officers of MCPD but jawanda was making all sorts of conclusions that weren’t warranted because he was wrong on the facts. I really don’t like him and think that he’s a one trick pony and that one trick is playing on white liberal guilt.
We could really have the best police force in the nation and be a leading model for training and accountability. (I think MCPD was already probably one of the best in the country.). But it’s easier just to slash and burn the department I guess.

Jawando is good example of the kind of slick politician with national aspirations that just does not understand the needs of his constituents in part because he has insulated himself from the harm that his policies cause. This is particularly true when it comes to crime.

DTSS getting so dangerous that families don't let their teens go out after 7? He doesn't care, he moved to the countryside. Weekly lockdowns in public schools due to guns and rumours of guns? Why would Jawando bother to lift a finger - his kids are in private school, after all.

Meanwhile, he shills his new book and claims credit for policies that look good on paper but that completely fall down in the implementation.

Don’t think you need to worry too much about Jawando. His colleagues have ostracized him and has no political future. He got the least number of votes of all At-Large Councilmembers.

^^ This. There were four (D) candidates and four at-large spots. Most voters, particularly in Montgomery County, vote straight ticket. For Jawando to have underperformed other Council incumbents, he needed to be divisive enough that reliable Democratic voters split their ballot to vote for the other three Democrats but not Jawando.

That's what I did. Once I read that Jawando was part of the "defund the police" movement, I decided to vote against him but was fine with the other three Democrats. I texted several of my friends (all Democrats) and they said they also would not vote for him.

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Anonymous wrote:The Online Left in Silver Spring, median age of 24, believe that Marc Elrich isn't woke enough because he loves cops too much. They want him to defund the police more.

24-year-olds in Montgomery County are living with their parents or other older relatives, because they can't afford the high cost of housing in Montgomery County.

A 1 minute search has informed me that you can rent a studio apartment in downtown Silver Spring for $810 per month. If you are 24 and cannot afford that then you have other problems rather than housing costs.

I'm guessing you haven't tried to get rental housing lately. Finding something on Google at an advertised rent is not the same as actually being able to rent it.

No. That was apartments.com that showed real-time availability. It also showed that there were 2-BD apartments for $1550. So that 24 year old Silver Spring resident could rent that and get a roommate, like a lot of current and past 24 year olds in the area. Including me.

No, it doesn't. It shows that people are advertising a studio in downtown Silver Spring for $810 per month. It doesn't mean that the unit is actually available, even if it is listed as available on apartments.com, and it also doesn't mean that a given person would be allowed to rent it. For example, that $810 studio in downtown Silver Spring on apartments.com is in the Charter House on Fenwick Lane, which is age-restricted to people who are 55 or older.

No. What it means is that you think the affordable apartments that are available to you are below your standards. There are plenty of 2 bedroom apartments in the $1600 per month range. Go get a roommate not normal people do. Or not. That’s your choice. My advice is that once you get over yourself and realize that the world doesn’t owe you anything and that you’re going to need to earn everything you want is when you’ll actually get to where you want to go in life. And the first way to do that is to stop wasting your precious time online. These are the years where dedication to your work or your craft can pay the most dividends. Or you can sit in your parents basement and whine about your situation and not get anywhere in life. It’s up to you. But when I was 24 I had roommates saved money, paid off student loans and worked hard. You can do the same if you want. It’s entirely your choice.

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Anonymous wrote:My family is from SS. We all left decades ago. You can just leave. Everyone can leave, then when the next town is undesirable to you, you move again. At this point, I'm hearing NC is desirable.. That's how this area goes. I'm sure that plays into a lack of accountability for local governments here.

This is correct. And if people don’t know where to go, I’ve found that a reliable indicator is where the affluent professional pre-retirement 55 years are moving are a good indicator. About a decade ago I heard of several acquaintances in that bracket move to NC and CO. CO is probably now unaffordable for most but I think you could probably still get good value in NC. The weird thing is nowadays most of the buzz I’m hearing is about people moving to Lisbon and Mexico City. So it may be time for people to broaden their horizons, especially when the Euro exchange rate is good and Europe is very much oriented towards retirees.

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Anonymous wrote:Sock puppets on a Friday night.

We’ve found the obnoxious too online Silver Spring head in sand progressive. Do you think this crime is NBD? You may want to talk your fellow liberal Silver Spring and Takoma Park friends. I think you will find out that their progressive values end the moment these things begin to affect them personally. It’s one thing if it’s 20-something males shooting each other at 2 AM on Georgia Ave. It’s quite another when its middle aged women having a guns shoved in their face at 7 PM trying to shop at Safeway.

You may not be aware, but the neighborhood is starting to get a reputation for crime and you may not be able to understand this, but it is not a good thing.

Please share link about the Safeway incident. I haven’t seen it..

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Anonymous wrote:The Online Left in Silver Spring, median age of 24, believe that Marc Elrich isn't woke enough because he loves cops too much. They want him to defund the police more.

24-year-olds in Montgomery County are living with their parents or other older relatives, because they can't afford the high cost of housing in Montgomery County.

A 1 minute search has informed me that you can rent a studio apartment in downtown Silver Spring for $810 per month. If you are 24 and cannot afford that then you have other problems rather than housing costs.

I'm guessing you haven't tried to get rental housing lately. Finding something on Google at an advertised rent is not the same as actually being able to rent it.

No. That was apartments.com that showed real-time availability. It also showed that there were 2-BD apartments for $1550. So that 24 year old Silver Spring resident could rent that and get a roommate, like a lot of current and past 24 year olds in the area. Including me.

No, it doesn't. It shows that people are advertising a studio in downtown Silver Spring for $810 per month. It doesn't mean that the unit is actually available, even if it is listed as available on apartments.com, and it also doesn't mean that a given person would be allowed to rent it. For example, that $810 studio in downtown Silver Spring on apartments.com is in the Charter House on Fenwick Lane, which is age-restricted to people who are 55 or older.

No. What it means is that you think the affordable apartments that are available to you are below your standards. There are plenty of 2 bedroom apartments in the $1600 per month range. Go get a roommate not normal people do. Or not. That’s your choice. My advice is that once you get over yourself and realize that the world doesn’t owe you anything and that you’re going to need to earn everything you want is when you’ll actually get to where you want to go in life. And the first way to do that is to stop wasting your precious time online. These are the years where dedication to your work or your craft can pay the most dividends. Or you can sit in your parents basement and whine about your situation and not get anywhere in life. It’s up to you. But when I was 24 I had roommates saved money, paid off student loans and worked hard. You can do the same if you want. It’s entirely your choice.

DP what a pointless rant.

There are affordable apartments in MoCo. They are subsidized and there"s not nearly enough supply. Everyone else with a low income (some of whom work multiple jobs and/or share apartments with other families) live in crappy, old, poorly maintained buildings. The rent might be $1,550, but the utilities are through the roof.

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Anonymous wrote:The Online Left in Silver Spring, median age of 24, believe that Marc Elrich isn't woke enough because he loves cops too much. They want him to defund the police more.

24-year-olds in Montgomery County are living with their parents or other older relatives, because they can't afford the high cost of housing in Montgomery County.

A 1 minute search has informed me that you can rent a studio apartment in downtown Silver Spring for $810 per month. If you are 24 and cannot afford that then you have other problems rather than housing costs.

I'm guessing you haven't tried to get rental housing lately. Finding something on Google at an advertised rent is not the same as actually being able to rent it.

No. That was apartments.com that showed real-time availability. It also showed that there were 2-BD apartments for $1550. So that 24 year old Silver Spring resident could rent that and get a roommate, like a lot of current and past 24 year olds in the area. Including me.

No, it doesn't. It shows that people are advertising a studio in downtown Silver Spring for $810 per month. It doesn't mean that the unit is actually available, even if it is listed as available on apartments.com, and it also doesn't mean that a given person would be allowed to rent it. For example, that $810 studio in downtown Silver Spring on apartments.com is in the Charter House on Fenwick Lane, which is age-restricted to people who are 55 or older.

No. What it means is that you think the affordable apartments that are available to you are below your standards. There are plenty of 2 bedroom apartments in the $1600 per month range. Go get a roommate not normal people do. Or not. That’s your choice. My advice is that once you get over yourself and realize that the world doesn’t owe you anything and that you’re going to need to earn everything you want is when you’ll actually get to where you want to go in life. And the first way to do that is to stop wasting your precious time online. These are the years where dedication to your work or your craft can pay the most dividends. Or you can sit in your parents basement and whine about your situation and not get anywhere in life. It’s up to you. But when I was 24 I had roommates saved money, paid off student loans and worked hard. You can do the same if you want. It’s entirely your choice.

DP what a pointless rant.

There are affordable apartments in MoCo. They are subsidized and there"s not nearly enough supply. Everyone else with a low income (some of whom work multiple jobs and/or share apartments with other families) live in crappy, old, poorly maintained buildings. The rent might be $1,550, but the utilities are through the roof.

DP. But this sounds like you don’t get it. Do you expect to live in luxury accommodations when you’re 24? Are you above living with low income people? News flash, if you can only afford to live with low income people that means that you are also low income.

Getting back to the topic of this thread, this is the sort of entitlement and disconnection from reality that drives the ideology that prevents people from understanding the consequences of their actions.

When they talk about crime, it’s a society problem. When they talk about the fact they cannot afford to live the lifestyle they feel they deserve, also a society problem. These are not society problems, these are people problems. People commit crimes. People decide to not work hard enough in school to get a good career. And people need to take personal responsibility to be accountable for their actions.

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Anonymous wrote:The Online Left in Silver Spring, median age of 24, believe that Marc Elrich isn't woke enough because he loves cops too much. They want him to defund the police more.

24-year-olds in Montgomery County are living with their parents or other older relatives, because they can't afford the high cost of housing in Montgomery County.

A 1 minute search has informed me that you can rent a studio apartment in downtown Silver Spring for $810 per month. If you are 24 and cannot afford that then you have other problems rather than housing costs.

I'm guessing you haven't tried to get rental housing lately. Finding something on Google at an advertised rent is not the same as actually being able to rent it.

No. That was apartments.com that showed real-time availability. It also showed that there were 2-BD apartments for $1550. So that 24 year old Silver Spring resident could rent that and get a roommate, like a lot of current and past 24 year olds in the area. Including me.

No, it doesn't. It shows that people are advertising a studio in downtown Silver Spring for $810 per month. It doesn't mean that the unit is actually available, even if it is listed as available on apartments.com, and it also doesn't mean that a given person would be allowed to rent it. For example, that $810 studio in downtown Silver Spring on apartments.com is in the Charter House on Fenwick Lane, which is age-restricted to people who are 55 or older.

No. What it means is that you think the affordable apartments that are available to you are below your standards. There are plenty of 2 bedroom apartments in the $1600 per month range. Go get a roommate not normal people do. Or not. That’s your choice. My advice is that once you get over yourself and realize that the world doesn’t owe you anything and that you’re going to need to earn everything you want is when you’ll actually get to where you want to go in life. And the first way to do that is to stop wasting your precious time online. These are the years where dedication to your work or your craft can pay the most dividends. Or you can sit in your parents basement and whine about your situation and not get anywhere in life. It’s up to you. But when I was 24 I had roommates saved money, paid off student loans and worked hard. You can do the same if you want. It’s entirely your choice.

DP what a pointless rant.

There are affordable apartments in MoCo. They are subsidized and there"s not nearly enough supply. Everyone else with a low income (some of whom work multiple jobs and/or share apartments with other families) live in crappy, old, poorly maintained buildings. The rent might be $1,550, but the utilities are through the roof.

DP. But this sounds like you don’t get it. Do you expect to live in luxury accommodations when you’re 24? Are you above living with low income people? News flash, if you can only afford to live with low income people that means that you are also low income.

Getting back to the topic of this thread, this is the sort of entitlement and disconnection from reality that drives the ideology that prevents people from understanding the consequences of their actions.

When they talk about crime, it’s a society problem. When they talk about the fact they cannot afford to live the lifestyle they feel they deserve, also a society problem. These are not society problems, these are people problems. People commit crimes. People decide to not work hard enough in school to get a good career. And people need to take personal responsibility to be accountable for their actions.

WTAF is your problem? You are seriously rude and totally missing my point which is that the places where low income people live are not actually cheaper to live in than the "luxury" buildings. I own a very nice 3,000 Sq ft home but feel free to keep ranting into the wind.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sock puppets on a Friday night.

We’ve found the obnoxious too online Silver Spring head in sand progressive. Do you think this crime is NBD? You may want to talk your fellow liberal Silver Spring and Takoma Park friends. I think you will find out that their progressive values end the moment these things begin to affect them personally. It’s one thing if it’s 20-something males shooting each other at 2 AM on Georgia Ave. It’s quite another when its middle aged women having a guns shoved in their face at 7 PM trying to shop at Safeway.

You may not be aware, but the neighborhood is starting to get a reputation for crime and you may not be able to understand this, but it is not a good thing.

Please share link about the Safeway incident. I haven’t seen it..

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/2-armed-carjackings-in-1-week-cause-concern-in-downtown-silver-spring/3260005/

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Anonymous wrote:The Online Left in Silver Spring, median age of 24, believe that Marc Elrich isn't woke enough because he loves cops too much. They want him to defund the police more.

24-year-olds in Montgomery County are living with their parents or other older relatives, because they can't afford the high cost of housing in Montgomery County.

A 1 minute search has informed me that you can rent a studio apartment in downtown Silver Spring for $810 per month. If you are 24 and cannot afford that then you have other problems rather than housing costs.

I'm guessing you haven't tried to get rental housing lately. Finding something on Google at an advertised rent is not the same as actually being able to rent it.

No. That was apartments.com that showed real-time availability. It also showed that there were 2-BD apartments for $1550. So that 24 year old Silver Spring resident could rent that and get a roommate, like a lot of current and past 24 year olds in the area. Including me.

No, it doesn't. It shows that people are advertising a studio in downtown Silver Spring for $810 per month. It doesn't mean that the unit is actually available, even if it is listed as available on apartments.com, and it also doesn't mean that a given person would be allowed to rent it. For example, that $810 studio in downtown Silver Spring on apartments.com is in the Charter House on Fenwick Lane, which is age-restricted to people who are 55 or older.

No. What it means is that you think the affordable apartments that are available to you are below your standards. There are plenty of 2 bedroom apartments in the $1600 per month range. Go get a roommate not normal people do. Or not. That’s your choice. My advice is that once you get over yourself and realize that the world doesn’t owe you anything and that you’re going to need to earn everything you want is when you’ll actually get to where you want to go in life. And the first way to do that is to stop wasting your precious time online. These are the years where dedication to your work or your craft can pay the most dividends. Or you can sit in your parents basement and whine about your situation and not get anywhere in life. It’s up to you. But when I was 24 I had roommates saved money, paid off student loans and worked hard. You can do the same if you want. It’s entirely your choice.

DP what a pointless rant.

There are affordable apartments in MoCo. They are subsidized and there"s not nearly enough supply. Everyone else with a low income (some of whom work multiple jobs and/or share apartments with other families) live in crappy, old, poorly maintained buildings. The rent might be $1,550, but the utilities are through the roof.

DP. But this sounds like you don’t get it. Do you expect to live in luxury accommodations when you’re 24? Are you above living with low income people? News flash, if you can only afford to live with low income people that means that you are also low income.

Getting back to the topic of this thread, this is the sort of entitlement and disconnection from reality that drives the ideology that prevents people from understanding the consequences of their actions.

When they talk about crime, it’s a society problem. When they talk about the fact they cannot afford to live the lifestyle they feel they deserve, also a society problem. These are not society problems, these are people problems. People commit crimes. People decide to not work hard enough in school to get a good career. And people need to take personal responsibility to be accountable for their actions.

WTAF is your problem? You are seriously rude and totally missing my point which is that the places where low income people live are not actually cheaper to live in than the "luxury" buildings. I own a very nice 3,000 Sq ft home but feel free to keep ranting into the wind.

DP. Am I understanding correctly that you believe that new build apartments marketed as “luxury” somehow cost the same as market rate affordable housing? Because that is an absurd statement to make. Montgomery County is never going to self correct on crime or anything else with so many absolutely delusional people.

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Anonymous wrote:The Online Left in Silver Spring, median age of 24, believe that Marc Elrich isn't woke enough because he loves cops too much. They want him to defund the police more.

24-year-olds in Montgomery County are living with their parents or other older relatives, because they can't afford the high cost of housing in Montgomery County.

A 1 minute search has informed me that you can rent a studio apartment in downtown Silver Spring for $810 per month. If you are 24 and cannot afford that then you have other problems rather than housing costs.

I'm guessing you haven't tried to get rental housing lately. Finding something on Google at an advertised rent is not the same as actually being able to rent it.

No. That was apartments.com that showed real-time availability. It also showed that there were 2-BD apartments for $1550. So that 24 year old Silver Spring resident could rent that and get a roommate, like a lot of current and past 24 year olds in the area. Including me.

No, it doesn't. It shows that people are advertising a studio in downtown Silver Spring for $810 per month. It doesn't mean that the unit is actually available, even if it is listed as available on apartments.com, and it also doesn't mean that a given person would be allowed to rent it. For example, that $810 studio in downtown Silver Spring on apartments.com is in the Charter House on Fenwick Lane, which is age-restricted to people who are 55 or older.

No. What it means is that you think the affordable apartments that are available to you are below your standards. There are plenty of 2 bedroom apartments in the $1600 per month range. Go get a roommate not normal people do. Or not. That’s your choice. My advice is that once you get over yourself and realize that the world doesn’t owe you anything and that you’re going to need to earn everything you want is when you’ll actually get to where you want to go in life. And the first way to do that is to stop wasting your precious time online. These are the years where dedication to your work or your craft can pay the most dividends. Or you can sit in your parents basement and whine about your situation and not get anywhere in life. It’s up to you. But when I was 24 I had roommates saved money, paid off student loans and worked hard. You can do the same if you want. It’s entirely your choice.

DP what a pointless rant.

There are affordable apartments in MoCo. They are subsidized and there"s not nearly enough supply. Everyone else with a low income (some of whom work multiple jobs and/or share apartments with other families) live in crappy, old, poorly maintained buildings. The rent might be $1,550, but the utilities are through the roof.

DP. But this sounds like you don’t get it. Do you expect to live in luxury accommodations when you’re 24? Are you above living with low income people? News flash, if you can only afford to live with low income people that means that you are also low income.

Getting back to the topic of this thread, this is the sort of entitlement and disconnection from reality that drives the ideology that prevents people from understanding the consequences of their actions.

When they talk about crime, it’s a society problem. When they talk about the fact they cannot afford to live the lifestyle they feel they deserve, also a society problem. These are not society problems, these are people problems. People commit crimes. People decide to not work hard enough in school to get a good career. And people need to take personal responsibility to be accountable for their actions.

WTAF is your problem? You are seriously rude and totally missing my point which is that the places where low income people live are not actually cheaper to live in than the "luxury" buildings. I own a very nice 3,000 Sq ft home but feel free to keep ranting into the wind.

DP. Am I understanding correctly that you believe that new build apartments marketed as “luxury” somehow cost the same as market rate affordable housing? Because that is an absurd statement to make. Montgomery County is never going to self correct on crime or anything else with so many absolutely delusional people.

When taking into account the cost of utilities, no, I don't think market rate "affordable" housing is saving that much money over newer buildings. Yes the very newest ones cost a lot, just like any new construction. But a 1950s garden style apartment vs a building constructed in 2000 (often branded as "luxury") the cost is not that different.