Why is Bethesda so expensive?

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Anonymous wrote:There is increasing violent crime in downtown Bethesda. If that doesn’t change the area will become less desired.

Is this actually true?

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Anonymous wrote:There is increasing violent crime in downtown Bethesda. If that doesn’t change the area will become less desired.

There is increased crime everywhere. Do you say the above about Tysons also? Because there's an uptick in crime there too.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is Bethesda expensive?
Why is Chevy Chase expensive?
Why is McLean expensive?
Why is Arlington expensive?

The answer is the same for all of them. It's really not that complicated.

Why isn’t Oxen Hill expensive? Forest Heights? Hillcrest Heights?

Crime and schools.

For crime: check crimegrade.org
For schools: check greatschools.org

You might disagree with the ratings, but they're an objective source that many people trust.

Dog whistle for because they are black neighborhoods

It's pretty racist to think that black neighborhoods shouldn't have less crime and better schools. Ignoring the problems won't solve them.

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Anonymous wrote: It's very simple. Bethesda is the closest to place to downtown DC that's not DC.

In Maryland that is tire. But overall, that would be Arlington.

Or oxen hill

Bethesda is closer distance wise. Commute may be the same but there less built up between Oxen Hill and Downtown (for a reason that is reflected in price).

No it’s not. Get out your map.

Just did - 11 miles on the road from Oxen Hill to Metro Center; 8 miles from Bethesda.

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It isn’t that Bethesda is great, it is that most other places are worse.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is Bethesda expensive?
Why is Chevy Chase expensive?
Why is McLean expensive?
Why is Arlington expensive?

The answer is the same for all of them. It's really not that complicated.

Why isn’t Oxen Hill expensive? Forest Heights? Hillcrest Heights?

Crime and schools.

For crime: check crimegrade.org
For schools: check greatschools.org

You might disagree with the ratings, but they're an objective source that many people trust.

Dog whistle for because they are black neighborhoods

I think you are the racist. Every right-thinking person wants to live and raise their families in a low-crime neighborhood. You are kidding yourself if you think otherwise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is Bethesda expensive?
Why is Chevy Chase expensive?
Why is McLean expensive?
Why is Arlington expensive?

The answer is the same for all of them. It's really not that complicated.

Why isn’t Oxen Hill expensive? Forest Heights? Hillcrest Heights?

Crime and schools.

For crime: check crimegrade.org
For schools: check greatschools.org

You might disagree with the ratings, but they're an objective source that many people trust.

Dog whistle for because they are black neighborhoods

So you think it is racist to care about schools and crime? Lol, ok. Rich black people don't want to live in Oxon Hill either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is increasing violent crime in downtown Bethesda. If that doesn’t change the area will become less desired.

There is increased crime everywhere. Do you say the above about Tysons also? Because there's an uptick in crime there too.

Yes people say it about Tyson because of the metro.

Do YOU say it about Silver Spring?

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Anonymous wrote:Why is Bethesda expensive?
Why is Chevy Chase expensive?
Why is McLean expensive?
Why is Arlington expensive?

The answer is the same for all of them. It's really not that complicated.

Why isn’t Oxen Hill expensive? Forest Heights? Hillcrest Heights?

Crime and schools.

For crime: check crimegrade.org
For schools: check greatschools.org

You might disagree with the ratings, but they're an objective source that many people trust.

Dog whistle for because they are black neighborhoods

So you think it is racist to care about schools and crime? Lol, ok. Rich black people don't want to live in Oxon Hill either.

Yes some do, just like there are rich people in Rockville, Silvers Spring and Frederick.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is Bethesda expensive?
Why is Chevy Chase expensive?
Why is McLean expensive?
Why is Arlington expensive?

The answer is the same for all of them. It's really not that complicated.

Why isn’t Oxen Hill expensive? Forest Heights? Hillcrest Heights?

Crime and schools.

For crime: check crimegrade.org
For schools: check greatschools.org

You might disagree with the ratings, but they're an objective source that many people trust.

Dog whistle for because they are black neighborhoods

So you think it is racist to care about schools and crime? Lol, ok. Rich black people don't want to live in Oxon Hill either.

Are you saying people in Oxen Hill don’t care about education and crime?

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Anonymous wrote: It's very simple. Bethesda is the closest to place to downtown DC that's not DC.

In Maryland that is tire. But overall, that would be Arlington.

Or oxen hill

Bethesda is closer distance wise. Commute may be the same but there less built up between Oxen Hill and Downtown (for a reason that is reflected in price).

No it’s not. Get out your map.

Just did - 11 miles on the road from Oxen Hill to Metro Center; 8 miles from Bethesda.

12 miles to Penn quarter from OH, 18 from Bethesda
Capital one arena: 12 miles Oh, 19 mikes Bethesda
Nats stadium; 8.8 OH, 18 Bethesda
Wharf: 11 OH, 12 Bethesda
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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: It's very simple. Bethesda is the closest to place to downtown DC that's not DC.

In Maryland that is tire. But overall, that would be Arlington.

Or oxen hill

Bethesda is closer distance wise. Commute may be the same but there less built up between Oxen Hill and Downtown (for a reason that is reflected in price).

No it’s not. Get out your map.

Just did - 11 miles on the road from Oxen Hill to Metro Center; 8 miles from Bethesda.

12 miles to Penn quarter from OH, 18 from Bethesda
Capital one arena: 12 miles Oh, 19 mikes Bethesda
Nats stadium; 8.8 OH, 18 Bethesda
Wharf: 11 OH, 12 Bethesda
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Must be measuring from the furthest out address possible in Bethesda. If you just type in Bethesda into google maps, these are really off. Penn Quarter is 8, not 18.

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Anonymous wrote:There is increasing violent crime in downtown Bethesda. If that doesn’t change the area will become less desired.

Is this actually true?

Yes here are some incidents:

Jan 2023 Female employee stabbed in Bethesda CVS on Wisconsin https://bethesdamagazine.com/2023/01/13/employee-at-bethesda-cvs-stabbed-during-attempted-robbery-police-say/

Jan 2023 Woman carjacked in Downtown Bethesda https://www.fox5dc.com/news/montgomery-county-police-searching-for-bethesda-armed-carjacking-suspect-fox5

Jan 2023 Sentencing of teen from June 2022 carjacking in downtown Bethesda. https://bethesdamagazine.com/2023/01/04/four-teen-assailants-three-victims-carjacking-in-downtown-bethesda-leaves-lasting-impact/

Nov 2022 Armed robbery of Apple store in Downtown Bethesda https://www.fox5dc.com/news/montgomery-county-police-searching-for-bethesda-armed-carjacking-suspect-fox5

Aug 2022 Downtown Bethesda: breaking windows and vandalism, 14 businesses targeted in 3 months https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/08/10/bethesda-residents-business-owners-worry-about-late-night-crime-increase/

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Anonymous wrote:All the safe, human-sized, walkable, leafy, sidewalked, small town neighborhoods with reputable public schools close to DC are expensive.

I lived in downtown Silver Spring, and moved close to downtown Bethesda for the schools and the better quality of life as a pedestrian. Downtown Silver Spring does not have that small town feel, and it is unsafe in the evening (and sometimes during the day). As a pedestrian, it's much more pleasant to walk in downtown Bethesda than downtown Silver Spring (there are more street crossings, the shops/restaurants are closer together and the buildings mostly aren't as tall). I've personally witnessed multiple fights in the pedestrian alley in Silver Spring, none in Bethesda.

- multiethnic foreigner, living on a Bethesda street full of people from all over the world.

I love how internationally diverse Bethesda is, one of my very favorite things about it.

Lol

The fact that I have South American, African, Israeli, and Iranian neighbors is amusing?

You can just replace all those words with “the right type of diversity”.

Since your a transplant we call that “world bank” diversity, it’s code for we don’t have to deal with those dirty poor people/immigrants.

Not like there aren’t more places with that type of diversity to choose from. Does every place have to be grungy like silver spring? If you value proximity to poor people you can take a discount and move there. Picking the opposite doesn’t make you racist it makes you classist or simply tried of guttural drama.

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Anonymous wrote: It's very simple. Bethesda is the closest to place to downtown DC that's not DC.

In Maryland that is tire. But overall, that would be Arlington.

Or oxen hill

Bethesda is closer distance wise. Commute may be the same but there less built up between Oxen Hill and Downtown (for a reason that is reflected in price).

No it’s not. Get out your map.

Just did - 11 miles on the road from Oxen Hill to Metro Center; 8 miles from Bethesda.

12 miles to Penn quarter from OH, 18 from Bethesda
Capital one arena: 12 miles Oh, 19 mikes Bethesda
Nats stadium; 8.8 OH, 18 Bethesda
Wharf: 11 OH, 12 Bethesda
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You really are striving here. 20 miles from Cap One arena is west of Gaithersburg, not Bethesda. It's 6 miles to the heart of Bethesda, less to the edge of Bethesda where it borders DC. And it's actually also 6 miles to Oxen Hills to Cap One area.