What's the vibe in University Park (MD)?
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Oh, I didn't realize that you had verified each account of violence and determined which ones were random in your opinion and only counted those. We these also random? https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/three-arrested-body-found-stairwell/65-56b54f46-6767-4c6c-b3bf-f05a693a5acc https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/shots-fired-during-police-chase-in-bethesda-3-in-custody-police/3089837/ https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/66-year-old-bethesda-man-found-dead-in-his-home/65-73744942-300f-4540-b69f-7d27e95807ed |
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There are some great local historians who have done good work around the varying forms of segregation in the area over time. North Brentwood has a long and really important history of Black homeownership and culture that goes back to just after the Civil War when the land was sold by an officer to his former soldiers. I honestly don’t know the details and sadly I don’t think the museum there survived the pandemic. But they have also done some restoration work on a tavern there that hosted major Black musicians, I think basically for after parties when they performed in DC. At this point I think the real estate process is as unbiased as anywhere else (which is to say still pretty bad I think re loan approval and such). I think what happens is the land and housing stock in the formerly white areas are fancier, so the prices are higher, so maybe they stay whiter because of economic correlations, and on and on. Definitely in Mount Rainier there have been some fairly definable waves of population with different races in the majority. It will be interesting to see what happens next but for right now, imo Rte 1 is about as good as it gets in terms of diversity (racial and economic) and the safe, convenient suburban experience. Of course there’s still problems, but I don’t know of anywhere else in the area that’s better. |
Anonymous
You obviously missed the shopping at Lululemon reference in pp. Read better. |
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From twitter today. Someone mentioned the station up string.
METRO STATION CITIZEN ROBBERY: West Hyattsville Metro Station, 2700 Hamilton Street in Hyattsville-- the female victim was punched in the mouth & had her purse stolen; she was evaluated by medics. A woman & 2 men fled in a black car. @MetroTransitPD investigating. #wmata |
Anonymous
Again, reading is a great skill. Read the articles and you will have your answer. |
Anonymous
I'll just hire private security with all the money I'm saving by not having a mortgage in PG. |
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We moved to University Park (UP) from DC during the pandemic and have really liked it. With the proximity to UMD, a lot of the residents are profs or have a connection to the university (you can easily walk up to campus depending on where in the neighborhood you live).
We had primarily toured homes in Chevy Chase and the Woodside Park section of Silver Spring before stumbling on University Park. My spouse can walk to work at UMD, which made UP a pretty easy choice for us in combination with the big difference in price compared to the other houses we considered. Interestingly, almost none of my family members from Bethesda had heard of UP (there is more to Maryland than MoCo?!). School wise, people are happy with UP's public elementary but it seems like many decide to look elsewhere for middle school and beyond (you see window stickers for pretty much every private school but most are more local). In terms of shopping and running errands, we are within walking distance of Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. We tend to grocery shop primarily at the College Park Trader Joe's and Lidl. It is great to have an amazing new library (technically in Hyattsville but right across Adelphi from UP) and a Target and Home Depot so close. We also like being able to attend UMD sporting events, which are family friendly. With all of the investment in the surrounding areas, especially right near UMD and in Hyattsville, it seems like the immediate region will continue to get nothing but nicer too. I can't recommend UP enough if you work at UMD since it is convenient to work and to UMD's excellent Center for Young Children, plus with the university's outdoor pool, golf, and tennis combo, it can be similar to having a hugely discounted country club membership in the warmer months. |
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| We've also enjoyed University Park. Calvert Hills is another neighborhood right across Bmore Ave that is great and is even a little more affordable (though with a very small housing inventory). |
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| I love university park dallas. Such a friendly place |
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| Much better to be close to Univ. of Maryland than SMU! |
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| Does it have a vibe? |
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Another UP resident here - we love the vibe and chose to settle here after living in DC (Shaw) and buying a starter home in Calvert Hills. We have been in the area for 12 years so it has developed from a food desert to a place with multiple walkable grocery stores and restaurants outside of pizza joints for college students. We primarily shop at the new Trader Joe's and Whole Foods as they are closest to us. The Whole Foods development keeps getting better for families, and I let my kids go to the Starbucks and Habit Burger there alone. I do have some concerns about the violence at PG Plaza and opt away from there other than an occasional Target run.
Overall, it is an increasingly diverse suburb with mature trees and mostly 30s-40s era houses where you will find government and NGO workers, professors, and lots of lawyers but few that work at big firms. The town has its own trash/recycling/snow/police and maintains the playgrounds nicely. Come by and you'll see a lot of dog walkers that are willing to say more! |
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How is it getting increasingly diverse? |
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Liberal well-educated white people Idk if that's a vibe that's the neighborhood |
Anonymous
More non-white people move in? |