Tysons or Bethesda

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda is stuck in the 70s. Not much new construction and the jobs are going elsewhere.

Bethesda has the perfect blend of modernity and historic charm. Bethesda’s newest landmark skyscraper has a sky bridge, the likes of which this area has never seen before. It’s a marvel of engineering and the complex looks like something straight out of Singapore. https://www.sbaranes.com/portfolio/all/grid/project/the-wilson-and-the-elm

A modern light rail line will soon wisk passengers to Silver Spring and College Park.

Then you have the charming old Post Office building, the historic Bethesda Theater for jazz shows, the beautifully renovated and much beloved Bethesda Chevy Chase High School. The beautiful Strathmore Hall is close by for BSO concerts. Plus all the benefits the previous posts mentioned.

If anything Tysons is stuck in the 70s with its 1960s era Tysons Corner Mall and Shakey’s Pizza. However, the Metro rail connectivity is a plus and the Capital One Bank concert hall is a nice venue. These developments are helping Tysons slowly emerge from a 1970s suburban vision of the future. But it still has a long ways to go. Bethesda is already there by leaps and bounds.

What skyscraper?

The previous post has a pasted link to the architect’s website for the landmark office tower. It’s the building with the Tatte bakery on the ground level. A truly incredible structure. Nothing comes close to that level of creativity and engineering complexity anywhere in Virginia, except maybe the planned Amazon HQ 2 building that looks like a poo emoji in the renderings.

Also, Marriott just built their landmark HQ skyscraper up Wisconsin a few blocks, near the Bethesda Theater.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are you working in Tyson’s and thinking of living in Bethesda?

I would kill myself if I had to make that commute daily.

If you work in Tyson’s live there. No question.

Who commutes daily anymore?

Even if you're only commuting 2 or 3 days a week, if you work in Tysons, and have young school aged kids, I would live in Tysons too. Commuting across the American Legion Bridge is pretty much awful all the time. It will improve your work-life balance if your dependence on 495 is minimal.

This. I would not willingly subject myself to needing to use 495 on a regular basis.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda is stuck in the 70s. Not much new construction and the jobs are going elsewhere.

Bethesda has the perfect blend of modernity and historic charm. Bethesda’s newest landmark skyscraper has a sky bridge, the likes of which this area has never seen before. It’s a marvel of engineering and the complex looks like something straight out of Singapore. https://www.sbaranes.com/portfolio/all/grid/project/the-wilson-and-the-elm

A modern light rail line will soon wisk passengers to Silver Spring and College Park.

Then you have the charming old Post Office building, the historic Bethesda Theater for jazz shows, the beautifully renovated and much beloved Bethesda Chevy Chase High School. The beautiful Strathmore Hall is close by for BSO concerts. Plus all the benefits the previous posts mentioned.

If anything Tysons is stuck in the 70s with its 1960s era Tysons Corner Mall and Shakey’s Pizza. However, the Metro rail connectivity is a plus and the Capital One Bank concert hall is a nice venue. These developments are helping Tysons slowly emerge from a 1970s suburban vision of the future. But it still has a long ways to go. Bethesda is already there by leaps and bounds.

No it does not. It's a tall building, yay. I am hoping the rest of the description is from the promotional brochure. Otherwise, that's sad.

Tyson's does have a long way to go. I for one would welcome a Shakey's pizza though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will say Bethesda until college time, then I will say Tysons for VA instate tuition.

Doesn’t work like this.

Tyson’s all the way. Vienna, Arlington, Falls Church if McLean only. Not sure you can do it for $5k though.

[Anonymous]

Ask yourself why all of the traffic goes from MD to Tyson’s in the morning and the opposite in the afternoon. The jobs are in VA. Don’t limit yourself by living in MD

[Anonymous]

If only renting an apartment for a year, Bethesda.

If looking to live in the DC for a longer period, Tysons area (Tysons/Vienna/McLean).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I moved from Chevy Chase to Tysons and never looked back. My 1960 house in CC was a constant maintenance nightmare and the closest restaurant was La Ferme (barf). Although it's a bit of a walk, I can now hit Jiwa Singapura in the Galleria, Eddie V at Tysons, and other restaurants. Plus it has a youthful vibe and people doing real jobs (e.g. not government drones)

Ew. Who the hell finds Le Ferme gross but loves a chain restaurant like Eddie V's? And Jiwa is NOTHING like any of the places in Singapore. Sounds like Tysons, complete with its bevy of chain restaurants and 1980's shopping malls, is perfect for you and your horrid taste.

I'm Chinese but thanks for whitesplaining to me how singapore food works

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I moved from Chevy Chase to Tysons and never looked back. My 1960 house in CC was a constant maintenance nightmare and the closest restaurant was La Ferme (barf). Although it's a bit of a walk, I can now hit Jiwa Singapura in the Galleria, Eddie V at Tysons, and other restaurants. Plus it has a youthful vibe and people doing real jobs (e.g. not government drones)

Ew. Who the hell finds Le Ferme gross but loves a chain restaurant like Eddie V's? And Jiwa is NOTHING like any of the places in Singapore. Sounds like Tysons, complete with its bevy of chain restaurants and 1980's shopping malls, is perfect for you and your horrid taste.

I'm Chinese but thanks for whitesplaining to me how singapore food works

So being Chinese makes you an expert on bad mall food?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ask yourself why all of the traffic goes from MD to Tyson’s in the morning and the opposite in the afternoon. The jobs are in VA. Don’t limit yourself by living in MD

Ask yourself why people choose to live in MD, commute to Tysons for work, then get out of there at 5pm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If only renting an apartment for a year, Bethesda.

If looking to live in the DC for a longer period, Tysons area (Tysons/Vienna/McLean).

I don't understand this. Is it because anybody could do the 495 commute for a year, but a lifetime of that commute would be unbearable? Otherwise, a lifetime of looking at Tysons Corner would be unbearable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If only renting an apartment for a year, Bethesda.

If looking to live in the DC for a longer period, Tysons area (Tysons/Vienna/McLean).

I don't understand this. Is it because anybody could do the 495 commute for a year, but a lifetime of that commute would be unbearable? Otherwise, a lifetime of looking at Tysons Corner would be unbearable.

Even the newly appointed head of the Tysons redevelopment group lives in Arlington and publicly stated she has no plans to move to Tysons.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I moved from Chevy Chase to Tysons and never looked back. My 1960 house in CC was a constant maintenance nightmare and the closest restaurant was La Ferme (barf). Although it's a bit of a walk, I can now hit Jiwa Singapura in the Galleria, Eddie V at Tysons, and other restaurants. Plus it has a youthful vibe and people doing real jobs (e.g. not government drones)

Ew. Who the hell finds Le Ferme gross but loves a chain restaurant like Eddie V's? And Jiwa is NOTHING like any of the places in Singapore. Sounds like Tysons, complete with its bevy of chain restaurants and 1980's shopping malls, is perfect for you and your horrid taste.

I'm Chinese but thanks for whitesplaining to me how singapore food works

So being Chinese makes you an expert on bad mall food?

So you're dissing a Michelin star chef in favor of some boomer 70s era cooking that's "French". Got it. Pull out your Betty Crocker recipe cards next

[Anonymous]

Bethesda and Tysons look deceptively close on a map, but when I was commuting from Tysons to Silver Spring, it was routinely 90 minutes plus to get home.

OPs post was vague though. Is one parent working in Tysons and the other in Bethesda? Or is the job in Tysons, but you want to live in Bethesda. I would say to live on the side of the river where the parent who is going to handle kids activities will be.

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda is truly awful. It’s all upscale chain restaurants, and there are zero jobs so you have nothing but children / teens and parents, zero young folks. MoCo is becoming a certified dump. Virginia is superior in every single way, and the only counterpoint you see on here is “Virginia has young kin and is less liberal” but it’s just vastly superior to the dump that is MoCo / Pg.

All upscale chain restaurants, as opposed to salt of the earth local eateries all around Tysons?! Are you joking or have you never been to Tysons?

I see way more teens and young families in Bethesda Row on a weekend night than in almost any other town center in close-in NoVA.

Bethesda and Chevy Chase are just nicer looking than Tysons, McLean, and Vienna. They aren’t as congested with traffic, have more houses with character, and feel like actual neighborhoods. I could care less about the political differences. Aesthetics > politics.

You'd have to pay me a hefty premium to live around the people who inhabit Bethesda and Chevy Chase.

That seems like a bit of an extreme statement. Are you the same person who said above that Bethesda is "truly awful." I'm not quite understanding the hostility. I live in Bethesda and like it a lot. It seems like a pleasant place to live, and most people are very friendly and keep their houses looking nice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ask yourself why all of the traffic goes from MD to Tyson’s in the morning and the opposite in the afternoon. The jobs are in VA. Don’t limit yourself by living in MD

Ask yourself why people choose to live in MD, commute to Tysons for work, then get out of there at 5pm.

Mostly it’s due to cheaper housing in Maryland. Have you looked at how much an average SFH costs in MoCo now vs Fairfax or Arlington?