Bethesda Address but “I Live in Potomoc”

[Anonymous]

When we lived near Congressional we told people we lived in West Bethesda, which is or was a real place.

[Anonymous]

Bethesda is better than Potomac.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Troll or not, it sounds like OP will fit perfectly in this area -- obsesses over stupid stuff like this.

+ 1 - how shallow

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always say I live in Rockville even though I have a Kensington address. IMO, Rockville is less “prestigious” than Kensington so it’s not like I get some benefit from that.

It’s just a more accurate description of where I live. I live much more toward the Rockville/North Bethesda area than Kensington proper, so that’s what I say.

I live in Bethesda but on the Kensington border and I usually say Kensington - also less prestigious (and less pretentious)

[Anonymous]

I don't understand how North Bethesda suddenly appeared - is that a real mail address or a real estate broker tag to make rockville seem fancier?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how North Bethesda suddenly appeared - is that a real mail address or a real estate broker tag to make rockville seem fancier?

It didn't suddenly appear. It has been a geographic term for more than thirty years.

https://montgomeryplanning.org/planning/communities/midcounty/north-bethesdagarrett-park/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how North Bethesda suddenly appeared - is that a real mail address or a real estate broker tag to make rockville seem fancier?

It didn't suddenly appear. It has been a geographic term for more than thirty years.

https://montgomeryplanning.org/planning/communities/midcounty/north-bethesdagarrett-park/

Are you from around here (Bethesda)? Whether the term existed or not, it was not in colloquial use.

I literally never heard the term North Bethesda until the last few years. Growing up we always referred to anywhere after where Wisconsin turns into Rockville Pike as Rockville. Garrett Park was a neighborhood and referred to just as Garrett Park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how North Bethesda suddenly appeared - is that a real mail address or a real estate broker tag to make rockville seem fancier?

It didn't suddenly appear. It has been a geographic term for more than thirty years.

https://montgomeryplanning.org/planning/communities/midcounty/north-bethesdagarrett-park/

Are you from around here (Bethesda)? Whether the term existed or not, it was not in colloquial use.

I literally never heard the term North Bethesda until the last few years. Growing up we always referred to anywhere after where Wisconsin turns into Rockville Pike as Rockville. Garrett Park was a neighborhood and referred to just as Garrett Park.

What is it about North Bethesda that freaks people out? It's been a designation for more than 50 years. Were you not paying attention?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how North Bethesda suddenly appeared - is that a real mail address or a real estate broker tag to make rockville seem fancier?

It didn't suddenly appear. It has been a geographic term for more than thirty years.

https://montgomeryplanning.org/planning/communities/midcounty/north-bethesdagarrett-park/

Are you from around here (Bethesda)? Whether the term existed or not, it was not in colloquial use.

I literally never heard the term North Bethesda until the last few years. Growing up we always referred to anywhere after where Wisconsin turns into Rockville Pike as Rockville. Garrett Park was a neighborhood and referred to just as Garrett Park.

Wisconsin turns into Rockville Pike at NIH. That's "Rockville"?

[Anonymous]

Maryland is weird if you're not from there. The only place I know where people identify the county they live in rather than city or town, some of the things you think are cities are more loosely-defined municipalities, and realtors play with names like they're neighborhoods in Brooklyn rather than established terms (North Bethesda/North Potomac vs. Rockville).

That said, it's nuts that you went home and looked up their address to disprove their statements. What's in it for you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how North Bethesda suddenly appeared - is that a real mail address or a real estate broker tag to make rockville seem fancier?

It didn't suddenly appear. It has been a geographic term for more than thirty years.

https://montgomeryplanning.org/planning/communities/midcounty/north-bethesdagarrett-park/

Are you from around here (Bethesda)? Whether the term existed or not, it was not in colloquial use.

I literally never heard the term North Bethesda until the last few years. Growing up we always referred to anywhere after where Wisconsin turns into Rockville Pike as Rockville. Garrett Park was a neighborhood and referred to just as Garrett Park.

Wisconsin turns into Rockville Pike at NIH. That's "Rockville"?

PP here.

Yeah. we did. I grew up in Somerset and NIH was always where I considered the divide. White Flint was absolutely considered Rockville. I'm not saying it was technically correct, maybe it was just local snobbery about people who didn't live in Edgemoor, Battery Park, close in Chevy Chase, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how North Bethesda suddenly appeared - is that a real mail address or a real estate broker tag to make rockville seem fancier?

It didn't suddenly appear. It has been a geographic term for more than thirty years.

https://montgomeryplanning.org/planning/communities/midcounty/north-bethesdagarrett-park/

Are you from around here (Bethesda)? Whether the term existed or not, it was not in colloquial use.

I literally never heard the term North Bethesda until the last few years. Growing up we always referred to anywhere after where Wisconsin turns into Rockville Pike as Rockville. Garrett Park was a neighborhood and referred to just as Garrett Park.

Wisconsin turns into Rockville Pike at NIH. That's "Rockville"?

PP here.

Yeah. we did. I grew up in Somerset and NIH was always where I considered the divide. White Flint was absolutely considered Rockville. I'm not saying it was technically correct, maybe it was just local snobbery about people who didn't live in Edgemoor, Battery Park, close in Chevy Chase, etc.

+1 This is true, also from Chevy Chase and went to Somerset. Yes, not technically correct because 20814 stretches north of Bethesda Naval, but that was indeed the perception.

“North Bethesda” was always a thing, but then it described the northern part of Bethesda where North Bethesda Middle School was/is. Now it describes what was always known as Rockville. Also White Flint always was/is in Kensington 20895 but no one ever called it that.

[Anonymous]

I think parts of Avenell are considered Bethesda and even Rockville but identity wise they are very Potomac.

[Anonymous]

People like to say they live in Potomac. Suddenly out of nowhere, a huge chunk of Gaithersburg became North Potomac back in the early 2000s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think parts of Avenell are considered Bethesda and even Rockville but identity wise they are very Potomac.

Correct, a chunk of Avenel is technically Bethesda but it would be meaningless if someone who lived there said they lived in Bethesda.