S/O must underrated neighborhoods?

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Anonymous wrote:Most of Price George’s County MD

typo


*Prince George's County--a county that's the right price

Most redlined county
Schools stink, crime

I’ve lived in Bethesda and PG and the experience of living there is very similar. The amenities are the same. The primary differences are the concentration of low income kids and kids of color in the public schools and the landscaping. There may or may not be a meaningful difference in the actual management of the schools - jury’s out. I’m not kidding about the landscaping. What plants are where and how they are tended, and the presence of swathes of mulch, is one of the primary indicators of wealth in both commercial and private spaces here. A full army of low wage workers descends on Bethesda every morning to tend to the landscaping. In PG county there’s a lot less of that. Some, but not as much. It’s partly HOAs but I think mostly it’s wealth. You start to notice it more, but it doesn’t negatively impact my life.

Crime-wise, for 99.5% of the people living here it’s the same. Almost no violent crime between unrelated people, some property crime that can be a nuisance if you get unlucky. Otherwise nothing. Being in the same county as Langley Park doesn’t make crime or violence there affect me differently or more than it affects people in Takoma Park. The vast majority of the county is quiet suburbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Frost/Woodson pyramid of Annandale. Especially north of Braddock. The worst thing is no restaurants but you can get to Mosaic so quickly.

Are you saying Silverado's and a Chick-Fil-A don't count as a thriving restaurant scene?

Annandale is great for Korean BBQ at least.

[Anonymous]

Alexandria fairfax county

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Twinbrook Rockville
Few blocks from red line metro.
Few blocks from future Wegmans
Almost across Pike and Rose.
Almost 100k cheaper than west Rockville for the same house.
Well, that is not going to last long.

And the adjacent aspen hill area.

Said no one.
These two areas are yuck.

Because people like you don't live here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of Price George’s County MD

typo


*Prince George's County--a county that's the right price

Most redlined county
Schools stink, crime

I’ve lived in Bethesda and PG and the experience of living there is very similar. The amenities are the same. The primary differences are the concentration of low income kids and kids of color in the public schools and the landscaping. There may or may not be a meaningful difference in the actual management of the schools - jury’s out. I’m not kidding about the landscaping. What plants are where and how they are tended, and the presence of swathes of mulch, is one of the primary indicators of wealth in both commercial and private spaces here. A full army of low wage workers descends on Bethesda every morning to tend to the landscaping. In PG county there’s a lot less of that. Some, but not as much. It’s partly HOAs but I think mostly it’s wealth. You start to notice it more, but it doesn’t negatively impact my life.

Crime-wise, for 99.5% of the people living here it’s the same. Almost no violent crime between unrelated people, some property crime that can be a nuisance if you get unlucky. Otherwise nothing. Being in the same county as Langley Park doesn’t make crime or violence there affect me differently or more than it affects people in Takoma Park. The vast majority of the county is quiet suburbs.

I gotta say I used to be pretty judgy about landscaping and then I bought a home and we were quoted 20K just to make the yard look decent (after we had to remove a few trees and dig up some of it to deal with basement water issues), and now I completely understand. Just plants are expensive and mowing is fine but a pain. I do keep up my yard but I get why people in low income areas don’t and I don’t judge anymore.

[Anonymous]

There are some really nice streets in South Arlington just on the other side of Rt 50. Like you could still walk to Clarendon or Ballston if you had a mind. I haven't looked at sales prices but I imagine they trade at a discount to comparable homes half a mile north.

[Anonymous]

Hillcrest DC

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Anonymous wrote:Frost/Woodson pyramid of Annandale. Especially north of Braddock. The worst thing is no restaurants but you can get to Mosaic so quickly.

Yes, it’s not perfect which is why it’s still relatively affordable. And I mean perfect loosely because I can’t think of a perfect area in nova.

[Anonymous]

Kingstowne.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Frost/Woodson pyramid of Annandale. Especially north of Braddock. The worst thing is no restaurants but you can get to Mosaic so quickly.

Yes, it’s not perfect which is why it’s still relatively affordable. And I mean perfect loosely because I can’t think of a perfect area in nova.

We just bought a lovely 5BR house in that neighborhood for 1.1M, barely outside the beltway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Frost/Woodson pyramid of Annandale. Especially north of Braddock. The worst thing is no restaurants but you can get to Mosaic so quickly.

Yes, it’s not perfect which is why it’s still relatively affordable. And I mean perfect loosely because I can’t think of a perfect area in nova.

We just bought a lovely 5BR house in that neighborhood for 1.1M, barely outside the beltway.

Same but at about 900k for 4BR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of Price George’s County MD

typo


*Prince George's County--a county that's the right price

Most redlined county
Schools stink, crime

I’ve lived in Bethesda and PG and the experience of living there is very similar. The amenities are the same. The primary differences are the concentration of low income kids and kids of color in the public schools and the landscaping. There may or may not be a meaningful difference in the actual management of the schools - jury’s out. I’m not kidding about the landscaping. What plants are where and how they are tended, and the presence of swathes of mulch, is one of the primary indicators of wealth in both commercial and private spaces here. A full army of low wage workers descends on Bethesda every morning to tend to the landscaping. In PG county there’s a lot less of that. Some, but not as much. It’s partly HOAs but I think mostly it’s wealth. You start to notice it more, but it doesn’t negatively impact my life.

Crime-wise, for 99.5% of the people living here it’s the same. Almost no violent crime between unrelated people, some property crime that can be a nuisance if you get unlucky. Otherwise nothing. Being in the same county as Langley Park doesn’t make crime or violence there affect me differently or more than it affects people in Takoma Park. The vast majority of the county is quiet suburbs.

Langley Park Spills over into East Silver Spring and TP all the time, Everything from robberies, car jackings while even murder and prostitution is not rare east of Piney Branch and that isn't even mentioning the property crime. Heck the center of what most people think is the worst part of Langley Park along University up to the Chucky Cheese is actually MoCo/TP and not PG.

Also if you think Bethesda is similar to PG you most be talking about the nicest parts of PG only and comparing it to mostly North Bethesda / Rockville. There isn't anywhere comparable to Downtown Bethesda, West Bethesda or the Chevy Chase satellites like Somerset anywhere in PG. Even University Park is Silver Spring lite at best (Sligo Park Hills is a good comparable to UP)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of Price George’s County MD

typo


*Prince George's County--a county that's the right price

Most redlined county
Schools stink, crime

I’ve lived in Bethesda and PG and the experience of living there is very similar. The amenities are the same. The primary differences are the concentration of low income kids and kids of color in the public schools and the landscaping. There may or may not be a meaningful difference in the actual management of the schools - jury’s out. I’m not kidding about the landscaping. What plants are where and how they are tended, and the presence of swathes of mulch, is one of the primary indicators of wealth in both commercial and private spaces here. A full army of low wage workers descends on Bethesda every morning to tend to the landscaping. In PG county there’s a lot less of that. Some, but not as much. It’s partly HOAs but I think mostly it’s wealth. You start to notice it more, but it doesn’t negatively impact my life.

Crime-wise, for 99.5% of the people living here it’s the same. Almost no violent crime between unrelated people, some property crime that can be a nuisance if you get unlucky. Otherwise nothing. Being in the same county as Langley Park doesn’t make crime or violence there affect me differently or more than it affects people in Takoma Park. The vast majority of the county is quiet suburbs.

Langley Park Spills over into East Silver Spring and TP all the time, Everything from robberies, car jackings while even murder and prostitution is not rare east of Piney Branch and that isn't even mentioning the property crime. Heck the center of what most people think is the worst part of Langley Park along University up to the Chucky Cheese is actually MoCo/TP and not PG.

Also if you think Bethesda is similar to PG you most be talking about the nicest parts of PG only and comparing it to mostly North Bethesda / Rockville. There isn't anywhere comparable to Downtown Bethesda, West Bethesda or the Chevy Chase satellites like Somerset anywhere in PG. Even University Park is Silver Spring lite at best (Sligo Park Hills is a good comparable to UP)

TPK Crime Cassandra has entered the room. She finds every thread on the area and is all over it like a bad hairdo.

Seriously, this is nonsense. I’ve lived in TPK, first east of Piney Branch and now west of PB, for 25 years. I’ve never experienced a car jacking or prostitution on my streets, let alone a murder. The only break-ins on my street were traced to a DC gang that targets neighborhoods all along the border, including Bethesda.

Also, nobody is looking to live near the Chucky Cheese way out on University Boulevard.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't live in any of them, but parts of Springfield, Annandale and Woodbridge.

Also agree on some neighborhoods EOTR, which might as well be a foreign country to much of DCUM.

Not Woodbridge

Disagree. One of my relatives lives in a lovely home that backs to the river.

Still in Hoodbridge. Pass

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of Price George’s County MD

typo


*Prince George's County--a county that's the right price

Most redlined county
Schools stink, crime

Yeah racism does suck like that.