Dear body on the street in Bethesda

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Strangely enough, PG County is tough on crime and their cities are cleaning up this kind of crap. Give it another 5 years, and MoCo will be garbage.

This thread is so strange. Can someone explain to me how a death that seems most likely to be a drug overdose has anything to do with crime?

Are you seriously asking how a drug overdose has anything to do with crime? I mean, isn’t selling and consuming the type of drugs that will kill you generally a crime? I guess it’s possible he ODed on NyQuil but that seems unlikely. You may want to rewatch Breaking Bad, Ozark, the Wire, etc….

[Anonymous]

I blame smooth Jazz

[Anonymous]

Jesus, isn’t anyone concerned to find out who this was or what happened? This thread is just dark humor and laments of “there goes the neighborhood.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jesus, isn’t anyone concerned to find out who this was or what happened? This thread is just dark humor and laments of “there goes the neighborhood.”

Many people die by ODing in Montgomery County. Most of these deaths don't happen on a street in Bethesda. If you're not concerned to find out who the other people were who died by ODing, or what happened to them that resulted in the OD, why would this death be different? Just because it happened on a street in Bethesda?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I blame smooth Jazz

ever since Harambe died and 105.9 started to suck a few years back it hasn't been the same....

[Anonymous]

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/prov-county-drug-overdose.htm

For 2022, drug overdose deaths:
Montgomery -- 124
PG -- 248
Fairfax (which I think is about same size as Moco) -- 116
DC -- 450

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Not that poster but we are also one of the most educated counties in the nation. So how did we allow the quality of life to degrade so much over the past 20 years? We have brains and money. But apparently not much common sense.

False premise.

+1000. What supposedly gave Bethesda such a better quality of life 20 years ago?

1. You could buy a home at 4x a mid-level person’s income.

2. The gangs from DC were not hanging out downtown and committing crimes.

3. There was a better ratio of services to people - ie, Pool not so crowded.

4. Less dense population; less school crowding.

5. Trees still existed along the trail between downtown and Connecticut.

6. The County did not have its tentacles into Bethesda - they left us alone (pre-Woodmont triangle plan and downtown Bethesda plan.

7. There were plenty of local restaurants.

8. We had great gas stations with knowledgeable repair people, a local variety store, and it did not cost $5 to buy a cookie on Bethesda Row.

9. We had fewer New Yorkers, people did not honk their horns.

10. Our taxes were 2/3 less than they are now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Not that poster but we are also one of the most educated counties in the nation. So how did we allow the quality of life to degrade so much over the past 20 years? We have brains and money. But apparently not much common sense.

False premise.

+1000. What supposedly gave Bethesda such a better quality of life 20 years ago?

8. We had great gas stations with knowledgeable repair people, a local variety store, and it did not cost $5 to buy a cookie on Bethesda Row.

That $5 cookie on Bethesda Row is really, really big (like five times as big as the $3 Panera cookie) and really good (Oprah famous). It's basically an entire meal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I blame smooth Jazz

the true culprit!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This sounds tragic but the idea that this says something larger about Bethesda is silly. I walk around Bethesda all the time and at all hours, and it is safe, vibrant, and pleasant. It's a stark contrast with much of DC.

lol, yeah in DC dead bodies are everywhere on the street and we don't care!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nextdoor blowing up because a body was found outside Jetties....and.other confirming and that it was an OD.

Seriously, MoCo is now a trash heap. Even Bethesda is now a drug infested den slinging dope. I really think only about 10-20% of the population is actually productive, doesn't commit crime, and is keeping the county alive. What happens when they leave? Driving around MoCo the other day was just sad. So many beggars everywhere. People in parking lots selling sugar cane and coconuts while leaving trash and discarded waste everywhere. So many ODs in MCPS. Now bodies are piling up in Bethesda. 👎

Your post disgusts me.

Signed,
someone who had a family member and OD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nextdoor blowing up because a body was found outside Jetties....and.other confirming and that it was an OD.

Seriously, MoCo is now a trash heap. Even Bethesda is now a drug infested den slinging dope. I really think only about 10-20% of the population is actually productive, doesn't commit crime, and is keeping the county alive. What happens when they leave? Driving around MoCo the other day was just sad. So many beggars everywhere. People in parking lots selling sugar cane and coconuts while leaving trash and discarded waste everywhere. So many ODs in MCPS. Now bodies are piling up in Bethesda. 👎

Your post disgusts me.

Signed,
someone who had a family member and OD

+1 on both counts. An appalling lack of empathy.