Why is everyone in Takoma Park weird?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in TKPK for years. We moved out of state. The weirdest thing to me was always how obsessed people from Takoma Park are about living in Takoma Park. It is some weird superiority. They also all believe they live in some super diverse bubble but all the homes are now selling for well over 1M so.... a lot of white liberals who are delusional about what TKPK has become.

So where are the Millenial/Gen Z who would've been buying in Takoma Park 20-30 years ago currently buying/living?

Cheverly, Mt Rainier, Hyattsville

Literal war zones. They should move to Western MoCo

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in TKPK for years. We moved out of state. The weirdest thing to me was always how obsessed people from Takoma Park are about living in Takoma Park. It is some weird superiority. They also all believe they live in some super diverse bubble but all the homes are now selling for well over 1M so.... a lot of white liberals who are delusional about what TKPK has become.

So where are the Millenial/Gen Z who would've been buying in Takoma Park 20-30 years ago currently buying/living?

Cheverly, Mt Rainier, Hyattsville

Literal war zones. They should move to Western MoCo

What.
Yeah... Gaza, Mariupol, Hyattsville. Can't tell the difference honestly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in TKPK for years. We moved out of state. The weirdest thing to me was always how obsessed people from Takoma Park are about living in Takoma Park. It is some weird superiority. They also all believe they live in some super diverse bubble but all the homes are now selling for well over 1M so.... a lot of white liberals who are delusional about what TKPK has become.

So where are the Millenial/Gen Z who would've been buying in Takoma Park 20-30 years ago currently buying/living?

Cheverly, Mt Rainier, Hyattsville

Literal war zones. They should move to Western MoCo

I’m not sure you know the definition of the words you are using.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. You must be new here.

2. Stop generalizing so much. It's not "everyone". But there are indeed some loud, hippie, progressives there that set the tone. The people who don't agree, who mostly settled there for commute reasons, or because they liked the house, live and let live.

This attempt at putting people down is so 7th grade mean-girl it is embarrassing. But 7th grade mean girl with an old-lady-in-ugly-ass-Talbot's/Chico's-clothing twist. Can we all please agree to retire this phrase? Anyone using it sounds so pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Takoma Park is only 43% white (per the 2020 census), so the impression that it's a town filled with only white hippies is not accurate!

I think people forget how big Takoma Park is. But there is that downtown area with all of the natural yards and large houses with ‘art’ in the front lawn. Those neighborhoods do fit the description in OP’s post.

I will also say from anecdotal experience I think those neighborhoods also forget that Takoma Park is bigger than just their neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1. You must be new here.

2. Stop generalizing so much. It's not "everyone". But there are indeed some loud, hippie, progressives there that set the tone. The people who don't agree, who mostly settled there for commute reasons, or because they liked the house, live and let live.

This attempt at putting people down is so 7th grade mean-girl it is embarrassing. But 7th grade mean girl with an old-lady-in-ugly-ass-Talbot's/Chico's-clothing twist. Can we all please agree to retire this phrase? Anyone using it sounds so pathetic.

Uh oh, someone struck a nerve with the tone police.

No cap.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in TKPK for years. We moved out of state. The weirdest thing to me was always how obsessed people from Takoma Park are about living in Takoma Park. It is some weird superiority. They also all believe they live in some super diverse bubble but all the homes are now selling for well over 1M so.... a lot of white liberals who are delusional about what TKPK has become.

So where are the Millenial/Gen Z who would've been buying in Takoma Park 20-30 years ago currently buying/living?

Mt. Rainier

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They have their own parody site it's so bad:

https://takomatorch.com/

The site is cringe. The guy that runs it is cringe. And to confirm how weird Takoma Park is, apparently his wife is Republican.

I think it's kind of funny!

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Anonymous wrote:The vast majority of TP are upper middle class, liberal families who work regular jobs as feds, lawyers, academics, etc. Just normal people. However, the people that dominate city politics and have the tjme and energy to engage with the City Council are the older aging hippies who are sometimes ridiculous. But it’s not at all representative of the community as a whole.

Signed TP resident of 15 years

This is true and false. Those white collar families chose to live with the hippies because they enjoy it and mostly agree with them.

Nope. People live in TP because it is close-in, has good schools and nice neighborhoods. Signed, moderate (if not center-right) and very happy TP resident.

This is hilarious. Silver Spring exists.

I agree with the prior poster - that is why we live in TP. SS is not interchangeable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The vast majority of TP are upper middle class, liberal families who work regular jobs as feds, lawyers, academics, etc. Just normal people. However, the people that dominate city politics and have the tjme and energy to engage with the City Council are the older aging hippies who are sometimes ridiculous. But it’s not at all representative of the community as a whole.

Signed TP resident of 15 years

TP resident for 30 years. What most distinguishes TP is its high property taxes. We have the heaviest property tax burden in MD.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes? Takoma Park if for the rich, aging, hippies who lean far left. They have to live somewhere and the country club folks in Chevy Chase are just as glad it’s not with them.

Most of us younger than 60 can't afford to live there.

Takoma Park is cheap for the DC area. There are condos for sale under 200k and SFH for sale starting in the 600-700k range.

And these are located on New Hampshire Blvd. Anywhere else, it's pricy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The vast majority of TP are upper middle class, liberal families who work regular jobs as feds, lawyers, academics, etc. Just normal people. However, the people that dominate city politics and have the tjme and energy to engage with the City Council are the older aging hippies who are sometimes ridiculous. But it’s not at all representative of the community as a whole.

Signed TP resident of 15 years

This is true and false. Those white collar families chose to live with the hippies because they enjoy it and mostly agree with them.

Nope. People live in TP because it is close-in, has good schools and nice neighborhoods. Signed, moderate (if not center-right) and very happy TP resident.

This is hilarious. Silver Spring exists.

I agree with the prior poster - that is why we live in TP. SS is not interchangeable.

That’s what people say because they are defensive about the fact that my family has the same lifestyle even while living across the street from the actual TKP border. They have the privilege to pay more taxes so that they can feel superior to me. Cool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you new to the area? They don’t call it the People’s Republic of Takoma Park for nothing! It’s definitely the “crunchiest,” most left-leaning close-in suburb of DC. It’s attracted people like you describe for 2+ decades at least.

This. I moved here from Madison, WI and my former boss suggested I look at Takoma Park because it is like a "little Madison".

[Anonymous]

We were driving through TkPk the other day and we saw a 60ish yo woman walking down the street, wearing a purple tie dyed t-shirt and army green shorts, holding a gig bag. I said to my husband “if that isn’t quintessential Takoma Park, I don’t know what is.”

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Anonymous wrote:Yes? Takoma Park if for the rich, aging, hippies who lean far left. They have to live somewhere and the country club folks in Chevy Chase are just as glad it’s not with them.

Most of us younger than 60 can't afford to live there.

Takoma Park is cheap for the DC area. There are condos for sale under 200k and SFH for sale starting in the 600-700k range.

And these are located on New Hampshire Blvd. Anywhere else, it's pricy.

I’m one of the PPs and that’s the part of Takoma Park that TP residents pretends doesn’t exist. That’s actually my issue with TP.