There are arrears in DC which requires a drive or bus ride to the metro. Everybody can't live on top or within a half mile of the metro. More importantly, who can trust metro to get you to your destination on time. |
Such hyperbole. Me thinks you don't know much about ghettos. That's a good thing. But please stop talking about things you no not. Signed, Not a PG resident |
Areas. |
me grew up in Lanham so me thinks me knows what me is talking about. get me? |
Sure there are. I'm the PP who would be a natural fit for Bowie other than the commute, and being able to walk to Metro was important to *my family.* I recognize that other folks might have other priorities, but being within a mile of the Metro was one of ours. I'm not knocking anyone who has a different calculus, but OP posed a specific question. I answered it from my own perspective. |
I'm sure you've become very tough, growing up on the mean streets of Lanham. What, did a car with loud bass roll by your house once? ![]() PP interested in Lanham, stick to the nicer looking neighborhoods (it's not hard to figure out). It's very convenient to shopping, New Carrolton metro, and the MARC train, depending on where you choose. I am white, I live here and I have never felt uncomfortable or gotten a bad vibe, not even once. |
It's not. It is, however, hypocritical, to sing praises to your community and then spend money to isolate your child from the children of its members. |
+1, especially when the song of those praises is full of implicit and explicit judgment of those who spend more money on real estate to live in a community where they do not need to consider alternatives to public schools. |
I grew up in Bowie in the 80s-90s. What you say might be true now, but absolutely was not true when I was growing up (and Bowie was about 90% white). Many of my friends' parents (and my own) said vile thing about other races, particularly black people (the "n word" was thrown around freely). Those people likely all fled when the demographics started to change, so it's probably correct that people in Bowie aren't racist these days. |
Why did Bowie stay majority white for so long? All of PG was ~90% white until they started busing in the early 70s...was Bowie not impacted by busing as much as the "Heights" areas? |
Bullshit. This is the comment I was originally responding to:
The comment above mentions nothing about schools, only the "stress and conflict" and "chaos" that comes from living in a lower income area. And PG's median income is not even that low!! If your problem with PG County is schools, my point was that you can affordably work around that to suit your preference, and there is no "stress" living in the area. The vast majority of people I see on a day to day basis are middle class or working class and minding their own business. Nor is attending the neighborhood parochial school somehow "avoiding" the community. There are tons of Catholic schools in this county, and they're all serving middle class people in the community. PG's stigma is not only about its schools, and it's not about crime, and it's not about the actual quality of life in the area. It's about race. But it's fine, because you guys are paying buttloads of money for buying into that bullshit stigma. Enjoy, but just know that I am paying less than you, for a nicer house than yours, and a better lifestyle, all because I don't mind living around black and hispanic people. |
I actually don't have a problem with this. I enjoy living in a majority black community and am not sure why people are always trying to boost PG county to 'other's'. |
Yes! It's amazing to hear the white relatives who come to visit and their comments on my neighborhood. Such raw prejudice: "Your grocery store is a little run down." Well, if by run down you mean has mostly black people. "You must have a lot of crime here. I see bars on the windows." Not really if you look at the stats. One neighbor decided they wanted bars. PG has such little traffic compared to the rest of the region. Such a wonderful thing for those of us who live here. |
Aren't those schools full of children from the community? |
Old white racist Bowie still exists. New Bowie is black professionals |