Tysons or Bethesda

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Anonymous wrote:I was born in Maryland but have lived in Virginia for years. In general, NoVa is more dynamic and less stuck-up than the nicer parts of Montgomery County, and it has fewer run-down areas. There's more new construction, you're closer to the airports, and the public education system is better. It also seems to skew more Asian in terms of the minority population, which is a plus for our family (we are part Asian). If we were Jewish, we would probably live in Bethesda. And if we'd gone into journalism rather than law and consulting, we might have looked at Chevy Chase.

I was born in Nova but have lived in MD for five years. In general, Nova is more hillbilly... Moco people seem more educated and reasonable. They don't have a crazy MAGA governor.

This is a stupid take. NoVa is not hillbilly. And you've obviously have never been to Upper MoCo or Frederick Co if you think NoVa is hillbilly.

Once again you're comparing NoVa to the entire state of Maryland.

Once again, you can't read. No one compared Nova to all of Maryland. You do realize that upper MoCo is part of Loco, right?

Once again, you're arguing in bad faith. You clearly mentioned Frederick County, as anybody can scroll up to see.

OP, this is the type of person you'd be living near in Tyson's.

Versus the sort of person who claims Northern Virginia is hillbilly? Pot meet kettle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Bethesda near the river and work in Tyson’s. My commute is 15 minutes in the morning and about 30-40 minutes on the way home.

Hardly soul sucking.

I wouldn’t live in Tysons for any amount of money. It is a horrible place..Strip malls, loud cars, zero walkability and chain restaurants galore. . It’s my personal hell on earth, but my business is there and it’s fine to spend a few hours a day. Good spot for offices and that’s about it.

What do you have in Bethesda near the river? Where is the nearest grocery store? Oh yeah, nothing.

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Just live in McLean and work in Tysons. 5 min commute, top rated schools with excellent in state university choice.

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Yup. I was going to suggest McLean or Vienna as an alternative to Tysons.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. After reading through the boards, it appears MCPS, to include Bethesda elementary schools, have gone downhill in the last few years. Would that be reason alone to consider the Tysons option on the VA side? For example it seems Falls Church City public schools are smaller and have a good environment. Or are VA public schools suffering from the same issues as MCPS?

But again I have no experience, this is just what I am gathering from spending way too much time reading through these forums the last few weeks!

VA people on this board are crazy jealous of the Whitman school pyramid in Bethesda.

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OP the schools in both areas are quite strong. Both sides will say one is better than the other but its like saying Northwestern will prepare a student better for the world than Vanderbilt They are both highly affluent areas with low % of low income / working class immigrants that will provide similar experiences. There were some county differences in regards to the COVID response but that is in the past now. a 7 year old will not turn out worse because they went to a North Arlington elementary school or Yorktown instead of the Whitman schools. Come on guys...

If you were looking at Alexandria or DC vs. Bethesda / Arlington / Tysons/Mclean/Vienna, then it would be a very different story however, but you're not

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. After reading through the boards, it appears MCPS, to include Bethesda elementary schools, have gone downhill in the last few years. Would that be reason alone to consider the Tysons option on the VA side? For example it seems Falls Church City public schools are smaller and have a good environment. Or are VA public schools suffering from the same issues as MCPS?

But again I have no experience, this is just what I am gathering from spending way too much time reading through these forums the last few weeks!

VA people on this board are crazy jealous of the Whitman school pyramid in Bethesda.

Is it bad that I live in north Arlington and never even heard of that school or pyramid?

The thought I give to Bethesda is about a little less than what I wonder about what the weather is like in Brazil today.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. After reading through the boards, it appears MCPS, to include Bethesda elementary schools, have gone downhill in the last few years. Would that be reason alone to consider the Tysons option on the VA side? For example it seems Falls Church City public schools are smaller and have a good environment. Or are VA public schools suffering from the same issues as MCPS?

But again I have no experience, this is just what I am gathering from spending way too much time reading through these forums the last few weeks!

VA people on this board are crazy jealous of the Whitman school pyramid in Bethesda.

Is it bad that I live in north Arlington and never even heard of that school or pyramid?

The thought I give to Bethesda is about a little less than what I wonder about what the weather is like in Brazil today.

Exactly. Vienna resident here, never heard of Whitman. Never thought about living in Maryland, don't have any interest in visiting either. Please tell me one restaurant halfway decent in Maryland. There are none. How a bout a halfway decent company? Oh yeah, none again. Just a bunch of marxists over there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. After reading through the boards, it appears MCPS, to include Bethesda elementary schools, have gone downhill in the last few years. Would that be reason alone to consider the Tysons option on the VA side? For example it seems Falls Church City public schools are smaller and have a good environment. Or are VA public schools suffering from the same issues as MCPS?

But again I have no experience, this is just what I am gathering from spending way too much time reading through these forums the last few weeks!

VA people on this board are crazy jealous of the Whitman school pyramid in Bethesda.

Is it bad that I live in north Arlington and never even heard of that school or pyramid?

The thought I give to Bethesda is about a little less than what I wonder about what the weather is like in Brazil today.

Exactly. Vienna resident here, never heard of Whitman. Never thought about living in Maryland, don't have any interest in visiting either. Please tell me one restaurant halfway decent in Maryland. There are none. How a bout a halfway decent company? Oh yeah, none again. Just a bunch of marxists over there.

Bethesda has the brand new Marriott world HQ skyscraper, the oldest Hot Shoppes and the legendary O’Donnell’s Seafood for their legendary southern dishes and rum buns, a DC tradition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. After reading through the boards, it appears MCPS, to include Bethesda elementary schools, have gone downhill in the last few years. Would that be reason alone to consider the Tysons option on the VA side? For example it seems Falls Church City public schools are smaller and have a good environment. Or are VA public schools suffering from the same issues as MCPS?

But again I have no experience, this is just what I am gathering from spending way too much time reading through these forums the last few weeks!

VA people on this board are crazy jealous of the Whitman school pyramid in Bethesda.

Is it bad that I live in north Arlington and never even heard of that school or pyramid?

The thought I give to Bethesda is about a little less than what I wonder about what the weather is like in Brazil today.

Exactly. Vienna resident here, never heard of Whitman. Never thought about living in Maryland, don't have any interest in visiting either. Please tell me one restaurant halfway decent in Maryland. There are none. How a bout a halfway decent company? Oh yeah, none again. Just a bunch of marxists over there.

MoCo has good Jewish delis, and both PG and MoCo have 🔥 Central American food. Overall through, Maryland near DC has trash food. Baltimore has awesome food though.

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There’s a halal guys in Bethesda

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live in Bethesda near the river and work in Tyson’s. My commute is 15 minutes in the morning and about 30-40 minutes on the way home.

Hardly soul sucking.

I wouldn’t live in Tysons for any amount of money. It is a horrible place..Strip malls, loud cars, zero walkability and chain restaurants galore. . It’s my personal hell on earth, but my business is there and it’s fine to spend a few hours a day. Good spot for offices and that’s about it.

What do you have in Bethesda near the river? Where is the nearest grocery store? Oh yeah, nothing.

I can walk to Spring Valley and the sumner shopping center…i also don’t want to live in an urban area. My nearest grocery store is 0.25 miles from my home. Thx for checking.

What do you have to walk to in Tyson’s besides office buildings and car dealerships. Oh boy, Eddie Vs and Yard House!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. After reading through the boards, it appears MCPS, to include Bethesda elementary schools, have gone downhill in the last few years. Would that be reason alone to consider the Tysons option on the VA side? For example it seems Falls Church City public schools are smaller and have a good environment. Or are VA public schools suffering from the same issues as MCPS?

But again I have no experience, this is just what I am gathering from spending way too much time reading through these forums the last few weeks!

VA people on this board are crazy jealous of the Whitman school pyramid in Bethesda.

Is it bad that I live in north Arlington and never even heard of that school or pyramid?

The thought I give to Bethesda is about a little less than what I wonder about what the weather is like in Brazil today.

Exactly. Vienna resident here, never heard of Whitman. Never thought about living in Maryland, don't have any interest in visiting either. Please tell me one restaurant halfway decent in Maryland. There are none. How a bout a halfway decent company? Oh yeah, none again. Just a bunch of marxists over there.

Please stay in your strip mall haven.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. After reading through the boards, it appears MCPS, to include Bethesda elementary schools, have gone downhill in the last few years. Would that be reason alone to consider the Tysons option on the VA side? For example it seems Falls Church City public schools are smaller and have a good environment. Or are VA public schools suffering from the same issues as MCPS?

But again I have no experience, this is just what I am gathering from spending way too much time reading through these forums the last few weeks!

VA people on this board are crazy jealous of the Whitman school pyramid in Bethesda.

Is it bad that I live in north Arlington and never even heard of that school or pyramid?

The thought I give to Bethesda is about a little less than what I wonder about what the weather is like in Brazil today.

Exactly. Vienna resident here, never heard of Whitman. Never thought about living in Maryland, don't have any interest in visiting either. Please tell me one restaurant halfway decent in Maryland. There are none. How a bout a halfway decent company? Oh yeah, none again. Just a bunch of marxists over there.

Factual. We are proud virginians who hate the northerner infested Marylanders. God bless our southern state.

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda is truly awful. It’s all upscale chain restaurants, and there are zero jobs so you have nothing but children / teens and parents, zero young folks. MoCo is becoming a certified dump. Virginia is superior in every single way, and the only counterpoint you see on here is “Virginia has young kin and is less liberal” but it’s just vastly superior to the dump that is MoCo / Pg.

All upscale chain restaurants, as opposed to salt of the earth local eateries all around Tysons?! Are you joking or have you never been to Tysons?

I see way more teens and young families in Bethesda Row on a weekend night than in almost any other town center in close-in NoVA.

Bethesda and Chevy Chase are just nicer looking than Tysons, McLean, and Vienna. They aren’t as congested with traffic, have more houses with character, and feel like actual neighborhoods. I could care less about the political differences. Aesthetics > politics.

You'd have to pay me a hefty premium to live around the people who inhabit Bethesda and Chevy Chase.

Stereotyping entire towns of people you don't know, says far more about YOUR ignorance, than anything negative that you can say about them.