PG County "Lucky Loser" of Amazon HQ2

[Anonymous]

Notice that 12:20 doesn't mention anything about kids or schools. I agree that the housing option and newer retail in some areas (Bowie is a good example) are very attractive. No waiting lists to join local pools! But, the MS and HS options are well known to be a problem. Even the kids who were in TAG all through ES and MS are fighting to get into Eleanor Roosevelt Sci/Tech program or else they are going private at high cost.

So, the living may be pretty good, and the price is excellent... but when schools are part of the equation ... PGCPS doesn't make the cut.

The best thing PG county could do is put a lot more spots in the TAG prgrams and bring in the kids who are currently going private for elem school or bring in new families. And then create more speciality HS programs... and THEN PG county will have a shot at winning in the Amazon game. Schools are crucial.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why anyone would ever consider living in or working in PG County....

Because it is nice and affordable.

It's probably the worst county in md and it has..
A Big Ten university
NASA
NOAA
Andrews AFB
Census
FDA
National Archives
IRS
Army research lab
An NFL franchise
The nations richest African American population



Compare that to Va's worst county. Greensville county. What a shitshow.

That's why md is the richest state. Even its worst county is superior than 50 percent of Va's counties.

Maryland has 24 counties. Virginia has 134. Hardly a fair comparison. Also NOAA HQ is in Montgomery not PG County just like National Archives HQ is in DC not PG County. But carry on.

+1. I love how all the Maryland boosters said having to cross a bridge was so awful - how it made Virginia "so far removed" from DC and the rest of the area. It's like they'd never seen rivers in Brussels, Buenos Aires, London or Hong Kong. But now that Amazon is coming to Crystal City, suddenly it's "Oh PG is gonna benefit! We're right over the bridge!"

You do realize that this thread was started by someone in VA, right? But carry on with your MD bashing so you can feel good about yourself.

NP. I see no evidence this thread was started by someone in VA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The conditions in PG really won’t equip it to do anything other than eat a few of HQ2’s table scraps. The housing is cheap because of the terrible schools and crime.

I just looked on great schools. And in Bowie, MD there are three elementary schools that have a 8-9 rating on GS. I understand the high schools and middle schools might not be as great, but many of these people in this area send their kids to privates.

Nothing is a magnet for business like three elementary schools in Bowie!

Look, at those goalposts move! First, it was about the schools and crime. After a counterpoint about schools, the response is about the business climate. How does this really follow in a discussion about the benefits that PG (presumably in the form of new high-income residents) might receive from Amazon moving to another county?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The conditions in PG really won’t equip it to do anything other than eat a few of HQ2’s table scraps. The housing is cheap because of the terrible schools and crime.

I just looked on great schools. And in Bowie, MD there are three elementary schools that have a 8-9 rating on GS. I understand the high schools and middle schools might not be as great, but many of these people in this area send their kids to privates.

Nothing is a magnet for business like three elementary schools in Bowie!

I’m just saying there are plenty of elementary schools in Virginia that aren’t a 8/9. But people still pay top dollar for a 5 or 6 rated school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Notice that 12:20 doesn't mention anything about kids or schools. I agree that the housing option and newer retail in some areas (Bowie is a good example) are very attractive. No waiting lists to join local pools! But, the MS and HS options are well known to be a problem. Even the kids who were in TAG all through ES and MS are fighting to get into Eleanor Roosevelt Sci/Tech program or else they are going private at high cost.

So, the living may be pretty good, and the price is excellent... but when schools are part of the equation ... PGCPS doesn't make the cut.

The best thing PG county could do is put a lot more spots in the TAG prgrams and bring in the kids who are currently going private for elem school or bring in new families. And then create more speciality HS programs... and THEN PG county will have a shot at winning in the Amazon game. Schools are crucial.

I think point here is that the county should get some of the new residents (and their spending) without the $$$$$ offered by other local governments. I agree that the middle and high school options in the county leave something are not good, but that will only stop some homebuyers. Some won't have or want kids. Some want private anyway. Some will have young kids and take a wait and see approach for MS that is 6-10 years away. Others will brave the specialty program lottery, knowing they can relocate if it doesn't work out. Or perhaps they will consider private as a fall back option.

FWIW, the schools have been a central issue in the county politics for a few years now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Notice that 12:20 doesn't mention anything about kids or schools. I agree that the housing option and newer retail in some areas (Bowie is a good example) are very attractive. No waiting lists to join local pools! But, the MS and HS options are well known to be a problem. Even the kids who were in TAG all through ES and MS are fighting to get into Eleanor Roosevelt Sci/Tech program or else they are going private at high cost.

So, the living may be pretty good, and the price is excellent... but when schools are part of the equation ... PGCPS doesn't make the cut.

The best thing PG county could do is put a lot more spots in the TAG prgrams and bring in the kids who are currently going private for elem school or bring in new families. And then create more speciality HS programs... and THEN PG county will have a shot at winning in the Amazon game. Schools are crucial.

But if you make a good living why not send your kids to private? It’s only for a few years anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Notice that 12:20 doesn't mention anything about kids or schools. I agree that the housing option and newer retail in some areas (Bowie is a good example) are very attractive. No waiting lists to join local pools! But, the MS and HS options are well known to be a problem. Even the kids who were in TAG all through ES and MS are fighting to get into Eleanor Roosevelt Sci/Tech program or else they are going private at high cost.

So, the living may be pretty good, and the price is excellent... but when schools are part of the equation ... PGCPS doesn't make the cut.

The best thing PG county could do is put a lot more spots in the TAG prgrams and bring in the kids who are currently going private for elem school or bring in new families. And then create more speciality HS programs... and THEN PG county will have a shot at winning in the Amazon game. Schools are crucial.

PGCPS just added a TAG MS program at Tasker and I think they should open another program in the northern part of the county. Lots of people bail out of PG due to MS options. Solving the MS problem would make a huge difference. They don't need to add TAG centers at the ES level because 1) those programs aren't full and 2) if they increase viable MS options parents would be less likely to leave a neighborhood ES.

There are several new-ish options for HS, Middle College Program at Largo/PGCC, College Park Academy, IB Program at Parkdale, Bowie Summit program, Central High's French Immersion, etc..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Notice that 12:20 doesn't mention anything about kids or schools. I agree that the housing option and newer retail in some areas (Bowie is a good example) are very attractive. No waiting lists to join local pools! But, the MS and HS options are well known to be a problem. Even the kids who were in TAG all through ES and MS are fighting to get into Eleanor Roosevelt Sci/Tech program or else they are going private at high cost.

So, the living may be pretty good, and the price is excellent... but when schools are part of the equation ... PGCPS doesn't make the cut.

The best thing PG county could do is put a lot more spots in the TAG prgrams and bring in the kids who are currently going private for elem school or bring in new families. And then create more speciality HS programs... and THEN PG county will have a shot at winning in the Amazon game. Schools are crucial.

I actually do mention schools in my 12:20 post.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FDA headquarters are in Silver Spring, Md which is in Montgomery County.

HQ is in White Oak, not SS.

LOL.
Where do you think White Oak is?

It's not in Silver Spring.

[Anonymous]

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NP. I see no evidence this thread was started by someone in VA.

Im the OP and live in VA.

[Anonymous]

I have lived in PG for five years and if I were to move to somewhere else in the dc metro area I would probably choose another part of PG, just a closer commute. I also lived in Silver Spring for five years and I would NEVER move back there.

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Anonymous wrote:Most people would rather live in Siberia than PG County. Sad but true.

True but they don't really know it's because they are racist.

The thing is most of them cannot even locate Siberia on a map much less live there. Sad but true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FDA headquarters are in Silver Spring, Md which is in Montgomery County.

HQ is in White Oak, not SS.

LOL.
Where do you think White Oak is?

It's not in Silver Spring.

So tell us where it is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why anyone would ever consider living in or working in PG County....

Because it is nice and affordable.

It's probably the worst county in md and it has..
A Big Ten university
NASA
NOAA
Andrews AFB
Census
FDA
National Archives
IRS
Army research lab
An NFL franchise
The nations richest African American population



Compare that to Va's worst county. Greensville county. What a shitshow.

That's why md is the richest state. Even its worst county is superior than 50 percent of Va's counties.

Maryland has 24 counties. Virginia has 134. Hardly a fair comparison. Also NOAA HQ is in Montgomery not PG County just like National Archives HQ is in DC not PG County. But carry on.

+1. I love how all the Maryland boosters said having to cross a bridge was so awful - how it made Virginia "so far removed" from DC and the rest of the area. It's like they'd never seen rivers in Brussels, Buenos Aires, London or Hong Kong. But now that Amazon is coming to Crystal City, suddenly it's "Oh PG is gonna benefit! We're right over the bridge!"

You do realize that this thread was started by someone in VA, right? But carry on with your MD bashing so you can feel good about yourself.

NP. I see no evidence this thread was started by someone in VA.

LOL
OP said it on the first page, post #4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FDA headquarters are in Silver Spring, Md which is in Montgomery County.

HQ is in White Oak, not SS.

LOL.
Where do you think White Oak is?

It's not in Silver Spring.

You are too clueless. Here is the address :

FDA White Oak Campus. Federal Research Center. 10903 New Hampshire Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20993.