Sell me on Silver Spring

[Anonymous]

We live in an apartment now in TenleyTown and are interested in buying a house. Feel priced out of TenleyTown/Au Park and Bethesda. My DH is pushing SS. I like the neighborhoods there and I think it would be a good fit for our family but I hate the silver spring downtown area. It is ugly and designed badly and so congested. Even the metro station looks huge and inconvenient/stressful. I like the WF and farmer’s market but hesitate to look at houses there because the
downtown area just seems so unappealing. Would love to hear from folks who live there. Do you mostly just avoid the downtown area or am I being overly picky and critical?

[Anonymous]

Please stay away from SS. We don’t need your snobby, judgement here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live in an apartment now in TenleyTown and are interested in buying a house. Feel priced out of TenleyTown/Au Park and Bethesda. My DH is pushing SS. I like the neighborhoods there and I think it would be a good fit for our family but I hate the silver spring downtown area. It is ugly and designed badly and so congested. Even the metro station looks huge and inconvenient/stressful. I like the WF and farmer’s market but hesitate to look at houses there because the
downtown area just seems so unappealing. Would love to hear from folks who live there. Do you mostly just avoid the downtown area or am I being overly picky and critical?

I do not think SS is for you. We don't avoid the downtown area. If you think it is so bad find somewhere else. Please

[Anonymous]

We lived in downtown SS for many years and hated it, for similar reasons: large blocks, ugly buildings, wind corridors in winter in between high rises, heat radiation in summer through the pavement and buildings, lack of green spaces. We saved enough to move close to downtown Bethesda, and much prefer it. It took SERIOUS belt-tightening saving, and we bought the cheapest house we could find. But it was so worth it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
We lived in downtown SS for many years and hated it, for similar reasons: large blocks, ugly buildings, wind corridors in winter in between high rises, heat radiation in summer through the pavement and buildings, lack of green spaces. We saved enough to move close to downtown Bethesda, and much prefer it. It took SERIOUS belt-tightening saving, and we bought the cheapest house we could find. But it was so worth it

We are glad you are gone too! Win-win

[Anonymous]

Down town Takoma park is much nicer, and nearby. We’re almost never go to down town silver spring.

[Anonymous]

OP, you sound delightful. Let us “talk you into” moving here.

[Anonymous]

Downtown Silver Spring has always been ugly and unremarkable, and it always will be, but there are nice residential neighborhoods around. If you can't get past downtown then just go somewhere else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
We lived in downtown SS for many years and hated it, for similar reasons: large blocks, ugly buildings, wind corridors in winter in between high rises, heat radiation in summer through the pavement and buildings, lack of green spaces. We saved enough to move close to downtown Bethesda, and much prefer it. It took SERIOUS belt-tightening saving, and we bought the cheapest house we could find. But it was so worth it

Aren’t you worried Bethesda will become more like SS with the high buildings and dense construction?

[Anonymous]

The downtown is the least of Silver Spring’s problems. Thing is if your are priced out of nicer areas maybe you don’t really have a choice.

[Anonymous]

Forest Glen area (just north of the Beltway) is great. How do you feel about downtown Wheaton?

[Anonymous]

Stay away OP. This place isn’t for you. You are why you couldn’t ‘sell me’ on Bethesda, even though I can afford it.

[Anonymous]

You’re being overly picky and critical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We lived in downtown SS for many years and hated it, for similar reasons: large blocks, ugly buildings, wind corridors in winter in between high rises, heat radiation in summer through the pavement and buildings, lack of green spaces. We saved enough to move close to downtown Bethesda, and much prefer it. It took SERIOUS belt-tightening saving, and we bought the cheapest house we could find. But it was so worth it

Aren’t you worried Bethesda will become more like SS with the high buildings and dense construction?

No because there are seriously influential people living here who sit or lean on the planning committee to keep it pedestrian friendly.

[Anonymous]

Bethesda is where souls go to die. Rockville, Frederick, anything thing is better than heinous and hoitey Bethesda with its zero parking, congestion, and office park overload. Blah blah blah. It’s the Arlington of MoCo.