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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] People in Bethesda tend to be highly educated, and choose to live there for a reason (to live among other highly educated people). They would likely be welcoming to any new neighbor, so long as the new neighbor makes an effort to take care of their house and doesn't create a lot of noise or problems.[/quote]

Stop digging -- you're embarrassing yourself.    Telling Blacks "we'd welcome you in our neighborhood as long as you [b]take care of your house and don't create noise or problems" isn't as welcoming as you think. [/b] If you lived in a neighborhood with Black residents maybe they could explain to you. 
 
According to 2020 census data, the Black population share in Potomac (6.2%) and Chevy Chase (5.9%) is almost 50% higher than that of Bethesda (4.2%).  At some point the residents of Bethesda might stop congratulating themselves on their highly educated attitudes and wonder why that is.    [/quote]

No matter where you live, this is a basic expectation - take care of the exterior of the house and don't create problems.  We feel obliged to do this, regardless of our race.[/quote]

In our neighborhood, because of how the history has played out, the houses with poor exterior maintenance tend to be the homes of older black homeowners who can no longer keep up with it and can’t afford to outsource. So it can be a sticky issue that, like everything else, gets tied up in our ongoing racial history.[/quote]

It's not racial. Old people don't care for their homes. In my neighborhood, old white people do not care for their homes. Other neighbors mow their lawns etc.[/quote]

I grew up near Boston and when I was about 12 we moved into an old home built around 1900. Had great bones, but the previous owners redid the interior when they bought it in the 70s. The house had an orange Brady Bunch kitchen, shag carpet and velvet wallpaper. Old people in general just have no need to spend the money to renovate their house.[/quote]

Yeah, guys, I know! Obviously the point is that they can’t keep up with maintenance because they’re older. The racial part is me, a young white person moving into the neighborhood. Is there a racial element to me calling code enforcement or not? You bet. Because the history of the waves of home ownership in our neighborhood is very entangled with segregation etc. [/quote]

Why did you want to move to this neighborhood if you have so much negative feelings against it.  There are plenty houses you can select at similar price point or less but without the racist history?[/quote]

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