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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am sitting in downtown Bethesda on a Sunday afternoon, sipping my $5.50 iced coffee. I am looking around me at these three blocks of fancy chain stores, that are just like the fancy chain stores in the analagous parts of other upscale suburbs, and watching people pop in and out like automatons. It seems so pointless and empty. Is this what it's all for? Strive to live in a HCOL area and make a big enough salary to live there so you can go disburse your dollars among certain branded storefronts as if you are robot operating on preprogrammed instructions thinking that you "belong"?

As I got my coffee I witnessed a middle aged UMC (white) woman haranguing the (black) barista for ten minutes about how dishonest they and the business are for putting too much ice in her iced juice drink & how they are defrauding customers by putting in too much ice and not enough juice. Seriously? Work all your life for the privilege of raising your kids around people like this?[/quote]

If you have the money to live in Downtown Bethesda, you have the money to move elsewhere. So go live there. We live in Kentlands and, while there are certainly chain stores, there are also small businesses.

We are regulars at Vasili’s and are thrilled that the former front of the house manager there recently opened a photography cafe. It’s become a great little hub for community activity. We have small businesses popping up all over Kentlands. The Kentlands and Lakelands community foundations do a great job also facilitating community events.

Point being: if you want more of a small-town feel, you can get it. Just not in downtown Bethesda. [/quote]

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