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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live close to those areas and the two issues you raise that might be issue are schools and daycare.

That said, there are tons of magnet and specialty programs in PG and most families I know who want to do public school figure out a path that way.  I've heard good things about UP elementary and Hyattsville Elementary.  I haven't heard much about Riverdale Elementary at all.  Parent reviews on Great Schools aren't great FWIW.

There aren't a ton of daycare centers in those areas though.  If you are open to in home daycares and nanny shares those are pretty common.

Safety and crime are fine there.  I go to those areas all the time and have never felt unsafe.  I can't say the same about Prince George's Plaza.  I am happy to go there in the day but I would pause before going in the evening.  Also, the parking lot at the Target sucks.
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Wow idk but fwiw, I am a suuuuper white lady raised in Bethesda who lives in Hyattsville now and I like PG Plaza and the Target. It's amazing at night - tons of people - it's like Montgomery Mall in 1996. IDK if people/teens still go to Montgomery Mall but I'm just saying, it's perfectly nice and clean and well lit. The Target itself can get pretty messy, I think because it IS so busy, but's it's fine.

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I've lived in Hyattsville for 20 years. While the newly rebranded Mall at Prince George's has come up a LOT during that time--and I'm grateful for that--it has miles to go before it's in the same league as Montgomery Mall (now Westfield Montgomery). Takes more than a DSW and &pizza to get there.[/quote]

I mean maybe I don’t appreciate the shopping quality difference, but PP said she was afraid of going there and I think that’s ridiculous. Plus, I like having a Target and a TJ MAx. Teens loitering by the Nordstrom is the same as teens loitering by DSW. [/quote]

I am the one who said I would pause before going there at night.

I wouldn't say I am afraid or that I wouldn't go at night, I would just be a lot more cautious than I would be going at noon on a Sunday morning.  The parking lot over by the JCPenny's and behind the Macy's has horrible lighting.  The area's around the Target and TJ Maxx are better but the parking situation sucks.  The new complex by the movie theater and the new Safeway are fine.

I will agree that it is 100% better than it was 17 years ago when I moved to the area.  I might just have those old prejudices in the back of my mind when I think about heading over that way.  I should give it another shot.  [/quote]

NP. I have parked purposely over by the JC Penney since moving here in 1999 because it is usually not a shitshow of cars and people, and I have *never* been a victim of crime or harassment or anything else. [/quote]

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