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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if Twinbrook will be the new Kensington in terms of tearing down the little shoebox houses and replacing them with million dollar homes? Only time will tell, but this builder is ahead of the curve (too soon) and really missed the boat by building a house that looks like two shipping containers were stacked. How loud is that master bathroom? I can hear the echo through the pictures. Why didn’t they build a screened porch on the back of the house? Why is everything gray? If it feeds into RM instead of Rockville, maybe a $1M buyer might bite for a sub-million price. But most buyers with $1M budget want curb appeal and neighbors with nice homes. Twinbrook might gentrify. It’s a very unique community in that it diversified but retained whites families; by contrast, Glenmont did not. Plus: schools are good. This builder might be onto something. [/quote] Twinbrook neighborhood have everything people say they like. 1) Easy access to metro and commuter routes. 2) Walkable 3) Near Pike and Rose and future Twinbrook Quarter development What do you mean “might gentrify”? The neighborhood is a mixed of old time retired residents, middle class professionals, government employees and people in construction/home improvement field.[/quote] It hasn’t gentrified yet. Like Glenmont, Twinbrook was built around the same time and originally catered to solidly middle class white families—including white collar professionals. Both communities have similar housing stock. Both communities experienced white flight as the county’s demographics started to really shift in more noticeable ways in the 90s. Glenmont reached a tipping point, with some schools nearly 100% Latino (Weller Road Elementary) and with the high schools dramatically changing. Twinbrook has retained white families—including folks who opt for private school for elementary and happily switch to RM for high school. This puts Twinbrook above Glenmont which will never go back to more balance—but it certainly doesn’t come close to Kensington which remains far more economically advantaged. [/quote] People use gentrification when poor urban neighborhood is changed by new wealthier people moving in. But when Twinbrook neighborhood change it will be from middle class neighborhood to upper middle class neighborhood.[/quote]
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