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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is something happening in the Bethesda area that I’m not aware of?
The last few times we had dinner in downtown Bethesda, including on New Year’s Eve, the streets are empty by 8 or 9. It feels sad and empty even with all the surrounding residential housing and businesses.
Also, several national stores have recently left Montgomery Mall; including Ann Taylor, Banana Republic and Talbots.
Is there a reason for Bethesda being so empty at night/evening? And retailers leaving one of the only major malls left in Montgomery County?[/quote]

I agree that downtown Bethesda is becoming more and more soulless especially at night. When Barnes and noble had its 3 floor book store it was such a hangout place. There used to be small ethnic restaurants and activities such as fire me up for painting ceramics as gifts. Now it is just endless high end bland stores on that side of Bethesda(except for Bethesda Row theater which has some none generic mainstream movies  the other side of Bethesda on Norfolk has more character and more interesting restaurants.

We went to Alexandria for new years and it was so much more lively. Bethesda needs something like the Torpedo Factory. Too bad it is so far from the river.

The downtown Bethesda planning people definitely need fresh ideas and to encourage more interesting  activities, shops and restaurants. They have some cool art festivals though - maybe they could connect with the Smithsonian and off to host some of the national folk festival groups or encourage graffiti artists to paint the buildings with approved  colorful art that celebrates the diversity of MC.

All the wealth and education of Bethesda is not apparent in downtown area. [/quote]

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