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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pg county. The final frontier where you are paying close to a million dollars to live in a shack. [/quote]

It occurred to me recently that the reason this will not happen anytime soon is for other reasons, mostly political and some funding related. Maybe it will change with redrawn districts in future elections and younger buyers, but it will still take time. All of the younger buyers are there because they are burdened with the loans that they cannot pay back, and the rising health care costs that were reasons the ACA was established anyway. [/quote]

I think your post is internally inconsistent. It's true that young people with student loans (like me) cannot afford $$$ areas but that's how gentrification happens, and I find PG extremely appealing. It has a ton of middle class and upper middle class black families, which I view as a plus. I bought in Anne Arundel county instead for water access, but if I had it to do over again I'd be shopping in PG. I think it has a very bright future. [/quote]

Anne Arundel County is appreciating a lot, too. Odenton and Crofton are jumping up in value, in part because of their proximity to Ft Meade, Baltimore, and the MARC as well. The water access parts of AA County are a bit slower though, because NIMBYs there are afraid of changing things up. [/quote]

You're quite right. As it happens, I've been lucky enough to have my property value almost double in AA, but still, I think PG has even more upside. [/quote]

As a former PG resident that paid $10K a year in county taxes, you would feel differently if you had children and saw what little those taxes did for your home, your appreciation, or your community. I do believe that it will happen eventually; but not before the racists die off and folks your age actually get into government and begin instituting the political change. Until then, it is gaming and segregating. The other path is a more empowered community. That can 100% help, but you have to have people that will engage in that way. I speak from experience. I have lived in several counties around the beltway. PG gets away with a lot of misappropriation, and until commercial investors truly trust the landscape, it will be a gradual build.

There is not a singular whole foods in SoPG. THat should tell you something.

It will happen -- but generational disparity is getting in the way. You need change in the cover and the grassroots. Until then, this is the path, or local leadership change. YOu need informed voters for that. It can be done, but the trajectory is different, despite the clear appeal of the location and practicality of it all.
Exhibit A:
https://wholefoodsinpg.com/
 [/quote]

Thanks for sharing your perspective. I don't know as much as I should about PG, even though you and I most likely share a Congressman. I'll spend some time learning more. [/quote]

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