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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think deterioration. I grew up here in 70s and 80s when there were several bars, clubs so you could go out, have fun, dance. There was a lot of diversity and I dont recall race being the big issue it is today. People got along. Schools were definitely better but part of that is that teachers had some power in the classroom, bad behavior was not tolerated and parents were stricter with kids and generally sided with the schools. There was more business, no one commuted to Virginia. One neighbor drove to DC and everyone thought that was rough. We lived in Wheaton. There were places to shop that catered to all incomes, much more open space and development was better thought out. We didnt have a gazillion retail stores, choices were less, but enough. We all lament the good old days, but its true, I would prefer my kids were growing up back then vs. today.[/quote]

MoCo was defacto segregated in the 1980s. There were not "race issues" back then from your perspective because you never really had to deal with a person of color as an equal. [/quote]

I lived in Wheaton. It was very diverse. Our neighbors on one side were black and in the other side were Koreans. We went to school with their kids, one worked for my dad when he was. between jobs.[/quote]

Wheaton is still amazing. You can get incredible food there. Lots of fantastic, genuine restaurants run by and frequented by the people from whatever country it is they're serving food from. I love Wheaton.[/quote]

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