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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And it’s also just true that places like Bethesda and Silver Spring are way older than a place like Arlington. You see 20 and 30 somethings in Arlington while MoCo is increasingly becoming a retirement community. And with that comes a resistance to development, change, and economic progress. [/quote]

I always wonder why the Arlington folks make these sorts of generalizations which are backed by nothing -- no data, no evidence, nothing. What's the "development, change, and economic progress" they think Arlington has that Bethesda and Silver Spring don't? They never say. OP, please be skeptical of stuff like this, and as a PP said, visit the areas in MoCo you're interested in and judge for yourself. Northern Virginia lost jobs compared to last year, and threw out the "change" and "development" that were Missing Middle. And MoCo's school system is growing rapidly (some would say too rapidly), including in the affluent Whitman pyramid, which makes no sense if it's a "retirement community."[/quote]

This is OP.  Where I live in Ballston, the whole mall has been renovated from being a run-down, crappy mall area to being a nice, walkable area they call Ballston Quarter with lots of restaurants and stores.  I assume that's what the PP means about development.  They've done the same thing in Crystal City.  But here's the thing -- I'm not at a stage of life where I use much of that.  I care much more about a yard, schools, a pool, availability and cost of summer camps, sidewalks, libraries, having neighbors with young kids, etc.  I get it that the new restaurants affect my property value, but I'm buying a place to live in it and raise my family, not primarily for resale value, so I'm not sure that that stuff matters that much to me.[/quote]

It's good that you're being open minded about this. Just know that if you are looking for something similar in MoCo, you can find it -- Pike & Rose (probably the most recent one that uses to be a crappy, run-down area and IMO it is now much nicer than Ballston Quarter), Rockville Town Center, downtown Bethesda, and yes even Downtown Silver Spring.[/quote]

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