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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a summary of all the changes:
https://mocoshow.com/blog/county-executive-recommends-10-cent-increase-in-countys-property-tax-rate-to-be-used-exclusively-to-fully-fund-mcps-budget-request/

Notice things like we'll now have to pay for parking on Saturdays. That'll be great for businesses in places like Bethesda -- consumers will just move on to nearby DC or VA instead for their shopping.[/quote]

No joke. I quit going to downtown Bethesda many years ago thanks to the horrendous parking situation much less hassle to go to Tysons even with the extra driving[/quote]

The "horrendous parking situation" meaning you have to pay a few dollars to park in a garage that might not be right across from your destination, because the one right across from your destination is full of the cars of other people who parked there?[/quote]

Horrendous parking situation in the sense of [b]already not having enough garages[/b] and then waiting for a huge tow of cars to go in and out of a parking garage, delaying me by 10 minutes, driving to the next garage and having the same experience,  finally finding something 0.8 miles away and showing up 30 minutes late to my reservation which has now been given away[/quote]

There is a huge excess of parking in downtown Bethesda. A few of the garages are in demand, the rest are mostly empty.

https://www.bethesda.org/bethesda/parking-map[/quote]

You can nitpick my experience all you want. The reality is that the supply of parking is insufficient for areas where they expect people to actually want to shop or eat, and therefore they have lost a lot of business opportunities[/quote]

I'm not nitpicking your experience at all. I'm sure it happened just as you said. The reality is that

1. there is a huge number of empty parking spaces in downtown Bethesda
2. there are a lot of people going where you're trying to go (because otherwise the parking garages would be empty)

You're describing a It's So Crowded, Nobody Goes There Anymore problem, not a lack-of-parking problem. [/quote]

The problem with Bethesda is that it’s for old people now. Their generation likes driving around in big cars and doesn’t like walking very far even if they can. [/quote]

No, it's not. If it were, it wouldn't be crowded. What does seem to be true, is that Bethesda is for people who want to park in front of their destination for free to complain about.[/quote]

Oh, you mean the people who wanted to live in a suburb???[/quote]

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