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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need affordable housing there[/quote]

We need business there. But nobody wants to do business in MoCo [/quote]

This is ridiculous. There are an absolute ton of developments going up in bethesda, all along rockville pike, kensington, really everywhere you go. This is clearly an issue with THIS parcel. [/quote]

We have residential developments going up in those places. What we need is commercial. [b]The low business demand is suppressing both commercial and residential development in MoCo. [/b][/quote]

Exactly, PP. People keep citing Bethesda. Bethesda is singular and the development there is constrained to, what, eight square blocks? [b]It’s also not terribly accessible to people that don’t live around there - congested, hard to park. [/b]

Rockville Pike used to be a “go to” for people all over MoCo with a great mix of higher end and lower end retail and restaurants and the promised retail development at White Flint would have been game changing. A boon to other businesses and residents.

Now there’s a massive crater in that lot, the Pike is slowly but surely becoming lower end retail and cheap food places … It looks awful and unattractive. Pike and Rose is nice but an island along that route. Montgomery Mall - not on the Pike but adjacent - is also dwindling. Nicer stores are closing and being replaced with fast clothing stores and the like.

Neighbors in Silver Spring are driving to Tysons to shop at a place with more of a high-low mix of stores and restaurants.

As a resident of MoCo it’s infuriating that the county isn’t doing more to promote businesses. This is what has driven growth across NoVa and transform areas that were once dwindling into vibrant communities. Think Clarendon, Crystal City, and Mosaic. Great for residents and great for people who want jobs.

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It's so crowded, nobody drives there anymore!

If you don't like being in a car on a road with lots of other people in cars on that road, I suggest you consider

[b]1. Metro (there's one right there in downtown Bethesda, helpfully named "Bethesda")
2. bicycle
3. parking in one of the many, many parking garages in downtown Bethesda that are a five-minute walk from your destination[/b]

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Hi. Have you been on the Red Line lately? Not terribly accessible.

Bike? Sure. What’s the route you propose with two young children from Silver Spring?

Park? Yes, that would be great. Except the garages are full or close to it on the weekends and it’s a zoo. People yelling at people to leave a spot if they’re sitting in their car too long …. No, thank you. [/quote]

Bike from SS? Easy. Rock creek park to Strathmore or back roads near Randolph. It’s actually way more pleasant and safer than the Beltway.[/quote]

Rock Creek Park to Strathmore is not an easy way to get from Silver Spring to downtown Bethesda. Back roads near Randolph is doable but not pleasant. More pleasant than the Beltway, but most things are! There need to be better bike connections between west of Rock Creek and east of Rock Creek.

I'm the PP who suggested Metro/bike/walk in downtown Bethesda, and the reason I hate driving in downtown Bethesda is cars. If I were the only car on the road, I wouldn't hate it. But instead there are tons of other cars on the road, which proves that lots of people are actually fine driving in downtown Bethesda. I am not one of them, so I take Metro, or I bike.[/quote]

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