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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the PP that suggested the other side of Conn Ave.

Look.....people have made some subtle comments - let me be a bit more blunt.

The mall is not the dreamland that you think it is.  I do not generally take my children there to hang out.  If I have to go to Target - I go to Rockville Pike.  We go in and out of Costco hop skip.  We have literally seen stealing, kids setting off firecrackers in the mall, fights, etc.  In the last year there were a rash of "unfortunate" incidents (aka stabbings and shootings).  I always knew before it was on WTOP because we would hear the "thump thump thump" of the helicopter circling. It is a mall that literally, has murder at it. Unlike many other places I go, I always am wide-eyed when I go there.  When we see someone in handcuffs on the side of the road, I say to my children, "Well there is something you don't see in Bethesda!".

While Wheaton and the mall has improved in the last decade or two, it still isn't all it could be.  That nice Hugo place back in the day used to be a massage parlor that was a front for a brothel.  On one of the streets behind the McDonalds was a girl being kept by a gang forced into prostitution - that was just in the past year - not 10 years ago.

Why for a million dollars you would CHOOSE that is quite beyond me.  It isn't about being a snob - it is about the basic safety of small children and a stay at home Mom.

That people on here were a bit stunned that you were excited should tell you something.  We all know the issues and housing prices and schools.  Any decent realtor would tell you to talk to neighbors before buying.  You essentially have and don't care to hear any of it.

Search the news for information about the mall.  Go to that mall at DIFFERENT times of the day and hang and see how you feel.  (My fav - try shopping for toys at Target - they don't even bother to try to keep that section nice.)

And..... when you are living that dream..... when you have the first day that you are at home and a bit freaked out about the "thump thump thump" of the helicopter - remember we tried to ask you if you were going to be comfortable with that.

If I didn't think you were very doe-eyed, I might think you were the developer trolling the site trying to actually get those places sold.  I don't think you are that troll - rather you need to do a bit more thoughtful research.[/quote]
DIFFERENT POSTER.
I live in the area. I am quite familiar with the criminal incidents at the mall. I do not let my kids go there and hang out by themselves. However, I frequent the mall for the Target, Costco, a few other stores. 
At the mall, I see many more families, regular law-abiding shoppers than criminals and crime(I have personally never witnessed a crime there).  
This is my neighborhood, my community and dang it is my mall. I'm not going to forced out, scared away or run away from it. The more people push to make it safer, to make it serviceable for the people in the community, there better it is for all us. You don't like the way they keep the Target, complain to management. The way to keep that mall alive is to keep shopping there and that is what I plan to do. PP, you can live, shop and fart where you want to.
But do not make the mistake that other grown ass people can be aware of their surroundings and community and make different choices than your own and be slap damn happy about it.
By the way, we started out at Oakland Terrace and loved it.[/quote]

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