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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone on this board wants to be told they're living in the most desirable place and so when they get jealous they post stuff about other places being bad.

Then other people who also don't live there and want validation in their choice yell crime. Even when someone says crime is actually less than other places those same folks go full Trump and just insist that it's crime.

Then someone who lives there comes on to say it's actually amazing.

Then someone else will say LOL.

Then the debate will move to be about 10 other areas someone just wants to use as an excuse to validate their choice.

Malls are dead everywhere. Brick and mortar continues to suffer. Bethesda is fine. Like every single place in this country it could use more pedestrian infrastructure that inevitably someone would then use to rail about a lack of parking. [/quote]

I agree about malls declining everywhere and Montgomery Mall is doing surprisingly well despite uptick in robberies and assaults there.

I disagree about Bethesda being fine apart from lack of pedestrian infrastructure - although that would help. It needs big doses of creativity and culture and to bring back more interesting stores. Too bad they are building more apartments near Bethesda Row Landmark - that could have been green space for concerts and community get together.s. So little color and not enough trees. The art festivals are great but many of the artists are from out of area and very expensive. Maybe Bethesda could collab with glen echo park to host more local artists/ puppet shows/ bands and dances. Round House theater and Invagination Stage are awesome. [/quote]

Oh I mean I absolutely don't want to live in Bethesda. But it's not like a hell hole or an abandoned strip mall. It's a rather generic wealthy suburb but that's what most of these boards want. They just want to prove the superiority of their wealthy generic suburb.

I think there's real opportunities, although apartments are not inherently bad. But people who have lots of money and crave a lot more arts and culture move to Georgetown or maybe Kalorama and people with just lots of money move to Takoma Park.

Most major cities don't have the huge suburbs around them that DC does. It's hard to be a small town and host major international business headquarters. So it's kind of chosen the path of wealthy enclave rather than rich small town suburb. [/quote]

Yes exactly - generic wealthy and has allowed a lot of its character to be stripped away by building more generic apartments and offices, driving out small quirky businesses and not planning for enough community spaces.

It has definitely declined over past 20 years with extensive building of bland buildings. Barnes and Noble closing and all the high end luxury stores moved in while quirkier places got pushed out,

It can be fixed but it needs planners to be more creative, be intentional and to care. 
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