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[quote=Anonymous]I remember coming to Bethesda to stay at a chain hotel I had points in in early 2000s, but ultimately it was rather underwhelming and I went to DC a lot.  DC was very vibrant back then, lots of young people.   Clarendon was similar to Bethesda back then IMHO.  It started to get some spillover of young people from DC that was getting more expensive.  But there wasn't much there back then and residential architecture was rather ugly.  Of course, it's now mostly rebuilt.

I'd say both Bethesda and Arlington developed in equal strides.  They both now have attractive retail/dining main street areas, condos, THs and SFHs.  Arlington is just a longer strip because of Clarendon joining Ballston. And because it still attracts a lot of young people it has more youthful energy while Bethesda trends older, family people, and has more stuffy type of environment.

Silver Spring was not on my radar to visit and still isn't.  I have family near there and the only reason we'd go there a few times a year, but I never had an urge to stop off and linger in its downtown area. [/quote]

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