Anonymous
10/10/2023 17:19
Subject: Re:What is the History of Potomac, MD?
Anonymous wrote:Say what you will but it is perfect for families with kids. Potomac is ideal for raising children.
Well, there are lots of ideas about what’s ideal for children.
Anonymous
10/10/2023 17:18
Subject: Re:What is the History of Potomac, MD?
Say what you will but it is perfect for families with kids. Potomac is ideal for raising children.
Anonymous
10/10/2023 08:27
Subject: What is the History of Potomac, MD?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:White flight right?
No but it was a redline neighborhood, so was Bethesda.
they had "black" neighborhoods, Tobytown, etc.
Scotland and Tobytown. Actually Potomac is not very white all all. Most of the “white” people are not even white. On my block none of the white people are US born
Anonymous
10/10/2023 07:52
Subject: What is the History of Potomac, MD?
Anonymous wrote:White flight right?
No but it was a redline neighborhood, so was Bethesda.
they had "black" neighborhoods, Tobytown, etc.
Anonymous
10/10/2023 06:30
Subject: What is the History of Potomac, MD?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The houses in most of Potomac are large but tasteful. The problem is that there are some really crazy, gaudy ones on River Rd, and so some people think that is representative of all of Potomac because that's the road they drive on most often.
This house is so ostentatious!
It's not that bad. I wouldn't want it but given the other monstrosities that are out there, this one is fairly well designed and well built by comparison.
Anonymous
10/10/2023 00:15
Subject: What is the History of Potomac, MD?
Anonymous wrote:The houses in most of Potomac are large but tasteful. The problem is that there are some really crazy, gaudy ones on River Rd, and so some people think that is representative of all of Potomac because that's the road they drive on most often.
This house is so ostentatious!
Anonymous
10/09/2023 23:13
Subject: What is the History of Potomac, MD?
The houses in most of Potomac are large but tasteful. The problem is that there are some really crazy, gaudy ones on River Rd, and so some people think that is representative of all of Potomac because that's the road they drive on most often.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 22:35
Subject: Re:What is the History of Potomac, MD?
All those grand scale architects had to go some where and dump their chump designs. So ugly. So very devastatingly ugly.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 22:03
Subject: What is the History of Potomac, MD?
Anonymous wrote:White flight right?
No
Anonymous
10/09/2023 21:01
Subject: Re:What is the History of Potomac, MD?
Population of DMV exploded.
Suburbanization was inevitable even without white flight. The nice SFH areas of DC remained mostly nice, people weren't interested in rowhouse living.
Geographic location of Potomac meant it was going to become the next major upscale area.
Explosion of wealth and highly paid jobs and industries around DC, combined with changes in home construction techniques led to McMansion era.
The rest is history.
Suburbanization was inevitable even without white flight. The nice SFH areas of DC remained mostly nice, people weren't interested in rowhouse living.
Geographic location of Potomac meant it was going to become the next major upscale area.
Explosion of wealth and highly paid jobs and industries around DC, combined with changes in home construction techniques led to McMansion era.
The rest is history.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 19:30
Subject: What is the History of Potomac, MD?
Simple. Back in 1960s-1980s in attempt to block McMansions on tiny plots everywhere and keep open farmland they went to two acre zoning in large sections to make it less profitable for builders.
Builders instead figured out if they have to buy two acres only large huge houses made sense. Land ended up being built on anyhow.
Builders instead figured out if they have to buy two acres only large huge houses made sense. Land ended up being built on anyhow.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 17:54
Subject: What is the History of Potomac, MD?
Anonymous wrote:White flight right?
Totally different demographic/SES level.
Anonymous
10/09/2023 17:35
Subject: What is the History of Potomac, MD?
White flight right?
Anonymous
10/09/2023 17:14
Subject: What is the History of Potomac, MD?
Anonymous wrote:How did Potomac transform from farmland to mansions?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potomac,_Maryland
Anonymous
10/09/2023 16:06
Subject: What is the History of Potomac, MD?
How did Potomac transform from farmland to mansions?