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Anonymous wrote:I lived in a marginal neighborhood in DC for 15 years Did monthly street cleanups, attended all the ANC meetings, volunteered at for and clothing drives, taught esol on weekends. Happy to do it because I loved my neighbors, the restaurants and shopping, and frankly helped my property values skyrocket. Then had a kid and realized I don't want him to get caught in a random drive-by at the park. I want him to be with other kids who have warm clothes and full bellies. So I moved to CCMD. Not saying that's the best or only place to get that. Some of my neighbors are transplants in the same way. We spent 15-20 years in DC and our lives changed, and CCMD was a great place for us to go. We love our neighbors and the restricts and shopping is just as good or better.

This is much more honest, although the "warm clothes and full bellies" thing is not what you really mean because as you point out, one does not need to move to CCMD for that.

I mean high (er) average SES. I'm not white and an immigrant so I like being around people of color like me. CCMD has a good mix of racial and cultural diversity that I wanted for my kids. I'd even argue there's more cultural diversity than where i can't from in DC bc it's more international here

Okay I'm taking you off my "honest" list. You mean high (no er) average SES. it's Chevy Chase for goodness sake. DC or MD, high (no er) average SES. Even for the area. The diversity thing is bonkers - CCMD is 85% white. Every other group is vastly underrepresented, for the area and for the nation but especially for the area. The international families in CCMD are wealthy global citizens - any cultural diversity your kids encounter will be limited to fun holiday or food related traditions. Again, it's a nice neighborhood! But call it what it is.

Are you the poster who inherited the house in Somerset? If you are, a multigenerational [white?] wealthy poster, lecturing non-whites on diversity is not a good look. At all.

Anonymous wrote:Nothing if you aren't interest in the country club life.

Come to Arlingotn. Here is a Chevy Chase type house for under budget.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4003-N-Richmond-St_Arlington_VA_22207_M66157-20703?view=qv

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing if you aren't interest in the country club life.

Come to Arlingotn. Here is a Chevy Chase type house for under budget.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4003-N-Richmond-St_Arlington_VA_22207_M66157-20703?view=qv

My dear, that is not a "Chevy Chase type house"! Money can't buy taste.

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in a marginal neighborhood in DC for 15 years Did monthly street cleanups, attended all the ANC meetings, volunteered at for and clothing drives, taught esol on weekends. Happy to do it because I loved my neighbors, the restaurants and shopping, and frankly helped my property values skyrocket. Then had a kid and realized I don't want him to get caught in a random drive-by at the park. I want him to be with other kids who have warm clothes and full bellies. So I moved to CCMD. Not saying that's the best or only place to get that. Some of my neighbors are transplants in the same way. We spent 15-20 years in DC and our lives changed, and CCMD was a great place for us to go. We love our neighbors and the restricts and shopping is just as good or better.

This is much more honest, although the "warm clothes and full bellies" thing is not what you really mean because as you point out, one does not need to move to CCMD for that.

I mean high (er) average SES. I'm not white and an immigrant so I like being around people of color like me. CCMD has a good mix of racial and cultural diversity that I wanted for my kids. I'd even argue there's more cultural diversity than where i can't from in DC bc it's more international here

Okay I'm taking you off my "honest" list. You mean high (no er) average SES. it's Chevy Chase for goodness sake. DC or MD, high (no er) average SES. Even for the area. The diversity thing is bonkers - CCMD is 85% white. Every other group is vastly underrepresented, for the area and for the nation but especially for the area. The international families in CCMD are wealthy global citizens - any cultural diversity your kids encounter will be limited to fun holiday or food related traditions. Again, it's a nice neighborhood! But call it what it is.

Ok it is a nice neighborhood, but we all agree that. The variable is what percentage of the points you brought up are make it nice or it is nice despite them

It's nice despite them. I would never raise my family there, and I grew up there. It's too uniformly wealthy and white to be a good civic environment for children. Great if you're retired.

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in a marginal neighborhood in DC for 15 years Did monthly street cleanups, attended all the ANC meetings, volunteered at for and clothing drives, taught esol on weekends. Happy to do it because I loved my neighbors, the restaurants and shopping, and frankly helped my property values skyrocket. Then had a kid and realized I don't want him to get caught in a random drive-by at the park. I want him to be with other kids who have warm clothes and full bellies. So I moved to CCMD. Not saying that's the best or only place to get that. Some of my neighbors are transplants in the same way. We spent 15-20 years in DC and our lives changed, and CCMD was a great place for us to go. We love our neighbors and the restricts and shopping is just as good or better.

This is much more honest, although the "warm clothes and full bellies" thing is not what you really mean because as you point out, one does not need to move to CCMD for that.

I mean high (er) average SES. I'm not white and an immigrant so I like being around people of color like me. CCMD has a good mix of racial and cultural diversity that I wanted for my kids. I'd even argue there's more cultural diversity than where i can't from in DC bc it's more international here

Okay I'm taking you off my "honest" list. You mean high (no er) average SES. it's Chevy Chase for goodness sake. DC or MD, high (no er) average SES. Even for the area. The diversity thing is bonkers - CCMD is 85% white. Every other group is vastly underrepresented, for the area and for the nation but especially for the area. The international families in CCMD are wealthy global citizens - any cultural diversity your kids encounter will be limited to fun holiday or food related traditions. Again, it's a nice neighborhood! But call it what it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing if you aren't interest in the country club life.

Come to Arlingotn. Here is a Chevy Chase type house for under budget.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4003-N-Richmond-St_Arlington_VA_22207_M66157-20703?view=qv

My dear, that is not a "Chevy Chase type house"! Money can't buy taste.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing if you aren't interest in the country club life.

Come to Arlingotn. Here is a Chevy Chase type house for under budget.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4003-N-Richmond-St_Arlington_VA_22207_M66157-20703?view=qv

My dear, that is not a "Chevy Chase type house"! Money can't buy taste.

Anonymous wrote:Nothing if you aren't interest in the country club life.

Come to Arlingotn. Here is a Chevy Chase type house for under budget.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4003-N-Richmond-St_Arlington_VA_22207_M66157-20703?view=qv

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Anonymous wrote:Translation: help! We were forced to move by Nestle from an awesome place in LA County and can’t f*** figure out why Chevy Chase is so “coveted.” Answer: because it, and n Arlington, are the best of the unimpressive housing options.

+1

The housing stock here blows.

Nice try to include Arlington in the discussion, but no. Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Great Falls, McLean, and Potomac are the area’s prestige suburbs. Arlington is second-tier.

Not true. But the area's housing stock still blows.

Always wonder where people are pointing to when they presume other areas have better housing stock. Lived in a lot of places, better housing stock at the same price generally means you're in an economically depressed area.

New York
New Jersey
Boston
Hartford, CT
Chicago
Portland, ME
Portland, OR

I could go on, but basically cities where growth happened organically over time and not in a big postwar rush.

Oh come on! There's lots of crappy houses in all of those places (Portland, OR? Are you f-ing clueless? Most houses there suck, big time!) and where you do get better stock at the same price (Chicago or Hartford), there's an obvious step down in the community's economic prospects.

Original point still stands, bub.

I agree, if the original point is that the housing stock here blows. Because yes, it does.

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in a marginal neighborhood in DC for 15 years Did monthly street cleanups, attended all the ANC meetings, volunteered at for and clothing drives, taught esol on weekends. Happy to do it because I loved my neighbors, the restaurants and shopping, and frankly helped my property values skyrocket. Then had a kid and realized I don't want him to get caught in a random drive-by at the park. I want him to be with other kids who have warm clothes and full bellies. So I moved to CCMD. Not saying that's the best or only place to get that. Some of my neighbors are transplants in the same way. We spent 15-20 years in DC and our lives changed, and CCMD was a great place for us to go. We love our neighbors and the restricts and shopping is just as good or better.

This is much more honest, although the "warm clothes and full bellies" thing is not what you really mean because as you point out, one does not need to move to CCMD for that.

I mean high (er) average SES. I'm not white and an immigrant so I like being around people of color like me. CCMD has a good mix of racial and cultural diversity that I wanted for my kids. I'd even argue there's more cultural diversity than where i can't from in DC bc it's more international here

Okay I'm taking you off my "honest" list. You mean high (no er) average SES. it's Chevy Chase for goodness sake. DC or MD, high (no er) average SES. Even for the area. The diversity thing is bonkers - CCMD is 85% white. Every other group is vastly underrepresented, for the area and for the nation but especially for the area. The international families in CCMD are wealthy global citizens - any cultural diversity your kids encounter will be limited to fun holiday or food related traditions. Again, it's a nice neighborhood! But call it what it is.

Ok it is a nice neighborhood, but we all agree that. The variable is what percentage of the points you brought up are make it nice or it is nice despite them

It's nice despite them. I would never raise my family there, and I grew up there. It's too uniformly wealthy and white to be a good civic environment for children. Great if you're retired.

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in a marginal neighborhood in DC for 15 years Did monthly street cleanups, attended all the ANC meetings, volunteered at for and clothing drives, taught esol on weekends. Happy to do it because I loved my neighbors, the restaurants and shopping, and frankly helped my property values skyrocket. Then had a kid and realized I don't want him to get caught in a random drive-by at the park. I want him to be with other kids who have warm clothes and full bellies. So I moved to CCMD. Not saying that's the best or only place to get that. Some of my neighbors are transplants in the same way. We spent 15-20 years in DC and our lives changed, and CCMD was a great place for us to go. We love our neighbors and the restricts and shopping is just as good or better.

This is much more honest, although the "warm clothes and full bellies" thing is not what you really mean because as you point out, one does not need to move to CCMD for that.

I mean high (er) average SES. I'm not white and an immigrant so I like being around people of color like me. CCMD has a good mix of racial and cultural diversity that I wanted for my kids. I'd even argue there's more cultural diversity than where i can't from in DC bc it's more international here

Okay I'm taking you off my "honest" list. You mean high (no er) average SES. it's Chevy Chase for goodness sake. DC or MD, high (no er) average SES. Even for the area. The diversity thing is bonkers - CCMD is 85% white. Every other group is vastly underrepresented, for the area and for the nation but especially for the area. The international families in CCMD are wealthy global citizens - any cultural diversity your kids encounter will be limited to fun holiday or food related traditions. Again, it's a nice neighborhood! But call it what it is.

Ok it is a nice neighborhood, but we all agree that. The variable is what percentage of the points you brought up are make it nice or it is nice despite them

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Anonymous wrote:I lived in a marginal neighborhood in DC for 15 years Did monthly street cleanups, attended all the ANC meetings, volunteered at for and clothing drives, taught esol on weekends. Happy to do it because I loved my neighbors, the restaurants and shopping, and frankly helped my property values skyrocket. Then had a kid and realized I don't want him to get caught in a random drive-by at the park. I want him to be with other kids who have warm clothes and full bellies. So I moved to CCMD. Not saying that's the best or only place to get that. Some of my neighbors are transplants in the same way. We spent 15-20 years in DC and our lives changed, and CCMD was a great place for us to go. We love our neighbors and the restricts and shopping is just as good or better.

This is much more honest, although the "warm clothes and full bellies" thing is not what you really mean because as you point out, one does not need to move to CCMD for that.

I mean high (er) average SES. I'm not white and an immigrant so I like being around people of color like me. CCMD has a good mix of racial and cultural diversity that I wanted for my kids. I'd even argue there's more cultural diversity than where i can't from in DC bc it's more international here

Okay I'm taking you off my "honest" list. You mean high (no er) average SES. it's Chevy Chase for goodness sake. DC or MD, high (no er) average SES. Even for the area. The diversity thing is bonkers - CCMD is 85% white. Every other group is vastly underrepresented, for the area and for the nation but especially for the area. The international families in CCMD are wealthy global citizens - any cultural diversity your kids encounter will be limited to fun holiday or food related traditions. Again, it's a nice neighborhood! But call it what it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Translation: help! We were forced to move by Nestle from an awesome place in LA County and can’t f*** figure out why Chevy Chase is so “coveted.” Answer: because it, and n Arlington, are the best of the unimpressive housing options.

+1

The housing stock here blows.

Nice try to include Arlington in the discussion, but no. Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Great Falls, McLean, and Potomac are the area’s prestige suburbs. Arlington is second-tier.

Not true. But the area's housing stock still blows.

Always wonder where people are pointing to when they presume other areas have better housing stock. Lived in a lot of places, better housing stock at the same price generally means you're in an economically depressed area.

New York
New Jersey
Boston
Hartford, CT
Chicago
Portland, ME
Portland, OR

I could go on, but basically cities where growth happened organically over time and not in a big postwar rush.

Oh come on! There's lots of crappy houses in all of those places (Portland, OR? Are you f-ing clueless? Most houses there suck, big time!) and where you do get better stock at the same price (Chicago or Hartford), there's an obvious step down in the community's economic prospects.

Original point still stands, bub.