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Anonymous wrote:I am walking through this evening and the place smells like weed again. What does it take for Montgomery County to get this right. The Gelato place is closed now.

Yawn. How did you nostrils survive such a heinous beating by marijuana? Maybe Dump should send in the guard to liberate DTSS. "Make DTSS Safe Again!"

Not that poster, but there is one house in my neighborhood (larger lots, single family homes, so not squeezed in tight), and I truly cannot breathe as I walk the block past it. I have no idea why it would feel so concentrated out at the curb/sidewalk like that. I have no underlying conditions like asthma, etc. But I cannot breathe. There are other areas where people smoke in the neighborhood where the smell annoys me, but I can still breathe. So I just deal with it. But it makes me wonder about areas that seem to hold the smoke and/or areas that affect people with underlying respiratory conditions who need to deal with it on a regular basis. If there were retail areas that caused that much discomfort for me, I would definitely avoid them.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this just what you do when you get old?

I live in Bethesda and all the old farts complain about “how great Bethesda used to be”. It’s basically the same as it was 10 or even 20 years ago and it’s still good.

Downtown SS also seems pretty much the same as it was 10 years ago.

Bethesda is just as bad as downtown Silver Spring. People walking around with guns , robbing people and car jacking. An eighteen year old kid from Bethesda got nine years in jail for carjacking.

Old fart has entered the discussion.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this just what you do when you get old?

I live in Bethesda and all the old farts complain about “how great Bethesda used to be”. It’s basically the same as it was 10 or even 20 years ago and it’s still good.

Downtown SS also seems pretty much the same as it was 10 years ago.

Bethesda is just as bad as downtown Silver Spring. People walking around with guns , robbing people and car jacking. An eighteen year old kid from Bethesda got nine years in jail for carjacking.

Why do I never have any issues when I regularly spend time with my family in DTSS or Bethesda? It must be a YOU thing.

Anonymous wrote:I love DTSS. Please stay away if you’re so bothered by the sight of people with a lower SES. Thanks!

Why dobyou assume the pot smokers were lower SES. That's very racist of you.

Anonymous wrote:Is this just what you do when you get old?

I live in Bethesda and all the old farts complain about “how great Bethesda used to be”. It’s basically the same as it was 10 or even 20 years ago and it’s still good.

Downtown SS also seems pretty much the same as it was 10 years ago.

Bethesda is just as bad as downtown Silver Spring. People walking around with guns , robbing people and car jacking. An eighteen year old kid from Bethesda got nine years in jail for carjacking.

Is this just what you do when you get old?

I live in Bethesda and all the old farts complain about “how great Bethesda used to be”. It’s basically the same as it was 10 or even 20 years ago and it’s still good.

Downtown SS also seems pretty much the same as it was 10 years ago.

I smell pot in the county stairwells. Kids probably hide there and do their thing. But be careful when using the county parking lots. People are getting robbed in them. One person was killed in one.

I love DTSS. Please stay away if you’re so bothered by the sight of people with a lower SES. Thanks!

Anonymous wrote:The problems will resolve when you have a solid police presence. Meaning officers walking a beat. Interacting with the patrons out and about. Dispersing people loitering and ticketing the pot smokers. And yes pot smoking smell in public is nasty.

Now you know what that means. Over whelmingly people of color will be the largest group to be ticketed.

But that’s the make up of the area. We should have active police walking all major areas. Silver spring. Bethesda, Rockville town center, etc.

Once it is known there is an active policing then the folks just loitering will find some other area. Maybe they can head back to DC.

Is that what the smell is? So, it's not body odor?

The problems will resolve when you have a solid police presence. Meaning officers walking a beat. Interacting with the patrons out and about. Dispersing people loitering and ticketing the pot smokers. And yes pot smoking smell in public is nasty.

Now you know what that means. Over whelmingly people of color will be the largest group to be ticketed.

But that’s the make up of the area. We should have active police walking all major areas. Silver spring. Bethesda, Rockville town center, etc.

Once it is known there is an active policing then the folks just loitering will find some other area. Maybe they can head back to DC.

Anonymous wrote:I've got to think that a lot of the problems will resolve when they finish the Purple Line. I live nearby and agree it's a mess right now. But the neighborhoods surrounding it remain nice (and getting nicer, lots of renovations, young families, etc) so I think the retail/restaurant mix will improve once all the horrible construction is done.

You think problems will resolve with a new metro line?

Anonymous wrote:Imagine being so fragile that you smell a smell you personally dislike and it causes you so much trauma you run to an online message board to complain.


I bet you're a Republican boomer too. The generation that won't shut up with the "participation trophy" BS and the party that won't shut up with the "snowflake" BS yet falls apart entirely because of a smell.


What happens if someone farts around you? Should we put you on suicide watch?

Not op but Im a liberal millenial and avoid places- like dtss- that regularly smell like pot. It makes me want to gag. Had the same issue with cigarettes when i was a kid- couldnt go into resturaunts or hotel rooms that had that smell.

Why cant we have public spaces that down smell like pot?

Anonymous wrote:I am walking through this evening and the place smells like weed again. What does it take for Montgomery County to get this right. The Gelato place is closed now.

Yawn. How did you nostrils survive such a heinous beating by marijuana? Maybe Dump should send in the guard to liberate DTSS. "Make DTSS Safe Again!"

Anonymous wrote:What in the world is downtown Wheaton? Like where Safeway is?

The mall area, probably. Or the rec center/library if there is anything else around there. On the exit 31 ramp off 495, there is a sign: Arts District pointing towards Wheaton. Where is the Arts District in Wheaton?

What in the world is downtown Wheaton? Like where Safeway is?