Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whether it’s going to Tysons, Total Wine, or to the movies I find myself going to Virginia way too often on the weekends. Sure it’s a 20 minute drive, but why go to Montgomery Mall or the AMC there when it is objectively a much nicer experience just over the bridge in Tysons? Why go to a grocery store that doesn’t sell wine, is understocked and stuck in the 80s like the Old Georgetown Rd Giant when I can be at the Tysons Wegman’s in 15-20 minutes and not have to go to a liquor store to buy Chardonnay.

Maryland politicians realize people in Maryland drive cars and that the richest people in Montgomery County live 10-20 minutes away from Tysons, right?

This is comical, because right next to that Giant that is "stuck in the 80s" is a store that you can buy your Chardonnay in about a 20 second walk, but you'd rather drive 20 minutes to VA?

I call troll

The point is that you shouldn’t have to go to another store to buy wine. It’s an anachronistic rule that makes no sense in a state that allows gambling and weed stores but doesn’t allow grocery stores to sell wine. If you lifted that rule the grocery stores would be nicer because wine and beer sales bring in a lot of revenue and they could use that money to fix up your aging grocery stores. Makes too much sense, I know.

Why is that Giant like that though? It’s next to million dollar homes. It is small, old, and had nothing in it.

Montgomery County could have nicer things, like the Westbard development. But your populace and your politicians seem insistent on curbing economic development at every turn. It’s no wonder you can’t even find the money to fix your pothole ridden roads or clean up the trash.

I never go to malls anyway.

I feel like you maybe should move to Virginia. You clearly prefer it there.

Anonymous wrote:You are why we need more toll roads. 495 is a nightmare on weekends. All we want to do is go hike at. Carderock but the traffic makes it too stressful.

Agreed.

VA needs to start tolling MD drivers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I despise 495 in VA. As soon as you approach the boarder the confusion over lanes tolls exits begins

I am the opposite. I am happy when I enter Virginia because the traffic congestions on the MD side drives drives me nuts! And honestly, I don't see what is so confusing to you. Take the local lanes if it's so hard. I-270 in MD has local lanes also, except free do not save any time. Are those confusing to you?

When I drive from Dulles the traffic is terrible on the VA side as well. Sometimes the toll lanes too because it all just ends at the bridge.

Anonymous wrote:Whether it’s going to Tysons, Total Wine, or to the movies I find myself going to Virginia way too often on the weekends. Sure it’s a 20 minute drive, but why go to Montgomery Mall or the AMC there when it is objectively a much nicer experience just over the bridge in Tysons? Why go to a grocery store that doesn’t sell wine, is understocked and stuck in the 80s like the Old Georgetown Rd Giant when I can be at the Tysons Wegman’s in 15-20 minutes and not have to go to a liquor store to buy Chardonnay.

Maryland politicians realize people in Maryland drive cars and that the richest people in Montgomery County live 10-20 minutes away from Tysons, right?

This is comical, because right next to that Giant that is "stuck in the 80s" is a store that you can buy your Chardonnay in about a 20 second walk, but you'd rather drive 20 minutes to VA?

I call troll

Anonymous wrote:If your life has reached the point where you're driving to other states because you think they have nicer grocery stores, I'd say it's time for you to move. We won't miss you.

+1

This whole post is either some kind of Virginia troll post or someone that should go ahead and move. I haven't been to Virginia in a few years. It really isn't that different.

If your life has reached the point where you're driving to other states because you think they have nicer grocery stores, I'd say it's time for you to move. We won't miss you.

^^ +1. Car registration fraud is a big issue in VA. Tons of people register their cars in MD to avoid the hefty VA car taxes. The fact that you're seeing so many MD plates highlights just how absurd it is that VA has the stupid car tax, which creates a massive incentive for people to avoid it.

Anonymous wrote:You’re not alone, OP, judging from the huge number of Maryland plates I see driving around my part of Nova - weekdays and weekends.

I live NOVA and see a lot of MD license plates. Tysons of course is the biggest employment hub outside of downtown DC. I would not be surprised if it overtakes it. Many companies moved out of DC during and after Covid. I also think there are those who live in VA but register vehicles in MD (if they have a trusted person with MD address) in order to avoid the high vehicle property taxes VA imposes a 5% tax on the value of the car - EVERY YEAR!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I despise 495 in VA. As soon as you approach the boarder the confusion over lanes tolls exits begins

I am the opposite. I am happy when I enter Virginia because the traffic congestions on the MD side drives drives me nuts! And honestly, I don't see what is so confusing to you. Take the local lanes if it's so hard. I-270 in MD has local lanes also, except free do not save any time. Are those confusing to you?

Not to get off topic, but at least VA has legible highway signs. I went to a UMD game a couple months ago and the signs for 495 from north NH Ave were barely painted. They looked literally 30 years old. Does MD not have money to replace basic infrastructure or clean the graffiti on the sound barriers along 495 or clean the plastic bags in the trees and the copious litter on 495? It looks like a different country when you travel
over there.

Anonymous wrote:I despise 495 in VA. As soon as you approach the boarder the confusion over lanes tolls exits begins

I am the opposite. I am happy when I enter Virginia because the traffic congestions on the MD side drives drives me nuts! And honestly, I don't see what is so confusing to you. Take the local lanes if it's so hard. I-270 in MD has local lanes also, except free do not save any time. Are those confusing to you?

We can get to Tyson’s, but we can’t get out.

Anonymous wrote:God help me if my panacea ever is Tyson’s corner.

Check out the olney Safeway.

Also you might want to reevaluate your life if you can’t go to a grocery store and not buy alcohol.

The Olney Safeway is 35-40 minutes away from River Road and 495 and much further away from Bethesda than Tysons, which is right across the river.

The Giant on Old Georgetown Rd that OP’s referring to would have been torn down and replaced decades ago in a comparable neighborhood in NW DC or Arlington, McLean, or Vienna or other places with similar HHIs. It is like seeing what the area looked like in 1985 when you step foot in there.

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Anonymous wrote:McLean grocery stores (Wegmans, Safeway, Giant, and Lidl) have a surprising number of cars with DC or MD license plates parked outside on the weekends. Ditto for Total Wine in McLean.

You all are weird. I never pay attention to anything about cars in the parking lots. I can't imagine anything more dreadful than walking around a parking lot and taking note of license plates.

This is the worst thing you can imagine (!!) yet you're calling other weird?