Anonymous wrote:Limousine liberals who would never rub elbows with the people they supposedly champion.

Awwww...you mad cause nobody wants to rub elbows with you Cletus?

Diversity. My kid's classroom looks and sounds like the United Nations. I love it.

Limousine liberals who would never rub elbows with the people they supposedly champion.

[quote=Anonymous]I think deterioration. I grew up here in 70s and 80s when there were several bars, clubs so you could go out, have fun, dance. There was a lot of diversity and I dont recall race being the big issue it is today. People got along. Schools were definitely better but part of that is that teachers had some power in the classroom, bad behavior was not tolerated and parents were stricter with kids and generally sided with the schools. There was more business, no one commuted to Virginia. One neighbor drove to DC and everyone thought that was rough. We lived in Wheaton. There were places to shop that catered to all incomes, much more open space and development was better thought out. We didnt have a gazillion retail stores, choices were less, but enough. We all lament the good old days, but its true, I would prefer my kids were growing up back then vs. today.[/quote]

MoCo was defacto segregated in the 1980s. There were not "race issues" back then from your perspective because you never really had to deal with a person of color as an equal.

[quote=Anonymous]I think deterioration. I grew up here in 70s and 80s when there were several bars, clubs so you could go out, have fun, dance. There was a lot of diversity and I dont recall race being the big issue it is today. People got along. Schools were definitely better but part of that is that teachers had some power in the classroom, bad behavior was not tolerated and parents were stricter with kids and generally sided with the schools. There was more business, no one commuted to Virginia. One neighbor drove to DC and everyone thought that was rough. We lived in Wheaton. There were places to shop that catered to all incomes, much more open space and development was better thought out. We didnt have a gazillion retail stores, choices were less, but enough. We all lament the good old days, but its true, I would prefer my kids were growing up back then vs. today.[/quote]

There wasn’t any diversity in the 80s though. It was 80% non-Hispanic white in 1987. You can move to somewhere like Havre de Grace and find a 1980s version of MoCo.

I think deterioration. I grew up here in 70s and 80s when there were several bars, clubs so you could go out, have fun, dance. There was a lot of diversity and I dont recall race being the big issue it is today. People got along. Schools were definitely better but part of that is that teachers had some power in the classroom, bad behavior was not tolerated and parents were stricter with kids and generally sided with the schools. There was more business, no one commuted to Virginia. One neighbor drove to DC and everyone thought that was rough. We lived in Wheaton. There were places to shop that catered to all incomes, much more open space and development was better thought out. We didnt have a gazillion retail stores, choices were less, but enough. We all lament the good old days, but its true, I would prefer my kids were growing up back then vs. today.

I think of obscenely high taxes.

I love how this thread is backfiring, OP.

When I think of MOCo, I think: Diversity, education, bustling urban environment, great restaurants, smart people.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Are you talking about Montgomery County Democrat voters?

Yes, we know, since you post this over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and OVER.

Actually, no. I didn't post the threads on Montgomery County's economic downturn, on the disaster that was electing Marc Elrich, on how Montgomery County represents the failure of SJW leftism. That was all you.

I grew up there and there used to be some electable Republicans around. Now it's run by the Politburo.

If the Republican Party in Montgomery County can't put up any candidates who are electable, then that says two things:

1. the Republican Party in Montgomery County can't put up any candidates who are electable
2. the electorate in Montgomery County chooses not to vote for the candidates the Republican Party in Montgomery County puts up

It's not because of the Politburo, or the people in Takoma Park, or the Apple Ballot. It's because the electorate in Montgomery County isn't buying what you're selling.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Are you talking about Montgomery County Democrat voters?

Yes, we know, since you post this over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and OVER.

Actually, no. I didn't post the threads on Montgomery County's economic downturn, on the disaster that was electing Marc Elrich, on how Montgomery County represents the failure of SJW leftism. That was all you.

I grew up there and there used to be some electable Republicans around. Now it's run by the Politburo.

Do you have a mental problem? No it was not "all me." You are weird.

I think of a place where my children were educated extremely well. A place where my children grew up knowing people of all types so they became tolerant and caring adults. A place that includes an urban life and a farm life.

I think of a place we as a family can get to the mountains and the beach pretty easily. A place my family can get to three airports for travel.

Is MC perfect politically no. That said today the White House put out a stock photo and said it was snowing in DC. Seriously I will take MC political views over the WH any day. Who lies about snow???!!

The USA doesn’t have a single socialist county or locale.

People who hurl that word about confuse public services and social safety net with socialism. These things are different from each other. Every nation should have robust public services and a comprehensive social safety net. They can additionally have a socialist nationalization of public works and companies if they vote for that, and other socialist appurtenances, but that’s separate from the first two.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many people live there? 900,000?

Why paint so many people with a broad brush. It’s stupid.

About 1.1 million.

What comes to mind when I think of Montgomery County is: home.

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Anonymous wrote:

Are you talking about Montgomery County Democrat voters?

Yes, we know, since you post this over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and OVER.

Actually, no. I didn't post the threads on Montgomery County's economic downturn, on the disaster that was electing Marc Elrich, on how Montgomery County represents the failure of SJW leftism. That was all you.

I grew up there and there used to be some electable Republicans around. Now it's run by the Politburo.

"Socialist" is a right wing dog whistle term. Nothing more. OP is a dick.