Anonymous
03/14/2026 20:18
Subject: MD Resident Only Shops in VA
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?
Amen from Fort Washington to Alexandria I go. Very odd.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 19:24
Subject: Re:MD Resident Only Shops in VA
It’s sad that these MD boosters call every criticism VA trolling when even their County Executive admits MoCo needs to be more like NoVa.
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/04/25/state-of-the-county-2025/
Elrich repeats refrain: County needs to be more like Northern Virginia
“We need to attract investment. … We can spend less, but we’ll build less, and we’ll serve fewer people,” Elrich said to an audience of more than 100 people at the Leggett County Executive Building in Rockville. “These other jurisdictions have figured it out. They’ve restructured their tax base so they can make long-term investments to support business and housing, and we’ve seen the results in Northern Virginia.”
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/04/25/state-of-the-county-2025/
Elrich repeats refrain: County needs to be more like Northern Virginia
“We need to attract investment. … We can spend less, but we’ll build less, and we’ll serve fewer people,” Elrich said to an audience of more than 100 people at the Leggett County Executive Building in Rockville. “These other jurisdictions have figured it out. They’ve restructured their tax base so they can make long-term investments to support business and housing, and we’ve seen the results in Northern Virginia.”
Anonymous
03/14/2026 19:20
Subject: Re:MD Resident Only Shops in VA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MD resident. I can walk to Total Wine in Friendship Heights. There’s a Wegman’s not far from me in DC and another one at Twinbrook. I haven’t been to Virginia to shop in years. Whatever works.
This is now the second post that defends MD shopping by referencing stores in DC. The same ones actually.
Pike and Rose IPC is going out of business. The only two theatres within 5-10 miles of Bethesda are the Landmark in Bethesda and the Montgomery Mall AMC. Why deal with the parking issues in Bethesda or the sad depressing state of the AMC in Mont Mall when I can take DD to the Boro, AMC Tysons or the Tysons Galleria CMX, all of which are much nicer than anything in Bethesda? Those are 15-20 minutes from me because of my proximity to River Road exit. The Mosaic theater is 5 minutes further and it has great restaurants and a Neiman and Bloomingdale’s outlet and a Target that’s nicer than anything in MD in the same complex.
The only grocery store besides Whole Foods that’s worth going to in all of MoCo is the Westbard Giant. Everyplace else looks like it would have been torn down in McLean or North Arlington 10 years ago.
Stick your head in the sand all you want and brag about never going to Tysons. A lack of perspective and curiosity isn’t something to brag about.
You get your perspective and curiosity by visiting shopping malls and grocery stores? Charming.
As PPs have noted it’s a lot more than that. The public infrastructure is far better, whether we’re talking about lack of potholes on roads and highways in good repair, public transit, reliability of the power grid, streetlights. We could go on. The only thing Maryland has going for it is that a small portion of MoCo has historic homes and nice parks. But all of MoCo’s advantages were secured 50+ years ago. Currently - whether it’s school development, public infrastructure, or private economic development - MD is woefully underperforming VA.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 18:18
Subject: Re:MD Resident Only Shops in VA
Anonymous wrote:MD resident. I can walk to Total Wine in Friendship Heights. There’s a Wegman’s not far from me in DC and another one at Twinbrook. I haven’t been to Virginia to shop in years. Whatever works.
Hello neighbor. Same.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 18:15
Subject: Re:MD Resident Only Shops in VA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MD resident. I can walk to Total Wine in Friendship Heights. There’s a Wegman’s not far from me in DC and another one at Twinbrook. I haven’t been to Virginia to shop in years. Whatever works.
This is now the second post that defends MD shopping by referencing stores in DC. The same ones actually.
Pike and Rose IPC is going out of business. The only two theatres within 5-10 miles of Bethesda are the Landmark in Bethesda and the Montgomery Mall AMC. Why deal with the parking issues in Bethesda or the sad depressing state of the AMC in Mont Mall when I can take DD to the Boro, AMC Tysons or the Tysons Galleria CMX, all of which are much nicer than anything in Bethesda? Those are 15-20 minutes from me because of my proximity to River Road exit. The Mosaic theater is 5 minutes further and it has great restaurants and a Neiman and Bloomingdale’s outlet and a Target that’s nicer than anything in MD in the same complex.
The only grocery store besides Whole Foods that’s worth going to in all of MoCo is the Westbard Giant. Everyplace else looks like it would have been torn down in McLean or North Arlington 10 years ago.
Stick your head in the sand all you want and brag about never going to Tysons. A lack of perspective and curiosity isn’t something to brag about.
You get your perspective and curiosity by visiting shopping malls and grocery stores? Charming.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 18:14
Subject: Re:MD Resident Only Shops in VA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Stick your head in the sand all you want and brag about never going to Tysons. A lack of perspective and curiosity isn’t something to brag about.
You get your perspective and curiosity by visiting shopping malls and grocery stores? Charming.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 18:02
Subject: Re:MD Resident Only Shops in VA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MD resident. I can walk to Total Wine in Friendship Heights. There’s a Wegman’s not far from me in DC and another one at Twinbrook. I haven’t been to Virginia to shop in years. Whatever works.
This is now the second post that defends MD shopping by referencing stores in DC. The same ones actually.
Pike and Rose IPC is going out of business. The only two theatres within 5-10 miles of Bethesda are the Landmark in Bethesda and the Montgomery Mall AMC. Why deal with the parking issues in Bethesda or the sad depressing state of the AMC in Mont Mall when I can take DD to the Boro, AMC Tysons or the Tysons Galleria CMX, all of which are much nicer than anything in Bethesda? Those are 15-20 minutes from me because of my proximity to River Road exit. The Mosaic theater is 5 minutes further and it has great restaurants and a Neiman and Bloomingdale’s outlet and a Target that’s nicer than anything in MD in the same complex.
The only grocery store besides Whole Foods that’s worth going to in all of MoCo is the Westbard Giant. Everyplace else looks like it would have been torn down in McLean or North Arlington 10 years ago.
Stick your head in the sand all you want and brag about never going to Tysons. A lack of perspective and curiosity isn’t something to brag about.
No defense needed. Just pointing out options for anyone who might not know that two of these options have opened fairly recently.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 11:31
Subject: MD Resident Only Shops in VA
There was a mattress on MD 495 that was a running joke it was out there so long.
And I agree 100% about the stupid alcohol blue laws. They are so ridiculously outdated and probably if you follow the money, that's why they are still there.
If it makes y'all feel better, when I moved from VA to MD it took me ages to sort out the registration. So I had VA and was paying property tax in VA. So it goes both ways. There are cheaters but the state also benefit from slowpokes.
And I agree 100% about the stupid alcohol blue laws. They are so ridiculously outdated and probably if you follow the money, that's why they are still there.
If it makes y'all feel better, when I moved from VA to MD it took me ages to sort out the registration. So I had VA and was paying property tax in VA. So it goes both ways. There are cheaters but the state also benefit from slowpokes.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 11:20
Subject: MD Resident Only Shops in VA
Anonymous wrote:There’s too many blacks and browns in MD. I feel much safer at Tysons.
Interesting preference. Lots of people in burqas at Tysons.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 09:53
Subject: MD Resident Only Shops in VA
Why don't you call Giant and ask why that store isn't renovated? It's a small store so it might not have much space for reworking it, and it's between two much larger stores (in downtown Bethesda and on Rockville Pike), and so it might not be high on Giant's priority list. Or perhaps there's an issue related to the lease, and so Giant is unsure how long it will continue to operate there. I doubt it has anything to do with some master plan by Giant to make its Maryland stores inferior to its Virginia stores.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 09:22
Subject: MD Resident Only Shops in VA
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.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 08:10
Subject: MD Resident Only Shops in VA
I never go to malls anyway.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 07:46
Subject: MD Resident Only Shops in VA
I feel like you maybe should move to Virginia. You clearly prefer it there.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 07:11
Subject: MD Resident Only Shops in VA
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
03/14/2026 06:15
Subject: MD Resident Only Shops in VA
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.