How about this: stop saying, "Silver Spring is great!" Instead, note what part of SS you are talking about. Some parts aren't great. Some are quite awful. Most parts aren't walkable to anything. Many parts aren't an easy commute to DC. That's my point, PP.

In addition, I don't go on threads about Olney, Wheaton, Takoma Park, or Shepherd Park and say "but in SS we have THIS!" It's just not relevant and I don't understand why you're doing it?

No one is talking anything away from Olney by discussing SS.

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Anonymous wrote:But SS is huge. You are talking about downtown SS, Woodside and four corners. But what about SS north of Woodside? East of Four Corners? What about White Oak? Bel Pre? Did you know that Leisure World is in SS? SS actually borders Olney....did you know that? It also borders Rockville.

What about the other neighborhoods do you want to know? Yes, SS is huge and those neighborhoods are a longer commute to DC. Yes, Leisure World is in SS and Olney borders northern SS.

Sorry. I didn't mean to bold that. By "those neighborhoods," I mean the other ones who mentioned.

Anonymous wrote:But SS is huge. You are talking about downtown SS, Woodside and four corners. But what about SS north of Woodside? East of Four Corners? What about White Oak? Bel Pre? Did you know that Leisure World is in SS? SS actually borders Olney....did you know that? It also borders Rockville.

What about the other neighborhoods do you want to know? Yes, SS is huge and those neighborhoods are a longer commute to DC. Yes, Leisure World is in SS and Olney borders northern SS.

Anonymous wrote:Re walk ability of Woodside or four corners:

We can walk to the Olney Town Center, three other shopping centers, grocery stores, restaurants, the library, school, the pool, parks, etc from our neighborhood, too. And our schools are excellent. While our commute to DC is probably 20 minutes more than from Woodside, and maybe 10 more than four corners, our house prices are much more affordable. Just saying.

If you are the Olney booster who posts here frequently in an effort to convince people to move to Olney and not Silver Spring, well, you seem kind of desperate.

Just sayin'.

Anonymous wrote:But SS is huge. You are talking about downtown SS, Woodside and four corners. But what about SS north of Woodside? East of Four Corners? What about White Oak? Bel Pre? Did you know that Leisure World is in SS? SS actually borders Olney....did you know that? It also borders Rockville.

Woodside Park PP here. I talked about Woodside, an area of Silver Spring - the subject of this thread.

Again - what is your point?

But SS is huge. You are talking about downtown SS, Woodside and four corners. But what about SS north of Woodside? East of Four Corners? What about White Oak? Bel Pre? Did you know that Leisure World is in SS? SS actually borders Olney....did you know that? It also borders Rockville.

Anonymous wrote:Driving to DC from Olney via Connecticut ave or 270 (depending on where you are heading in DC) is probably comparable to four corners. It's relevant because SS residents are prattling on about walk ability...in Woodside? Ok. Four corners? Um, not so much.

Not really. It is not comparable at all.

No one is "prattling on" about anything. We are all talking about Silver Spring - the subject of the thread.

Anonymous wrote:Driving to DC from Olney via Connecticut ave or 270 (depending on where you are heading in DC) is probably comparable to four corners. It's relevant because SS residents are prattling on about walk ability...in Woodside? Ok. Four corners? Um, not so much.

This thread was not really about walkability, other than couple posts. Depending on where you are in Four Corners, you can walk a few places -- nowhere special. I don't think anyone buys in FC looking for walkability. It is certainly a much easier drive to DC and much closer to public transit. I am south of the nightmare intersection so I don't have to deal with it. It definitely makes a difference in my commute -- just take SCP to Colesville and I'm on 16th St. in literally minutes.

House prices aren't comparable. You get a much larger house in Olney than in SS for the money....unless you are in a bad part of SS (ie: you can get a 5 bedroom colonial in 20906 super cheap...but you're probably in a title I school).

Driving to DC from Olney via Connecticut ave or 270 (depending on where you are heading in DC) is probably comparable to four corners. It's relevant because SS residents are prattling on about walk ability...in Woodside? Ok. Four corners? Um, not so much.

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Anonymous wrote:Re walk ability of Woodside or four corners:

We can walk to the Olney Town Center, three other shopping centers, grocery stores, restaurants, the library, school, the pool, parks, etc from our neighborhood, too. And our schools are excellent. While our commute to DC is probably 20 minutes more than from Woodside, and maybe 10 more than four corners, our house prices are much more affordable. Just saying.

I love Olney, but come on. It is almost 10 miles from Four Corners to the south tip of Olney.

Yes, Olney seems like a nice place, but it's definitely more than an extra 10 minutes to downtown DC. Also, I think house prices are fairly comparable.

Anonymous wrote:Re walk ability of Woodside or four corners:

We can walk to the Olney Town Center, three other shopping centers, grocery stores, restaurants, the library, school, the pool, parks, etc from our neighborhood, too. And our schools are excellent. While our commute to DC is probably 20 minutes more than from Woodside, and maybe 10 more than four corners, our house prices are much more affordable. Just saying.

I love Olney, but come on. It is almost 10 miles from Four Corners to the south tip of Olney.

Anonymous wrote:Re walk ability of Woodside or four corners:

We can walk to the Olney Town Center, three other shopping centers, grocery stores, restaurants, the library, school, the pool, parks, etc from our neighborhood, too. And our schools are excellent. While our commute to DC is probably 20 minutes more than from Woodside, and maybe 10 more than four corners, our house prices are much more affordable. Just saying.

And this is relevant ... how?

Re walk ability of Woodside or four corners:

We can walk to the Olney Town Center, three other shopping centers, grocery stores, restaurants, the library, school, the pool, parks, etc from our neighborhood, too. And our schools are excellent. While our commute to DC is probably 20 minutes more than from Woodside, and maybe 10 more than four corners, our house prices are much more affordable. Just saying.