Anonymous wrote:Did anyone get their assessments in the mail. I feel sick. 🙄

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone get their assessments in the mail. I feel sick. 🙄

Why? The assessed value of your home decreased?

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone get their assessments in the mail. I feel sick. 🙄

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve made a couple of posts on this thread. I’m in MoCo. Have lived here for more than 20 years as an adult post college / grad school and lived here in high school too. It’s on the decline by every measure. More poverty, more crime (yes, some improvement to violent crime in the last couple of years, but thefts / lesser crime still an issue), infrastructure is deteriorating, and schools, what drew me to the area as a parent, have slid significantly. We were once the top school system in the region - no longer.

No, I’m not MAGA. I’m a proud Dem.
No, I’m not in NoVa.
And, no, I’m not anti-MoCo. To the contrary!

But concerns like mine are dismissed on this thread and by our leadership. Yes, looking at you Fani Gonzalez. I will vote accordingly until I can move out of the county.

All of your measures of decline are true pretty much everywhere you go in the DMV. I'm not sure what measure you're using for "top school system," but head over to the schools forum, and you'll find tons of dissatisfaction with Arlington and Fairfax also. I wouldn't blame anyone for moving away from the DMV because I don't think this is an ideal region to live except for having a good job market, but we have jobs we like and we like our neighborhood, so for as long as we're in this region, we're happy in MoCo.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax going downhill fast:

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/12/22/delayed-data-shows-jump-in-fairfax-joblessness-as-regions-federal-workforce-shrinks/

Arlington also going downhill fast:

https://www.arlnow.com/2025/10/02/arlington-unemployment-up-38-over-2024-as-regional-leaders-brace-for-more/

Alexandria was already awful, now it's even worse:

https://www.alxnow.com/2025/09/24/federal-downsizing-hits-alexandria-hardest-among-virginia-suburbs-study-shows/

It’s cute that you keep on cherry picking stories and not posting related stories that address the growing unemployment in Montgomery County, but those of us who have lived in the area for 30-40 years have noticed a precipice decline in Montgomery County, while places like Arlington, Alexandria, Tysons, Falls Church, and the entirety of Loudoun County have grown so much economically that they have 4 of the top 10 richest counties per median household income in the country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States

Montgomery County, which used to be #1 in the nation, is trailing Stafford County and Calvert County now, both places that used to literally be known to have a fair share of rednecks in trailers flying Confederate flags in the 80s and 90s.

People like you who post these stupid statistics I don’t even believe that you lived here in the 80s.

decline?

In the 80s, high school students were allowed to smoke in schools. My brother took a glass blowing glass where he made bongs in high school . Kids were not getting into Ivy League schools. Gaithersburg was Calvert county.

In the 80s Montgomery County was the richest county in the country. Your personal anecdotes don’t change the data.

In the 1980s people were flying large Confederate flags on 395 south of Springfield and literally living in trailer parks in counties that have no passed Montgomery County in median household income.

If America went from #1 to #20 in median household income over a 30-40 year period voters would be livid and there would possibly be political unrest in the streets. For some reason most Montgomery County voters don’t care or worse yet welcome this depressing decline. It makes no sense, but here we are.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve made a couple of posts on this thread. I’m in MoCo. Have lived here for more than 20 years as an adult post college / grad school and lived here in high school too. It’s on the decline by every measure. More poverty, more crime (yes, some improvement to violent crime in the last couple of years, but thefts / lesser crime still an issue), infrastructure is deteriorating, and schools, what drew me to the area as a parent, have slid significantly. We were once the top school system in the region - no longer.

No, I’m not MAGA. I’m a proud Dem.
No, I’m not in NoVa.
And, no, I’m not anti-MoCo. To the contrary!

But concerns like mine are dismissed on this thread and by our leadership. Yes, looking at you Fani Gonzalez. I will vote accordingly until I can move out of the county.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax going downhill fast:

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/12/22/delayed-data-shows-jump-in-fairfax-joblessness-as-regions-federal-workforce-shrinks/

Arlington also going downhill fast:

https://www.arlnow.com/2025/10/02/arlington-unemployment-up-38-over-2024-as-regional-leaders-brace-for-more/

Alexandria was already awful, now it's even worse:

https://www.alxnow.com/2025/09/24/federal-downsizing-hits-alexandria-hardest-among-virginia-suburbs-study-shows/

It’s cute that you keep on cherry picking stories and not posting related stories that address the growing unemployment in Montgomery County, but those of us who have lived in the area for 30-40 years have noticed a precipice decline in Montgomery County, while places like Arlington, Alexandria, Tysons, Falls Church, and the entirety of Loudoun County have grown so much economically that they have 4 of the top 10 richest counties per median household income in the country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States

Montgomery County, which used to be #1 in the nation, is trailing Stafford County and Calvert County now, both places that used to literally be known to have a fair share of rednecks in trailers flying Confederate flags in the 80s and 90s.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax going downhill fast:

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/12/22/delayed-data-shows-jump-in-fairfax-joblessness-as-regions-federal-workforce-shrinks/

Arlington also going downhill fast:

https://www.arlnow.com/2025/10/02/arlington-unemployment-up-38-over-2024-as-regional-leaders-brace-for-more/

Alexandria was already awful, now it's even worse:

https://www.alxnow.com/2025/09/24/federal-downsizing-hits-alexandria-hardest-among-virginia-suburbs-study-shows/

It’s cute that you keep on cherry picking stories and not posting related stories that address the growing unemployment in Montgomery County, but those of us who have lived in the area for 30-40 years have noticed a precipice decline in Montgomery County, while places like Arlington, Alexandria, Tysons, Falls Church, and the entirety of Loudoun County have grown so much economically that they have 4 of the top 10 richest counties per median household income in the country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States

Montgomery County, which used to be #1 in the nation, is trailing Stafford County and Calvert County now, both places that used to literally be known to have a fair share of rednecks in trailers flying Confederate flags in the 80s and 90s.

People like you who post these stupid statistics I don’t even believe that you lived here in the 80s.

decline?

In the 80s, high school students were allowed to smoke in schools. My brother took a glass blowing glass where he made bongs in high school . Kids were not getting into Ivy League schools. Gaithersburg was Calvert county.

In the 80s Montgomery County was the richest county in the country. Your personal anecdotes don’t change the data.

In the 1980s people were flying large Confederate flags on 395 south of Springfield and literally living in trailer parks in counties that have no passed Montgomery County in median household income.

If America went from #1 to #20 in median household income over a 30-40 year period voters would be livid and there would possibly be political unrest in the streets. For some reason most Montgomery County voters don’t care or worse yet welcome this depressing decline. It makes no sense, but here we are.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Moco is on the Baltimore city game plan. Just look to balt city if you want to see the future of moco.

Racists like YOU hate it? Yes please! Yes you’re racist. Your mother lied to you, you’re a bad person.

A lot of cope and deflection but no answers. Why did it slip from the richest county in the country to poorer than Calvert County and Stafford County?

Current Rankings:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States

I’ve noticed a trend on this board from people that are in north Virginia. They seem to have an inferiority complex about MoCo. People in MoCo rarely think about NoVa or post about it but people from there seem to be obsessed with Montgomery county. It’s truly a mental illness.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax going downhill fast:

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/12/22/delayed-data-shows-jump-in-fairfax-joblessness-as-regions-federal-workforce-shrinks/

Arlington also going downhill fast:

https://www.arlnow.com/2025/10/02/arlington-unemployment-up-38-over-2024-as-regional-leaders-brace-for-more/

Alexandria was already awful, now it's even worse:

https://www.alxnow.com/2025/09/24/federal-downsizing-hits-alexandria-hardest-among-virginia-suburbs-study-shows/

It’s cute that you keep on cherry picking stories and not posting related stories that address the growing unemployment in Montgomery County, but those of us who have lived in the area for 30-40 years have noticed a precipice decline in Montgomery County, while places like Arlington, Alexandria, Tysons, Falls Church, and the entirety of Loudoun County have grown so much economically that they have 4 of the top 10 richest counties per median household income in the country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States

Montgomery County, which used to be #1 in the nation, is trailing Stafford County and Calvert County now, both places that used to literally be known to have a fair share of rednecks in trailers flying Confederate flags in the 80s and 90s.

People like you who post these stupid statistics I don’t even believe that you lived here in the 80s.

decline?

In the 80s, high school students were allowed to smoke in schools. My brother took a glass blowing glass where he made bongs in high school . Kids were not getting into Ivy League schools. Gaithersburg was Calvert county.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax going downhill fast:

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/12/22/delayed-data-shows-jump-in-fairfax-joblessness-as-regions-federal-workforce-shrinks/

Arlington also going downhill fast:

https://www.arlnow.com/2025/10/02/arlington-unemployment-up-38-over-2024-as-regional-leaders-brace-for-more/

Alexandria was already awful, now it's even worse:

https://www.alxnow.com/2025/09/24/federal-downsizing-hits-alexandria-hardest-among-virginia-suburbs-study-shows/

It’s cute that you keep on cherry picking stories and not posting related stories that address the growing unemployment in Montgomery County, but those of us who have lived in the area for 30-40 years have noticed a precipice decline in Montgomery County, while places like Arlington, Alexandria, Tysons, Falls Church, and the entirety of Loudoun County have grown so much economically that they have 4 of the top 10 richest counties per median household income in the country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States

Montgomery County, which used to be #1 in the nation, is trailing Stafford County and Calvert County now, both places that used to literally be known to have a fair share of rednecks in trailers flying Confederate flags in the 80s and 90s.

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax going downhill fast:

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/12/22/delayed-data-shows-jump-in-fairfax-joblessness-as-regions-federal-workforce-shrinks/

Arlington also going downhill fast:

https://www.arlnow.com/2025/10/02/arlington-unemployment-up-38-over-2024-as-regional-leaders-brace-for-more/

Alexandria was already awful, now it's even worse:

https://www.alxnow.com/2025/09/24/federal-downsizing-hits-alexandria-hardest-among-virginia-suburbs-study-shows/