White Flight in Bowie?! (Columbia, Bethesda: health insurance, crime, lawyers)

[live_strong28]

Originally Posted by lscalder

Bowie is Affluent because the average house hold income is 100k a yr. The median income in America is $50k a yr so Bowie is way over the nations median income per household.
So please get your facts straight.

Here's Bowie's median income:

Bowie,Maryland Neighborhoods and Bowie Neighborhood Statistics

Here's McLean's median income:

Mclean,Virginia Neighborhoods and Mclean Neighborhood Statistics

Here's Great Falls:

Great Falls,Virginia Neighborhoods and Great Falls Neighborhood Statistics

Here's Potomac:

Potomac,Maryland Neighborhoods and Potomac Neighborhood Statistics

Here's Bethesda:

Bethesda,Maryland Neighborhoods and Bethesda Neighborhood Statistics

Here's Chevy Chase:

Chevy Chase,Maryland Neighborhoods and Chevy Chase Neighborhood Statistics

Result: Bowie is not even close.

[live_strong28]

Originally Posted by irvine

True, but live_strong 28's point might be that relative to Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Upper NW, etc it is not nearly as "affluent." So it's an issue of semantics I guess.

Actually no...I don't know how much more clear I can be.

Originally Posted by live_strong28

Calling Bowie affluent is misleading. It may be "affluent" relative to other areas in PG, but not affluent relative to affluent areas in other counties.

[irvine]

Originally Posted by live_strong28

Actually no...I don't know how much more clear I can be.

And so by saying that Bowie is "not affluent affluent relative to affluent areas in other counties," one can deduce that it is not as affluent as Bethesda, etc. I agree, and I don't think what I said undercuts your points, that in PG county it is "affluent" relative to other areas in the county, and that Bowie does not approach the affluence of Chevy Chase, Bethesda, etc.

[lscalder]

Bowie is Affulent if you compare it to other area in Maryland and Nationwide. For an area to be majority Black and the median income is well over 100K that is good.

Those who do not think Bowie is Affulent I bet they make less then the Median income which is 100k Per household.

[live_strong28]

Originally Posted by lscalder

Bowie is Affulent if you compare it to other area in Maryland and Nationwide. For an area to be majority Black and the median income is well over 100K that is good.

Those who do not think Bowie is Affulent I bet they make less then the Median income which is 100k Per household.

Well yeah, and if you compare a kid working in McDonald's to a homeless man, then that kid is affluent also, but that's not the point.

The point is that when you look at the WMA area, and you compare areas of affluence in PG vs. MC (Potomac, Bethesda, & CC) vs. FFX Cty (McLean & Great Falls), Bowie is doing well, but is nowhere near what those affluent areas average.

Also, here's a scary thing. Check all the links below and compare the median value of the homes in those zip codes.

Bowie has a median value of homes in the high $300's to mid $400's. All the other areas in other counties have a median home value in the $1-2 million.

That means the demand for homes/investment in a Bowie home isn't worth as much relatively speaking.

Here's Bowie:

Bowie,Maryland Neighborhoods and Bowie Neighborhood Statistics

Here's McLean:

Mclean,Virginia Neighborhoods and Mclean Neighborhood Statistics

Here's Great Falls:

Great Falls,Virginia Neighborhoods and Great Falls Neighborhood Statistics

Here's Potomac:

Potomac,Maryland Neighborhoods and Potomac Neighborhood Statistics

Here's Bethesda:

Bethesda,Maryland Neighborhoods and Bethesda Neighborhood Statistics

Here's Chevy Chase:

Chevy Chase,Maryland Neighborhoods and Chevy Chase Neighborhood Statistics

[live_strong28]

Originally Posted by irvine

And so by saying that Bowie is "not affluent affluent relative to affluent areas in other counties," one can deduce that it is not as affluent as Bethesda, etc. I agree, and I don't think what I said undercuts your points, that in PG county it is "affluent" relative to other areas in the county, and that Bowie does not approach the affluence of Chevy Chase, Bethesda, etc.

Yes, you understand logic.

[TuborgP]

The OP may want to consider which county has the most solid economic viability moving forward in the current economic environment. Which county is best able to maintain the level of service currently being enjoyed or was enjoyed recently. Especially schools!

[live_strong28]

Originally Posted by TuborgP

The OP may want to consider which county has the most solid economic viability moving forward in the current economic environment. Which county is best able to maintain the level of service currently being enjoyed or was enjoyed recently. Especially schools!

Generally speaking, that would be where the housing is the most expensive. That usually indicates where the best schools, best services, best governance, proximity to jobs, lowest crime, best retail options, etc. are located.

Homes would not hold their value if the demand wasn't there.

[TuborgP]

Just wondering. If PG is so affluent why do they need so much Thornton money for the schools? Where does PG rank in per capita poverty compared to other Maryland counties and Northern Virginia? Is there affluence reasonably distributed or are there enclaves of wealth or poverty and if so which is larger?

[TuborgP]

Originally Posted by live_strong28

Generally speaking, that would be where the housing is the most expensive. That usually indicates where the best schools, best services, best governance, proximity to jobs, lowest crime, best retail options, etc. are located.

Homes would not hold their value if the demand wasn't there.

Well there goes PG off their list if they follow your advice!