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I have commented earlier. Exurban portions of both NOVA and SOMD in the DC burbs, definitely have a southern dialect. I have lived in Charles County, Maryland. And it is very southern in feel. They even have Bojangles which is an iconic southern chain, you will not find anywhere north of DC.
People from New York and Boston think Philly sounds southern. Go figure.
Bethesda is very urban for a suburb. It's walkable, has an abundance of office space and has transit.
This should settle every side debate on this thread.
If you think Bethesda is urban, we're not even playing the same sport.
By Northeast and Chicago standards (since it got brought into this mix), Bethesda isn't urban. At all. It has a population density of 4,200. It is a walkable suburb with proper commercial coverage. But it's 100% suburban.
FYI- Northern Brookline, MA has a population density of 20,000. That is urban.
This should settle every side debate on this thread.
If you think Bethesda is urban, we're not even playing the same sport.
By Northeast and Chicago standards (since it got brought into this mix), Bethesda isn't urban. At all. It has a population density of 4,200. It is a walkable suburb with proper commercial coverage. But it's 100% suburban.
FYI- Brookline, MA has a population density of 20,000. That is urban.
Bethesda is literally about the same as Buckhead in the city of ATL. Bethesda is only a few miles outside of NW DC. It is more urban than suburban. It feels no different than NW DC. Are you saying places like Tenleytown and Friendship Heights in DC are the suburbs?
I mean Friendship Heights/Chevy Chase/Bethesda all border one another.
Because Bethesda feels like an extension of NW DC proper.
Just like Buckhead is for Atlanta.
It is like me saying Chestnut Hill, which is in NW Philadelphia and is very similar to NW DC, is not in the city, because it has SFH. *SMH
Location: That star on your map in the middle of the East Coast, DMV
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This should settle every side debate on this thread.
If you think Bethesda is urban, we're not even playing the same sport.
By Northeast and Chicago standards (since it got brought into this mix), Bethesda isn't urban. At all. It has a population density of 4,200. It is a walkable suburb with proper commercial coverage. But it's 100% suburban.
Bethesda is literally about the same as Buckhead in the city of ATL. Bethesda is only a few miles outside of NW DC. It is more urban than suburban. It feels no different than NW DC. Are you saying places like Tenleytown and Friendship in DC are the suburbs? Because Bethesda feels like an extension of NW DC proper.
Just like Buckhead is for Atlanta.
I'm saying that I've spent plenty of time in Bethesda to know that's not urban. There are many, many other suburbs that are urban in the cities we've talked about.
Somerville MA is urban
Evanston IL is urban
Watertown MA is urban
Oak Park IL is urban
Arlington MA is urban (arguable)
Bethesda is to DC, as Newton is to MA. Newton isn't, nor will it ever be, urban.
I'm saying that I've spent plenty of time in Bethesda to know that's not urban. There are many, many other suburbs that are urban in the cities we've talked about.
Somerville MA is urban
Evanston IL is urban
Watertown MA is urban
Oak Park IL is urban
Arlington MA is urban (arguable)
Bethesda is to DC, as Newton is to MA. Newton isn't, nor will it ever be, urban.
I love Bethesda, I am not dissing it. I have said if I moved back to the DMV, I would probably live there or Chevy Chase. But Bethesda is about as urban of a suburb as you get in the Mid Atlantic.
It doesn't mean Bethesda is urban guys. Bethesda is a suburb of DC. It is uniformly beautiful, established suburbia. A place where people built homes to get out of the city.
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