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All of Nova looks like the pristine New South to me.
The southern half of PG and all of Charles County are undeniably southern, at times very southern.
MoCO and DC feel northern. MoCo sees the immigrant diversity, heavy-handed progressivism, white flight and architecture of the urban north.
Baltimore area looks very northern but has more Appalachian and Eastern Shore influence, culturally.
Not sure I necessarily agree with MoCo having the architecture of the urban north but I don't want to derail this thread. DC itself is really a mix of North and South.
MoCO and DC feel northern. MoCo sees the immigrant diversity, heavy-handed progressivism, white flight and architecture of the urban north.
Interesting. Montgomery County feels a good bit like NoVA to me, and definitely in terms of architecture; I don't really see anything reminiscent of the urban north there. Rockville Town Center, Downtown Silver Spring, and the Kentlands in Gaithersburg are all New Urbanist developments and while Bethesda's downtown has a more organic feel, it largely consists of newer mixed-use commercial development. Modern multifamily in the cores of Bethesda and Silver Spring give way to SFH neighborhoods and garden apartments with rowhouses nowhere to be seen. The suburban I-270 Biotech Corridor is more RTP and less Kendall Square. Also the SFH stock in MoCo tends to be newer than most comparable areas in the urban North from my perspective.
Places like old silver spring, Chevy Chase and Bethesda all can feel pretty Newton MA Northern NJ at points. Cottage city and Edmondson are really unique. The old money street car areas in those burbs. Rockville and Whitehall and stuff, the newer router MoCo not so much. Hyattsville is a mix.
Places like old silver spring, Chevy Chase and Bethesda all can feel pretty Newton MA Northern NJ at points. Cottage city and Edmondson are really unique. The old money street car areas in those burbs. Rockville and Whitehall and stuff, the newer router MoCo not so much. Hyattsville is a mix.
I agree that old money Chevy Chase and Bethesda feel like the affluent suburban North but when I think of Northern urban suburban areas, Camden, Newark, and JC come to mind for me and it's that gritty, industrial element that they have (mostly Camden and Newark) which is lacking in the DC suburbs for reasons well understood.
And stop trying to take Hyattsville from PG. They can have nice things too lol.
I agree that old money Chevy Chase and Bethesda feel like the affluent suburban North but when I think of Northern urban suburban areas, Camden, Newark, and JC come to mind for me and it's that gritty, industrial element that they have (mostly Camden and Newark) which is lacking in the DC suburbs for reasons well understood.
And stop trying to take Hyattsville from PG. They can have nice things too lol.
Those aren’t suburbs though. We wouldn’t call those suburbs.
Those are cities, and no there’s nothing like northern edge cities in Maryland.
Oh yea Im Always gonna associate Hyattsville with MoCo i don’t care lmao.
Irvington and East Orange are some of my favorite places because they give me crazy Roxbury/Dorchester vibes but a little more gritty like ~2008 Boston lol. Its nearly identical archtiecture/density. It's impressive to see Irvington getting new developments but honestly, that whole region is awesome and undervalued. It only makes sense some of the development from Maplewood would reach into Irvington.
Nice to see a local West African getting in on things early.
Irvington and East Orange are some of my favorite places because they give me crazy Roxbury/Dorchester vibes but a little more gritty like ~2008 Boston lol. Its nearly identical archtiecture/density. It's impressive to see Irvington getting new developments but honestly, that whole region is awesome and undervalued. It only makes sense some of the development from Maplewood would reach into Irvington.
Nice to see a local West African getting in on things early.
That and Newark has been getting developed as well. So, people from the community should get involved in that as well.
Irvington is interesting in that it hasn’t really been gentrified, as far as I know. So, this type of development could attract or keep people there that want that type of housing.
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