Affluent Montgomery County has pockets of poverty, mostly in the east (Germantown: apartment, foreclosures)

[dkf747]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

Not sure where you came up with this statement. If anything, the I-270 corridor has become less affluent, driven mostly by the invasion of legal and illegal immigrants who can't afford to live in this area but insist on doing so. Look at the graphic. That's not "affluence" along I-270....that's "poverty."

Which graphic? Also, could you be more specific? The area around 270 looks pretty nice. Where exactly are you referring to as "poverty"?

[AeroGuyDC]

Originally Posted by dkf747

Which graphic? Also, could you be more specific? The area around 270 looks pretty nice. Where exactly are you referring to as "poverty"?

The link in the OP contains a graphic illustrating the increase in poverty in MoCo. The darker the town/city/district border, the higher the poverty. The I-270 corridor is conspicuously darker than its surroundings. Take a look.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv.../moco-poverty/

[armory]

If MOCO hits the skids PGC will hit harder. Which county has a better economy?
Charles County will follow suit.
NOVA has been under attack by illegals for years but I don't know how they absorb them.

It all gets better in a generation. Viva Mexico!!

[dkf747]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

The link in the OP contains a graphic illustrating the increase in poverty in MoCo. The darker the town/city/district border, the higher the poverty. The I-270 corridor is conspicuously darker than its surroundings. Take a look.

Poverty in Montgomery County - Washington Post

Thank you for the direct link. I didn't see that graphic when I read the OP link. I don't know why. Anyways, a small section has increased poverty. The rest looks about the same. Where exactly those places are is difficult to tell exactly. I'm assuming Montgomery Village and parts of Germantown.

[adelphi_sky]

Originally Posted by dkf747

Thank you for the direct link. I didn't see that graphic when I read the OP link. I don't know why. Anyways, a small section has increased poverty. The rest looks about the same. Where exactly those places are is difficult to tell exactly. I'm assuming Montgomery Village and parts of Germantown.

You can also see that Wheaton and Langley Park are the darkest inside the Beltway. Expect those areas to gentrify after the Purple Line is completed. Watch for the inner Beltway poverty to lessen as low-income people get pushed further out into the cheaper suburbs. And as the article states, you can already see poverty increases along RT. 29.

[e30is]

Originally Posted by bufflove

What a thoughtful, well-reasoned comment.

Originally Posted by tcave360

+2 Gotta love partisan hyperbole

And who's to blame for these problems?

[mapmd]

Originally Posted by e30is

Should we start forcing rich people to stop living in Bethesda, Potomac and Chevy Chase?

Not only that, but people should be forced to open up all extra bedrooms to anyone who demands one. It shouldn't matter if they're just poor, single moms, druggies, or vagrants. Don't you "meanie-head republicans" know that people who make bad choices in life or who simply don't want to work need to be taken care of?

This is especially true for minorities and new arrivals, I mean you do support diversity don't you? So why can't you open up your bedrooms to them, for free, for an indefinite period of time (yep, coming to an America near you folks). Also: Montgomery country should implement rent control to "help the poor out", because no unintended consequences have ever resulted from rent control and have never restricted the supply of units out there and have never ultimately caused prices to go up.

Hey, good thing the oh-so-benevolent libs redistricted the Maryland congressional map. Those podunk hillbillies out in Garret, Allegheny and Washington didn't need representation in Congress anyway, because urban areas know what's best and those rural people are just silly and backwards.

[Aimewitue]

Its still one of the top 20 counties in the entire country......

The poverty in MOCO is nothing compared to some or even most parts of the country pockets of poverty!!!

[mapmd]

Originally Posted by adelphi_sky

You can also see that Wheaton and Langley Park are the darkest inside the Beltway. Expect those areas to gentrify after the Purple Line is completed. Watch for the inner Beltway poverty to lessen as low-income people get pushed further out into the cheaper suburbs. And as the article states, you can already see poverty increases along RT. 29.

Poverty is a result of not getting educated, not working hard, and in general just being a useless slug. Thuggery and crime cause poverty as well (not the other way around as some would have you believe).

Poverty is the default state of humanity. It takes civilized, intelligent, law-abiding, family-nurturing people to create a civilization.

[armory]

Originally Posted by mapmd

Not only that, but people should be forced to open up all extra bedrooms to anyone who demands one. It shouldn't matter if they're just poor, single moms, druggies, or vagrants. Don't you "meanie-head republicans" know that people who make bad choices in life or who simply don't want to work need to be taken care of?

This is especially true for minorities and new arrivals, I mean you do support diversity don't you? So why can't you open up your bedrooms to them, for free, for an indefinite period of time (yep, coming to an America near you folks). Also: Montgomery country should implement rent control to "help the poor out", because no unintended consequences have ever resulted from rent control and have never restricted the supply of units out there and have never ultimately caused prices to go up.

Hey, good thing the oh-so-benevolent libs redistricted the Maryland congressional map. Those podunk hillbillies out in Garret, Allegheny and Washington didn't need representation in Congress anyway, because urban areas know what's best and those rural people are just silly and backwards.

I get the bolded but I miss the ''meanie-headed republicans'' reference.