What is the REAL reason people hate PG County so much?? (Silver Spring: best towns, apartments)

[adelphi_sky]

Originally Posted by Renznceman

BigUglyParkingGarage:If these houses in question have been "vacated" (Foreclosed, abandoned?) then perhaps the discarded furniture is being readied for junk pickup.

That would be my guess. Since these people are only renters, its up to the owner to schedule bulk pick-up or to make sure their property is kept clean. It will be the owner who is fined, not the renters.

[BigUglyParkingGarage]

Someone bought the 3 level split next door. He rented the top 2/3 to a family while he had the construction workers fix up in the lower 1/3. The owner tried to get the family to pay all of the gas bills including ones a few months before they moved in. The back door was open most of the time while the lower part was being worked on. The furnace stopped working during the winter and the family had to use space heaters and the stove for heat. They have since moved out. Now the construction workers live in the lower part about 500 square feet. I'm not sure who's furniture is on the lawn. It is supposed to be put at the curb for bulk pickup.

[BigUglyParkingGarage]

Originally Posted by adelphi_sky

It's the Turkish American Community Center. Hats off to them for building in our county and near Palmer Park no less.


Turkish American Community Center Project - YouTube

After seeing the completed project, I'm horrified people wouldn't welcome a center like this in their neighborhood. Would they rather enjoy their bland cookie-cutter 60s and 70s style ranchers? And when did the character of 50 year-old suburban sprawl neighborhoods become something we would want to preserve?

I was a big supporter of the project until we got 24 hour noise for the first 6 months, followed by 6-7 day a week noise up to 80 decibels starting at 7am, 240 foot long tower cranes that extended over some of houses for 12 months, violent vibrations and shockwaves from ground work and gravel dumping that has cracked the foundations of several houses as far as 1/2 a block away, spotlights shining on bedroom windows, a dozen or so diesel trucks idling for hours (not on or near the property but in front of the residential houses), and damage to yards and houses from water runoff from the property.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jlul06xrws

Not everyone is a party person that wants to live in a noisy city. As older neighborhoods get congested, those with enough money are just moving farther out. I'm looking at other neighborhoods.

Originally Posted by adelphi_sky

How is this different from any other construction project near homes? Perhaps these people sold for another reason. The construction of this project is not a 5+ year project. Even the construction of the MGM project will only take 2 solid years. The Whole Foods project in Riverdale Park is near an older single family home neighborhood and will only take 1.5 years for the first phase. Doubt they'll sell in Riverdale if they're smart.

I've been told by an inspector that the MGM will probably be worse for the residents in that area.

Originally Posted by adelphi_sky

If the residents in Lanham felt like they couldn't wait until construction was over then that's their loss. This would do nothing but add value to the neighborhood as far as I'm concerned.

Just think if those people moved because of the construction of the metro stations or even the Purple Line as it is constructed. Their loss. I doubt seriously that these people are that short-sighted.

One of my neighbors retired from metro. He said metro buy the houses and pays for moving expenses of the residents when they expand. The some current neighbors are moving because they like little things like quiet and breathable air. The houses may be worth more when the construction is done. That is after the neighbors pay thousands to repair the damage.

Traffic will be a lot worse. I predict several major accidents at the exit of the underground parking garage.

Originally Posted by adelphi_sky

Smart move by the construction company.

[BigUglyParkingGarage]

Why people want to move:
Recent Wall and Foundation cracks cause by violent shockwaves and vibrations.






Trucks left idling for hours with the residents having to breath diesel fumes. One neighbor with COPD was told by her doctor to move out of her house.


2 weeks of illegal road work in violation of a county for road closures, but they have a paid off police officer that stated they could close the road when ever they wanted to. I have him recorded.


Flood damage north of the site from water pumped out of the 300 car underground garage.

Noise 7 days a week.

Decibel levels April 25, 2014 - YouTube

More Noise at the TACC construction site - YouTube

[adelphi_sky]

Originally Posted by BigUglyParkingGarage

Why people want to move:
Recent Wall and Foundation cracks cause by violent shockwaves and vibrations.
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Trucks left idling for hours with the residents having to breath diesel fumes. One neighbor with COPD was told by her doctor to move out of her house.
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2 weeks of illegal road work in violation of a county for road closures, but they have a paid off police officer that stated they could close the road when ever they wanted to. I have him recorded.
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Flood damage north of the site from water pumped out of the 300 car underground garage.

Noise 7 days a week.

Decibel levels April 25, 2014 - YouTube

More Noise at the TACC construction site - YouTube

Has anyone decided to take this to the news media?

[bowian]

Originally Posted by adelphi_sky

Has anyone decided to take this to the news media?

Has anyone decided to take it to an attorney?

[bulldunn]

The bottom line is this, PG is a majority and people will always find something negative to say about anywhere blacks live. MoCO has some run down and dirty looking areas as well. What carries MoCO is the affluent areas Chevy Chase, Bethesda Etc. The lower parts of the county is nothing to brag about.

[bulldunn]

The bottom line is this, PG is a black majority county and just anywhere there is large population of blacks people will highlight the negatives. MoCo has bad areas as well. What carries MoCo is Bethesda, Chevy Chase etc. If you took those select areas out the equation MoCo is no better that PG. I know a lot of people who says went to MoCo schools and brag about how good MoCo schools are. Yet none of those same people graduated from college.

[Lubina]

The bottom line is this, PG is a majority and people will always find something negative to say about anywhere blacks live. MoCo has some run down and dirty looking areas as well. What carries MoCO is the affluent areas Chevy
Chase, Bethesda Etc. The lower parts of the county is nothing to brag about.

This pretty much is the answer to every PG centric what's wrong with/how do we fix/25 paragraph statistical analysis question. Oh and there are plenty of areas in upcounty that aren't exactly postcard worthy either.

[PurpleHaze1100]

People generally hate PG county because of the school system, the lack of shopping/dining options for such a large county, foreclosure rate, the abundance of bad neighborhoods in the inner beltway like Capitol Heights, District Heights, Seat Pleasant, Suitland, Greenbelt, Riverdale, Largo, Cheverly, etc, and lack of diversity for a county as large as it is. I personally have no problem with PG though.