tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post2186532581013791155..comments2024-03-29T02:53:45.372-07:00Comments on Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row: Toll Bros. unveils plan for WMAL site; residents want data on traffic, schools (Photos)Robert Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-53132191103838859812016-04-12T16:56:54.290-07:002016-04-12T16:56:54.290-07:00The shape of that plat looks kinda like "moos...The shape of that plat looks kinda like "moose-knuckle".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-84230139943150257352016-04-12T15:50:49.507-07:002016-04-12T15:50:49.507-07:00"The quality of a soacialized [sic] governmen..."The quality of a soacialized [sic] government controlled school is based on students, not money."<br /><br />Whatever that means.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-32902803649145732322016-04-12T07:25:48.540-07:002016-04-12T07:25:48.540-07:00OMG, can you imagine how much worse that Giant wil...OMG, can you imagine how much worse that Giant will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-41500550591856003832016-04-11T19:23:03.702-07:002016-04-11T19:23:03.702-07:0012:45 Westbard at least has retail! These folks c...12:45 Westbard at least has retail! These folks can't get a gallon of milk without traveling out to Fernwood and going over to the Giant on Old Georgetown. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-66524150321391723432016-04-11T17:36:55.871-07:002016-04-11T17:36:55.871-07:00The quality of a soacialized government controlled...The quality of a soacialized government controlled school is based on students, not money. This is why we have so many successful asians coming from poverty-stricken backgrounds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-79148584880242790122016-04-11T12:45:30.486-07:002016-04-11T12:45:30.486-07:00So like the Westbard proposal then?So like the Westbard proposal then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-52536997028640532142016-04-11T11:23:04.778-07:002016-04-11T11:23:04.778-07:00The Toll Brothers proposal would make a lot more s...The Toll Brothers proposal would make a lot more sense if it were more Kentlands-esque with a town center to meet some of the residents' retail and office needs. This is a residential island. It will create a lot of traffic because all work and errands will be projected out of the community by car. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-61780304625069477762016-04-11T10:49:18.565-07:002016-04-11T10:49:18.565-07:00@9:40 AM We have been told (above) that Trump is n...@9:40 AM We have been told (above) that Trump is not a change. All your descriptors must apply to current president too, right? <br /><br />Democrats hate old people, once again stated by 9:40.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-9345873271610528392016-04-11T10:35:14.329-07:002016-04-11T10:35:14.329-07:0010:07AM. Indeed.
Back when these houses were bu...10:07AM. Indeed. <br />Back when these houses were built, developers purposely set neighborhoods up that way to give a stronger feeling of what they were trying to promote: quiet, safe streets, welcoming suburbs to come home to after work. That's what they determined that people were going to want in the future.<br />Now, developers have determined people will want too little parking, higher density, public transportation, walkable communities in the heart of activity.<br />In a few years, those pushing for urbanization will be the old white-haired folks not wanting the next developer bunch to build their new vision of life in America and ruin what they've accomplished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-39552134679653159572016-04-11T10:07:31.880-07:002016-04-11T10:07:31.880-07:00Neighborhood street grids which are completely iso...Neighborhood street grids which are completely isolated from one another, and which dump traffic onto a handful of arterial roads, is a key reason for the congestion in our area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-8388560504012625092016-04-11T09:40:07.982-07:002016-04-11T09:40:07.982-07:00Great turn out by the neighbors there on a Saturda...Great turn out by the neighbors there on a Saturday morning!<br /> <br />The County is forcing the connection on Renata, and if past is prologue, it will not be reserved for emergency access only. The planners do not want the developments "cut off from the surrounding neighborhood." Just ask the residents of Fleming Avenue who had worked out a deal with EYA in the Grosvenor Heights Project to provide emergency egress only - only to be told by the county planners not only would emergency only egress insufficient, that they would have to widen Fleming Avenue in order to accommodate the hundreds of additional cars - at great danger to kids, pedestrians and bikers who travel to the park and use the Bethesda Trolley Trail. In typical form, the Planning Board did not even appear listen to the neighbors during the hearing in which they complained about the safety issue. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-69108538294147759972016-04-11T09:37:15.836-07:002016-04-11T09:37:15.836-07:00Dyer's claims about the history of Glen Echo P...Dyer's claims about the history of Glen Echo Park have no relation to reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-43583299037892400752016-04-11T09:28:28.856-07:002016-04-11T09:28:28.856-07:00@8:10 AM Trump is not about change? Is that right....@8:10 AM Trump is not about change? Is that right. So he would run the country the same as Obama. Who knew? <br /><br />Again with the "scared old white folks" comment. Democrats really hate old people. Also good to know. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-46930061205195579312016-04-11T09:20:04.769-07:002016-04-11T09:20:04.769-07:007:06: Actually, Glen Echo Park is de facto segrega...7:06: Actually, Glen Echo Park is de facto segregated because it is narrowly programmed to a white demographic. That's part of why the amusement park was not kept going, as it was a regional draw across all demographics. Watch contemporary videos of events at Glen Echo Park. Tell me how many people of color you count. Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-487848354224069322016-04-11T09:01:10.369-07:002016-04-11T09:01:10.369-07:00How much will this plan increase our ZIKA risk?How much will this plan increase our ZIKA risk?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-49669193086873644352016-04-11T08:10:12.917-07:002016-04-11T08:10:12.917-07:00Trump is not about "change". He is abou...Trump is not about "change". He is about keeping things exactly the same for scared old white folks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-51733072915302004652016-04-11T07:47:52.932-07:002016-04-11T07:47:52.932-07:00@7:06 try again
comments are clearly hateful to an...@7:06 try again<br />comments are clearly hateful to anyone older than 35<br />see above<br /><br />anyone who is opposed to overcrowding, traffic congestion, and poor planning is opposed to change? <br /><br />Let's see. By your flawed logic all change is automatically good. Anyone who opposes change is bad! <br /><br />Shall we give some examples of changes that have not been good from history?<br /><br />By your logic you will love when Trump is president because he will bring forth much change! <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-42505567656246639692016-04-11T07:06:27.832-07:002016-04-11T07:06:27.832-07:00@6:53 I don't think it's anti-elderly. It&...@6:53 I don't think it's anti-elderly. It's against people who oppose any change -- and they happen to be elderly.<br /><br />The world is changing. Glen Echo Park is no longer segregated, and gays now have the same rights as everyone else. Get used to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-8283633809752918452016-04-11T06:53:42.556-07:002016-04-11T06:53:42.556-07:00My how democrats hate the elderly. Is this a natio...My how democrats hate the elderly. Is this a national party position?<br />Many of the comments here reflect a disdain for anyone that has had a birthday.<br />Your day will come. Good luck crossing the street when it does. By then Montgomery County will have a mandatory age out rule that anyone over 35 must vacate the county. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-64604188909428203092016-04-11T06:40:03.263-07:002016-04-11T06:40:03.263-07:00I do question how naive people must be to swallow ...I do question how naive people must be to swallow the line about pedestrian-centric development when the only place to walk is within the housing development and any trip to shopping, school, business requires a car. At least the Toll brothers are including green space and trails for the residents, unlike the Equity One/EYA tyrants who think one half-acre park will accomodate 3000+ new Westbard residents, and who have essentially dropped their support for developing the Willard Branch culvert into a naturalized stream with a green walking trail. This stream rehabilitation was a prominent selling point for their Westbard development, but it has conveniently (for them) become non-essential. These guys are just evil and greedy and will promise so many things that they will never deliver. Thanks to Robert for documenting this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-27034552362958016862016-04-11T06:23:28.960-07:002016-04-11T06:23:28.960-07:006:14: So the only people who buy the Washington Po...6:14: So the only people who buy the Washington Post are "Bezos relatives"? Sorry, punk, this is a popular website and many readers comment. Get over it. The fact that you see these comments here, and not on "the other website" speaks for itself.<br /><br />#ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmmRobert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-58943853734465232932016-04-11T06:14:46.160-07:002016-04-11T06:14:46.160-07:00Why can't Dyer-relative contribute anything me...Why can't Dyer-relative contribute anything meaningful or relevant to any of the excellent questions raised by skeptical readers? Can't he do any better? Is he really that worthless and pathetic? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-14714613890279496472016-04-11T06:12:54.258-07:002016-04-11T06:12:54.258-07:00Part of the problem with the existing neighborhood...Part of the problem with the existing neighborhood, like most suburbs in America, is that all the streets funnel onto a single "collector" road - in this case, Fernwood. If the connections in the existing street grid could be improved, that would lessen the need for everyone to use Fernwood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-91097311356659766322016-04-11T06:11:37.232-07:002016-04-11T06:11:37.232-07:00Why can't Dyer trolls contribute anything mean...Why can't Dyer trolls contribute anything meaningful or relevant to any of Robert's excellent pieces of work? Can't they do any better? Are they really that worthless and pathetic? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-16283881297593325492016-04-11T06:07:06.911-07:002016-04-11T06:07:06.911-07:00Well, Robert certainly says a lot of what he likes...Well, Robert certainly says a lot of what he likes and doesn't like. But a solution requires a lot more than opinion. It would be nice to get some more follow through and data. Robertnoreply@blogger.com