tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post3029664144453715642..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: how do we define the places we live in?Dan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-57488157785690896752009-05-14T00:21:00.000-04:002009-05-14T00:21:00.000-04:00Yeah baybee, District 4 is more than a bit ghetto ...Yeah baybee, District 4 is more than a bit ghetto in many parts,, and in many other parts, getting to be ghetto where it never before was the least bit ghetto.<br /><br />That's how the politicians planned it -- maybe Dan can revisit the whole issue of concentrating poverty in Briggs Chaney through zoning regulations -- and that's how they like it, because poor people don't bother to research the issues, the candidates, or the history. They almost always vote for whoever is most dedicated to keeping them in poverty. <br /><br />And that's why they are unlikely to ever vote for me.Thomas Hardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951423786343852055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-58027867609886952932009-05-13T02:27:00.000-04:002009-05-13T02:27:00.000-04:00My mother would die if she knew her old house is n...My mother would die if she knew her old house is now considered to be in the "ghetto." We used to live in Kensington and it hasn't changed much although there is still quite a bit that is different. One thing that hasn't changed in probably 50 years or more is <A HREF="http://photo-cyn-thesis.blogspot.com/2009/03/mizell-lumber-hardware.html" REL="nofollow">mizell lumber</A>.Cyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787927933858782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-8002666662159736742009-05-12T18:20:00.000-04:002009-05-12T18:20:00.000-04:00Heh, Kensington.
The one really good thing about...Heh, Kensington. <br /><br />The one really good thing about Kensington is that it's almost exactly the way is was 40 years ago. If you knew of a good repair shop or plumbing-supply store, or lithography or prototyping place, the chances are that it's still there and still in pretty much the same business. <br /><br />And Need I Mention TW Perry (sp?) the hardware and raw-materials heaven. <br /><br />And as for Aspen Hill, for some reason we got totally invaded by, of all people, the freakin' <A HREF="http://206.204.3.133/dir_nii/nii_dat_yanoma.html" REL="nofollow">Yanomamo</A>. <br /><br />I think that there are probably more of them living here in Aspen Hill than there are left back in Venezuela/Brazil. So just like that one guy calls Langley Park "lil salvador/lil mexico/lil honduras/lil guatemala of the metropolitan area. prolly more inhabited by latinos then their home countries", or we could call Arlandria VA "nuevo Chirilagua", we could maybe call Aspen Hill "lil Puerto Ayachuco".<br /><br />But don't pay too much attention to this, most of that was written by the same people who did the Facebook group "You know you're from Montgomery County when..."<br /><br />He points out that at some highschools in Potomac, the collective value of all of the vehicles in the parking lot probably exceeds the sum value of the school and grounds.Thomas Hardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951423786343852055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-9716466936227101972009-05-12T12:27:00.000-04:002009-05-12T12:27:00.000-04:00is the one good restaurant in kensington continent...is the one good restaurant in kensington continental?hockeypunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494432062758544675noreply@blogger.com