[RP TownTalk] TownTalk Digest, Vol 59, Issue 2

[Nicholas Laureys]

Great point about opening Queens Chapel road!  Obviously, someone with lots
of political sway lived on that street at one point and managed to get the
street closed, pushing all the traffic onto us, the less well-connected. You
wouldn't expect things like that to happen in America, but cronyism knows no
state borders.

NIBMY stands for Not In My BackYard, the idea being that we want to shop in
these such stores but don't want them built in our neighborhoods here.  My
guess is that many of us in Riverdale shop at out-of-county natural foods
stores.  No I don't have many many dollars but Trader Joe's at least sells
Organic groceries cheaper than the other stores.

I'm just worried that in being afraid of congestion etc. we'll drive away
yet another business and end up with Town Center Part Duex.  Wasn't there a
big electronics store that wanted to open up there a while ago?  Right, that
wouldn't fit the town's decor, but how well do vast parks and empty
storefronts fit the town's style??  I too hope that Cafritz gets developed
provided Queens Chapel is opened and/or other road infrastructure
improvements are made.

--Nicholas

2011/6/3 <ABragg7393 at aol.com>

>  What by the way is a NIMBY?  So, I don't shop Trader Joe's because their
> eggs don't come from free range chickens.  They buy the eggs from people who
> keep their chickens in cages not big enough for a rat.  Now, speaking of
> rats and dense population.  I remember doing experiments in Science Class
> where we did not have computers by the way, and the rats who lived in
> crowded conditions were not happy.  That's a fact. So, now we want to put
> all of us rats in as close proximity as possible?
> Anyway, I am for the development of the Cafritz Property and even changing
> the zoning from residential to commercial, *providing* that the County *open
> Queens Chapel Road to the public*.  That will ease the traffic.
> Hey, if you don't want to throw your dollars to Montgomery County, go to
> the Farmer's Market, Go to Glut, Go to Mom's and then go to the new Yes
> about to be open.  How much dollars do you have?
> Many people now shop on the internet instead of leaving their homes anyway,
> so I think we should just do away with all the stores.
> Did you know the trees "breathe" oxygen into the air and take up the carbon
> dioxide?  And since we breathe that oxygen, I think we need them.
> I love my little town.  I am in a music group with people from Bethesda and
> Rockville and they were talking about getting a place to practice.  I told
> them if they wanted to come to Riverdale, I would just call up my Mayor or
> Councilperson and see if they would let us use the public space.  Riverdale
> location won't work for them, but  I found it a breathe of fresh air, that I
> could just call my Mayor or Council Rep.  These people living in Rockville
> and Bethesda don't have that kind of relationship with their reps.  They
> might have the "shopping" and "the" stores, but they don't have the
> personality, the friendliness, the compassion of our little town.  I
> wouldn't trade it for all the stores in Rockville.  Amen.
> Audrey
>
>  In a message dated 6/3/2011 9:23:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> nicholas.laureys at gmail.com writes:
>
> Here's another aspect of the proposed Cafritz development to think about:
> spending our money in our own county!  Does anyone else feel awful about
> throwing away potentially tax-revenue-generating dollars in neighboring
> counties?  I love shopping at Trader Joe's, since there are few stores in
> our county that offer wide organic/natural foods selections, but I always
> get this sick feeling in my stomach that I'm spending money in Montgomery
> County that could easily be kept in our own beautiful Prince George's
> County!  I could understand the outrage if a KMART was being built, but
> haven't many articles been written about Prince George's County residents
> being upset about having to go out of county to do their shopping?  I also
> think the posters opposed to this development sound an awful lot like
> NIMBY-ers masking their true opinions as a love for parks and green space.
>
> --
> Nicholas Laureys
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