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Originally Posted by Docere
Buckhead = Bethesda?
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There are some very broad similarities, but Bethesda is much older, denser, more walkable and transit oriented. And Bethesda isn't the dominant retail, office or hotel center like Buckhead.
The DC analogy to Buckhead would probably be Tysons Corner. Both are postwar edge cities surrounded by wooded estates, both have a very important business core, both are the dominant regional retail centers, both have rail access. There are no estates near Bethesda; on the Maryland side of DC the mansions are to the northwest around Potomac.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase is more the DC analogue to Westchester County, NY. Older suburbia, relatively small (for a rich area), expensive homes, very NIMBY, liberal. The kind of place you spend $1.2 million for an unrenovated 50's house with one-car garage on small lot and brag you got a deal.