MoCo Local

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A designated-hate group, filled with literal nazis, white supremacists, anti-trans folks who support trans genocide, are organizing in MoCo. You should absolutely be angry and disappointed that they feel comfortable enough to be here.

On scene photos from @ArmisteadIsaac

Some of the firefighters are putting back some of their equipment

Yo there’s 4-5 fire trucks at my building in downtown Silver Spring. Traffic on Georgia is backed up heading north towards Wheaton

@MoCoMikeE A lot of these people absolutely are members of the tin hat club. Boomers warned us about the internet but then failed to take the same precautions for themselves and now here they are…

Trans men and nonbinary folks earn 70% of the average worker, trans women earn 60% of the average worker. 19thnews.org/2022/01/transg…

MoCo likes to say that everyone is welcome here, but the people who are currently fleeing states that are actively causing them harm most likely can’t afford to move to MoCo.

I’m gonna try to put together some more thoughts about rent in MoCo but my brain is on vacation, plus I have to work. But here’s my tldr: Rent stabilization isn’t the only tool we have to help renters, but it’s currently the best option.

Everyone has been using average rents and averages are just bad metrics. Outliers, both large and small, can skew an average quite a lot. Median is a much better metric, meaning that 50% of apartments are less than XXXX and 50% are more than.

Median rent in Montgomery Village is $1,747, an increase of $128 since last year.

If we head to Gaithersburg, median rent is $1,919, an increase of $128 over the past year. The velocity on Gaithersburg’s trend line is working hard to out Bethesda the Bethesda trend line.

The median rent for a 1 bedroom apartment or condo in downtown Silver Spring is currently $2,034, according to Zillow data. That’s $242 more than it was last year and $113 more than last month.

@CaitlynnPeetz14 Of course. Harley is driving.

@mocolocal_md Only if Harley comes, too

we bought a fancy new coffee maker so I’d “stop going to Starbucks so much” everybody laugh with me now hahahaha