Are MoCo Gas Stations Becoming a Thing of the Past?
The Washington Post reports that gas stations in the region's closer-in suburbs are losing turf to other types of businesses.
Are gas stations in Montgomery County destined for the same fate as beepers, fax machines and MySpace? In Bethesda, development shifts suggest residents of Washington, DC's inner suburbs are less interested in cars as the main mode of transportation, The Washington Post reports. Three prominent gas stations in the neighborhood's Wisconsin Avenue strip have stopped pumping fuel, including Eastham’s Exxon Servicenter, a gas station and service shop that operated in Bethesda since 1929. Washington Property Company hopes to construct a nine-story, 145-unit residential building at the site, Patch reported. The last gas station on the street, a Sunoco, will be redeveloped into an office building, the newspaper reports. The Post writes: The …
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Eric S.
2:11 pm on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
I think the existing ones are just refocusing and you're seeing more of them in specific areas. The ones that were on Wisconsin Ave. were so damn expensive that for me living Friendship Heights, it's cheaper to get gas on River Road, or wherever I commute to when I have a driving commute. I'd say I still see plenty of gas stations in northern MoCo, and in the parts that aren't metro accessible … more ›