Wheaton

Coming out of the Wheaton Metro station on the Red Line, admire that escalator—it's the longest in the Western Hemisphere, taking over four minutes to ascend!

The main streets running through the downtown are Georgia Ave, Veirs Mill Rd, and University Blvd—the area where they converge and the disorganized strip malls just east before the Metro stop is the center of commercial activity, and is cram packed with great cheap restaurants.