Struck Out in DC school lottery....Tell/Sell me in your non-W School Cluster

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The MoCo close in areas that don't have great schools like Bethesda and CC have been just as hobbled. Houses are still cheap in Silver Spring and Takoma Park. Closer in Silver Spring has appreciated more than northern Silver Spring but the area is still relatively flat. The poverty in those areas is just growing too fast for the schools to keep up. Which schools have the highest drop out rate? Wheaton, Northwood, and Gaithersburg. Northwood is pretty close in.

The problems are everywhere. Montgomery Village used to be a nice place for government workers and professionals that worked in MD. Now it is terrible, high crime, poverty and all rentals. The low income housing developments in the Northwest boundary hold that school back despite there being lots of positive things going on at Northwest. The FARMS rates in the DCC have grown substantially in the past 10 years. The area is not gentrifying. It is getting poorer. Potomac is aging and losing out to VA.
Whether it is the schools, poverty rate increases, high taxes, or long commutes because there are few business or professional opportunities in MoCo, everyone here is being negatively hit by it.

That's odd. I could have sworn that I know people who own the homes they live in, in Montgomery Village. Maybe I should ask them whether they're sure they actually own their own homes?

Also, could you please name the "low income housing developments in the Northwest boundary"?

[Anonymous]

OP where would you be commuting to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind there is only one way in and out of poolesville, clarksburg, and Damascus... May I suggest moving to VA?

Those clusters are way out in the boonies anyways. It will be a total shock to your system...

Oh the irony.
You mentioned "boonies "and "total shock to your system" and you want OP to move to VA?
Maybe OP doesn't want VA.

DP. And just where in VA besides the boonies will you find a house with OPs criteria that is for 500K? What a silly comment.

Maybe I live in one of these clusters (or in the towns your travel through to get there) and don’t want yet another family clogging up my commute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The MoCo close in areas that don't have great schools like Bethesda and CC have been just as hobbled. Houses are still cheap in Silver Spring and Takoma Park. Closer in Silver Spring has appreciated more than northern Silver Spring but the area is still relatively flat. The poverty in those areas is just growing too fast for the schools to keep up. Which schools have the highest drop out rate? Wheaton, Northwood, and Gaithersburg. Northwood is pretty close in.

The problems are everywhere. Montgomery Village used to be a nice place for government workers and professionals that worked in MD. Now it is terrible, high crime, poverty and all rentals. The low income housing developments in the Northwest boundary hold that school back despite there being lots of positive things going on at Northwest. The FARMS rates in the DCC have grown substantially in the past 10 years. The area is not gentrifying. It is getting poorer. Potomac is aging and losing out to VA.
Whether it is the schools, poverty rate increases, high taxes, or long commutes because there are few business or professional opportunities in MoCo, everyone here is being negatively hit by it.

That's odd. I could have sworn that I know people who own the homes they live in, in Montgomery Village. Maybe I should ask them whether they're sure they actually own their own homes?

Also, could you please name the "low income housing developments in the Northwest boundary"?

There are a lot. I'd stay clear of the area. Also there was just a shooting with multiple dead near the school... scary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP where would you be commuting to?

OP hasn't addressed this - and it would be super helpful