Silver Spring flight?

[Anonymous]

Flight? What, is Mr. Stay Puft looming overhead? It's kind of funny to think of people "fleeing," a suburb. I suspect the reason for more listings in Silver Spring is that Montgomery County Schools' last day is a week or more earlier than DC and VA schools. If houses in SS go under contract this week, then in a month or so, by closing, the kids will be out of school, and the family can move.

[Anonymous]

We're one of the families moving to 20910 soon, from 20850.

[Anonymous]

You generally have more turnover in 20901 because of schools. You see that less so in 20910.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All those people leaving have 4 or 5 year olds and recently toured their local elementary school.

[Anonymous]

It's not flight when houses are going under contract within a week of listing.

[Anonymous]

It is blockbusting. Clearly OP know the secret cabal is manipulating house sales in Silver Spring

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All those people leaving have 4 or 5 year olds and recently toured their local elementary school.

You can roll your eyes, but that's how things go in our zip (20901). We did it. Our neighbors did it. Our neighbor's neighbor did it. And so on. The people who owned the houses before us did it. It's a great 4-5 year cycle for the realtors. Young families move in and are typically buying a starter home. They either just had their first or are about to. They don't look closely at the schools, and just take on faith there will be a decent enough option available when the time comes. So yes, you see lots of young bright-eyed families moving in. There are cute houses, cute parks, and lots of moms with strollers out for a walk. Once the time to enroll comes along, though, those same young families are paying attention and they realize why the previous owner left once the kids turned five. They sell the house, move to Bethesda (or just about anywhere with a school that doesn't feel like inner-city poverty) and the cycle continues. It's a great place, but the public schools can be a serious crap shoot. There are some pockets where the school is beloved, but the opposite can easily be true just one block away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All those people leaving have 4 or 5 year olds and recently toured their local elementary school.

You can roll your eyes, but that's how things go in our zip (20901). We did it. Our neighbors did it. Our neighbor's neighbor did it. And so on. The people who owned the houses before us did it. It's a great 4-5 year cycle for the realtors. Young families move in and are typically buying a starter home. They either just had their first or are about to. They don't look closely at the schools, and just take on faith there will be a decent enough option available when the time comes. So yes, you see lots of young bright-eyed families moving in. There are cute houses, cute parks, and lots of moms with strollers out for a walk. Once the time to enroll comes along, though, those same young families are paying attention and they realize why the previous owner left once the kids turned five. They sell the house, move to Bethesda (or just about anywhere with a school that doesn't feel like inner-city poverty) and the cycle continues. It's a great place, but the public schools can be a serious crap shoot. There are some pockets where the school is beloved, but the opposite can easily be true just one block away.

Careful, your bias is showing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All those people leaving have 4 or 5 year olds and recently toured their local elementary school.

You can roll your eyes, but that's how things go in our zip (20901). We did it. Our neighbors did it. Our neighbor's neighbor did it. And so on. The people who owned the houses before us did it. It's a great 4-5 year cycle for the realtors. Young families move in and are typically buying a starter home. They either just had their first or are about to. They don't look closely at the schools, and just take on faith there will be a decent enough option available when the time comes. So yes, you see lots of young bright-eyed families moving in. There are cute houses, cute parks, and lots of moms with strollers out for a walk. Once the time to enroll comes along, though, those same young families are paying attention and they realize why the previous owner left once the kids turned five. They sell the house, move to Bethesda (or just about anywhere with a school that doesn't feel like inner-city poverty) and the cycle continues. It's a great place, but the public schools can be a serious crap shoot. There are some pockets where the school is beloved, but the opposite can easily be true just one block away.

Careful, your bias is showing.

Whatever. I'm just explaining a real trend. And yes, I am biased against a SCHOOL whose teachers privately acknowledge that the needs of my child are unlikely to be met.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All those people leaving have 4 or 5 year olds and recently toured their local elementary school.

You can roll your eyes, but that's how things go in our zip (20901). We did it. Our neighbors did it. Our neighbor's neighbor did it. And so on. The people who owned the houses before us did it. It's a great 4-5 year cycle for the realtors. Young families move in and are typically buying a starter home. They either just had their first or are about to. They don't look closely at the schools, and just take on faith there will be a decent enough option available when the time comes. So yes, you see lots of young bright-eyed families moving in. There are cute houses, cute parks, and lots of moms with strollers out for a walk. Once the time to enroll comes along, though, those same young families are paying attention and they realize why the previous owner left once the kids turned five. They sell the house, move to Bethesda (or just about anywhere with a school that doesn't feel like inner-city poverty) and the cycle continues. It's a great place, but the public schools can be a serious crap shoot. There are some pockets where the school is beloved, but the opposite can easily be true just one block away.

OK, glad you moved to the home you wanted. I don't see it. My child goes to school in 20901. Lots of lovely families stay to savor the neighborhood and our schools. We stay BECAUSE of the school he goes to. The only reason to leave would be to get a bigger house and we decided it is more important to go to the right school than to have a bigger house.

Maybe I have not noticed all of these people moving in and moving out because they were never an asset to the neighborhood or maybe it is just not happening. Obviously the OP of this thread just wanted to slam Silver Spring again.

I have no desire to move to Bethesda, I don't want to meet all the people that people on DCUM complain about the type of people you meet in Bethesda -- and the type of people who say they are from Bethesda and just sound like not the people I would like to associate with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All those people leaving have 4 or 5 year olds and recently toured their local elementary school.

You can roll your eyes, but that's how things go in our zip (20901). We did it. Our neighbors did it. Our neighbor's neighbor did it. And so on. The people who owned the houses before us did it. It's a great 4-5 year cycle for the realtors. Young families move in and are typically buying a starter home. They either just had their first or are about to. They don't look closely at the schools, and just take on faith there will be a decent enough option available when the time comes. So yes, you see lots of young bright-eyed families moving in. There are cute houses, cute parks, and lots of moms with strollers out for a walk. Once the time to enroll comes along, though, those same young families are paying attention and they realize why the previous owner left once the kids turned five. They sell the house, move to Bethesda (or just about anywhere with a school that doesn't feel like inner-city poverty) and the cycle continues. It's a great place, but the public schools can be a serious crap shoot. There are some pockets where the school is beloved, but the opposite can easily be true just one block away.

Careful, your bias is showing.

Whatever. I'm just explaining a real trend. And yes, I am biased against a SCHOOL whose teachers privately acknowledge that the needs of my child are unlikely to be met.

In my part of 20901, this was our trend:

In 2013, the median sales price of single family homes in South Four Corners was $449,000 and properties stayed on the market for an average of 24 days. That’s an increase from 2012’s $379,000 / 44 days.

In 2013, the median price was $435,000 and homes were on the market for an average of 32 days. In 2012, the median price was $380,000 and homes were on the market for an average of 49 days. That’s an increase of $55,000.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All those people leaving have 4 or 5 year olds and recently toured their local elementary school.

You can roll your eyes, but that's how things go in our zip (20901). We did it. Our neighbors did it. Our neighbor's neighbor did it. And so on. The people who owned the houses before us did it. It's a great 4-5 year cycle for the realtors. Young families move in and are typically buying a starter home. They either just had their first or are about to. They don't look closely at the schools, and just take on faith there will be a decent enough option available when the time comes. So yes, you see lots of young bright-eyed families moving in. There are cute houses, cute parks, and lots of moms with strollers out for a walk. Once the time to enroll comes along, though, those same young families are paying attention and they realize why the previous owner left once the kids turned five. They sell the house, move to Bethesda (or just about anywhere with a school that doesn't feel like inner-city poverty) and the cycle continues. It's a great place, but the public schools can be a serious crap shoot. There are some pockets where the school is beloved, but the opposite can easily be true just one block away.

20901 encompasses several school clusters. Fromt eh sound of your post, you bought on the wrong side of Flower Ave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All those people leaving have 4 or 5 year olds and recently toured their local elementary school.

You can roll your eyes, but that's how things go in our zip (20901). We did it. Our neighbors did it. Our neighbor's neighbor did it. And so on. The people who owned the houses before us did it. It's a great 4-5 year cycle for the realtors. Young families move in and are typically buying a starter home. They either just had their first or are about to. They don't look closely at the schools, and just take on faith there will be a decent enough option available when the time comes. So yes, you see lots of young bright-eyed families moving in. There are cute houses, cute parks, and lots of moms with strollers out for a walk. Once the time to enroll comes along, though, those same young families are paying attention and they realize why the previous owner left once the kids turned five. They sell the house, move to Bethesda (or just about anywhere with a school that doesn't feel like inner-city poverty) and the cycle continues. It's a great place, but the public schools can be a serious crap shoot. There are some pockets where the school is beloved, but the opposite can easily be true just one block away.

Careful, your bias is showing.

Whatever. I'm just explaining a real trend. And yes, I am biased against a SCHOOL whose teachers privately acknowledge that the needs of my child are unlikely to be met.

and what does that have to do with "inner city poverty"? how impoverished are people who can afford $400,000+ homes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All those people leaving have 4 or 5 year olds and recently toured their local elementary school.

You can roll your eyes, but that's how things go in our zip (20901). We did it. Our neighbors did it. Our neighbor's neighbor did it. And so on. The people who owned the houses before us did it. It's a great 4-5 year cycle for the realtors. Young families move in and are typically buying a starter home. They either just had their first or are about to. They don't look closely at the schools, and just take on faith there will be a decent enough option available when the time comes. So yes, you see lots of young bright-eyed families moving in. There are cute houses, cute parks, and lots of moms with strollers out for a walk. Once the time to enroll comes along, though, those same young families are paying attention and they realize why the previous owner left once the kids turned five. They sell the house, move to Bethesda (or just about anywhere with a school that doesn't feel like inner-city poverty) and the cycle continues. It's a great place, but the public schools can be a serious crap shoot. There are some pockets where the school is beloved, but the opposite can easily be true just one block away.

Careful, your bias is showing.

Whatever. I'm just explaining a real trend. And yes, I am biased against a SCHOOL whose teachers privately acknowledge that the needs of my child are unlikely to be met.

and what does that have to do with "inner city poverty"? how impoverished are people who can afford $400,000+ homes?

On DCUM, if it ain't white and $1M+, it ain't right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All those people leaving have 4 or 5 year olds and recently toured their local elementary school.

You can roll your eyes, but that's how things go in our zip (20901). We did it. Our neighbors did it. Our neighbor's neighbor did it. And so on. The people who owned the houses before us did it. It's a great 4-5 year cycle for the realtors. Young families move in and are typically buying a starter home. They either just had their first or are about to. They don't look closely at the schools, and just take on faith there will be a decent enough option available when the time comes. So yes, you see lots of young bright-eyed families moving in. There are cute houses, cute parks, and lots of moms with strollers out for a walk. Once the time to enroll comes along, though, those same young families are paying attention and they realize why the previous owner left once the kids turned five. They sell the house, move to Bethesda (or just about anywhere with a school that doesn't feel like inner-city poverty) and the cycle continues. It's a great place, but the public schools can be a serious crap shoot. There are some pockets where the school is beloved, but the opposite can easily be true just one block away.

OK, glad you moved to the home you wanted. I don't see it. My child goes to school in 20901. Lots of lovely families stay to savor the neighborhood and our schools. We stay BECAUSE of the school he goes to. The only reason to leave would be to get a bigger house and we decided it is more important to go to the right school than to have a bigger house.

Maybe I have not noticed all of these people moving in and moving out because they were never an asset to the neighborhood or maybe it is just not happening. Obviously the OP of this thread just wanted to slam Silver Spring again.

I have no desire to move to Bethesda, I don't want to meet all the people that people on DCUM complain about the type of people you meet in Bethesda -- and the type of people who say they are from Bethesda and just sound like not the people I would like to associate with.

I'll just assume that you're not in the neighborhood where they're still implementing a busing program, with the kindergartners being bused out of the 'hood. Those are the folks that leave, because it's just not worth the hassle. And if I'm wrong and you're on the busing side of Flower, I have lots of respect for you - we just weren't up for all of the heavy lifting required of the families who decide to stick it out. Bethesda is easier in that regard. I agree that silver spring is a really beautiful place with lots of wonderful families, but every neighborhood within silver spring has its own quirks and those quirks are often reflected in real estate trends (such as the 4-5 year trend I was commenting on).