What are the Maryland equivalent to these Nova areas (clueless about the MD suburbs...)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda is not McLean.

Bethesda is somewhere in North Arlington (metro access, high-rises and super expensive SFH, good schools)

Bethesda is better though.

McLean's more expensive than Bethesda, but it's a hybrid of Bethesda and Potomac.

Or, stated conversely, Bethesda is a hybrid of McLean and Arlington.

As for which is better, that depends on your preferences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s MD equivalent of Pimmit Hills?

silver springs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s MD equivalent of Pimmit Hills?

silver springs

has more in common with Arlington except better schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vienna - north Bethesda
Oakton - darnestown
McLean - a smaller Bethesda
Chantilly - olney
Manassas- Bowie
City of Alexandria - Takoma Park / Silver Spring
Dumfries - Waldorf
Ashburn - North Potomac
Great Falls - Potomac
Fairfax City - Rockville
Lorton - Germantown

Nothing really compares to Chevy Chase , Glen Echo, Brookmont or Cabin John, or Poolesville or Frederick.

Takoma has more in common with Del Ray. They're both more interesting than most of these places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s MD equivalent of Pimmit Hills?

silver springs

has more in common with Arlington except better schools

silver springs and p hills are the same lower rated schools, silver spring is lower than bethesda and pimmit is lower than mclean

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s MD equivalent of Pimmit Hills?

silver springs

has more in common with Arlington except better schools

silver springs and p hills are the same lower rated schools, silver spring is lower than bethesda and pimmit is lower than mclean

Weird - Blair is the best school in the county by a wide margin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Vienna
McLean
Oakton
Chantilly
Manassas
Old Town( City of Alex)
Dumfries
Ashburn
Great Falls
Fairfax (city)
Lorton

Ya'll are bad at this, esp the last poster who just chose her own areas?

Vienna = Catonsville
McLean = The old Bethesda side towards the river
Oakton = Flower Valley
Chantilly = Columbia
Manassas = Severna Park. Not the nice side
Old Town( City of Alex) = Annapolis?
Dumfries = Ellicott City
Ashburn = Columbia. The nicer part
Great Falls = Darnestown, but not those zips
Fairfax (city) = North Bethesda
Lorton = Hagerstown

No, you are bad at this.

Annapolis is not a suburb. It's certainly not Old Town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s MD equivalent of Pimmit Hills?

silver springs

has more in common with Arlington except better schools

silver springs and p hills are the same lower rated schools, silver spring is lower than bethesda and pimmit is lower than mclean

Weird - Blair is the best school in the county by a wide margin.

lol no, Bethesda WW is #1, Blair is #34
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland/rankings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s MD equivalent of Pimmit Hills?

silver springs

has more in common with Arlington except better schools

silver springs and p hills are the same lower rated schools, silver spring is lower than bethesda and pimmit is lower than mclean

Weird - Blair is the best school in the county by a wide margin.

Well, sure, in terms of outcomes but by best, most people mean great schools rating.

If you are interested in things like college admission stats that's covered here,
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/09/13/here-are-the-colleges-where-bethesda-area-high-school-grads-applied-got-accepted-and-enrolled/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s MD equivalent of Pimmit Hills?

silver springs

has more in common with Arlington except better schools

silver springs and p hills are the same lower rated schools, silver spring is lower than bethesda and pimmit is lower than mclean

Weird - Blair is the best school in the county by a wide margin.

lol no, Bethesda WW is #1, Blair is #34
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland/rankings

Of course, that's why WW dominates the GS ratings. Since less than 5% low-income students translates to a higher test score average but if you are interested in the school with the most NMSF or best college admission stats that would be Blair, hands down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s MD equivalent of Pimmit Hills?

silver springs

has more in common with Arlington except better schools

silver springs and p hills are the same lower rated schools, silver spring is lower than bethesda and pimmit is lower than mclean

Weird - Blair is the best school in the county by a wide margin.

lol no, Bethesda WW is #1, Blair is #34
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland/rankings

Of course, that's why WW dominates the GS ratings. Since less than 5% low-income students translates to a higher test score average but if you are interested in the school with the most NMSF or best college admission stats that would be Blair, hands down.

yale or jail?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Vienna - north Bethesda
Oakton - darnestown
McLean - a smaller Bethesda
Chantilly - olney
Manassas- Bowie
City of Alexandria - Takoma Park / Silver Spring
Dumfries - Waldorf
Ashburn - North Potomac
Great Falls - Potomac
Fairfax City - Rockville
Lorton - Germantown

Nothing really compares to Chevy Chase , Glen Echo, Brookmont or Cabin John, or Poolesville or Frederick.



Seems the most accurate so far.

A couple thoughts here...

Vienna like North Bethesda? Nope...North Bethesda doesn't have the walkability that TOV has.
Some parts of North Arlington resemble parts of Chevy Chase MD
Oakton is closer to North Potomac than Darnestown
Takoma Park and SS don't have anything comparable to Old Town Alexandria

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Vienna - north Bethesda
Oakton - darnestown
McLean - a smaller Bethesda
Chantilly - olney
Manassas- Bowie
City of Alexandria - Takoma Park / Silver Spring
Dumfries - Waldorf
Ashburn - North Potomac
Great Falls - Potomac
Fairfax City - Rockville
Lorton - Germantown

Nothing really compares to Chevy Chase , Glen Echo, Brookmont or Cabin John, or Poolesville or Frederick.



Seems the most accurate so far.

A couple thoughts here...

Vienna like North Bethesda? Nope...North Bethesda doesn't have the walkability that TOV has.
Some parts of North Arlington resemble parts of Chevy Chase MD
Oakton is closer to North Potomac than Darnestown
Takoma Park and SS don't have anything comparable to Old Town Alexandria

Yes, Takoma is a 15-20 min metro ride to the heart of DC. It has this super quaint and walkable downtown surrounded by many lovely old Victorians. Nothing comparable in NVA or Moco. I remember reading about half of Obama's cabinet lives there as well as Jamie Raskin and Marc Elrich, the county executive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Vienna - north Bethesda
Oakton - darnestown
McLean - a smaller Bethesda
Chantilly - olney
Manassas- Bowie
City of Alexandria - Takoma Park / Silver Spring
Dumfries - Waldorf
Ashburn - North Potomac
Great Falls - Potomac
Fairfax City - Rockville
Lorton - Germantown

Nothing really compares to Chevy Chase , Glen Echo, Brookmont or Cabin John, or Poolesville or Frederick.



Seems the most accurate so far.

A couple thoughts here...

Vienna like North Bethesda? Nope...North Bethesda doesn't have the walkability that TOV has.
Some parts of North Arlington resemble parts of Chevy Chase MD
Oakton is closer to North Potomac than Darnestown
Takoma Park and SS don't have anything comparable to Old Town Alexandria

Yes, Takoma is a 15-20 min metro ride to the heart of DC. It has this super quaint and walkable downtown surrounded by many lovely old Victorians. Nothing comparable in NVA or Moco. I remember reading about half of Obama's cabinet lives there as well as Jamie Raskin and Marc Elrich, the county executive.

Yep. My kids went to Blair with Raskin's kids and some of Obama's cabinet members' kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s MD equivalent of Pimmit Hills?

silver springs

20 years ago maybe. Today, Pimmit is more like a neighborhood in Bethesda, maybe near Montgomery Mall.