Where do you consider MCPS high schools on a scale of good-bad

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Anonymous wrote:So I think while living close-in might be becoming more appealing, the rise of telework is cancelling that out a bit.

We got a nice house, a decent commute (walkable to metro), and decent schools (a "sacrifice" for people who scroll immediately to the race pie chart on greatschools)

If you're walkable to Metro, you live close-in.

Living close in isn't just about commuting for many people and the statistics say that telework isn't canceling it out.

Right. If you're walkable to Metro AND THERE ARE FACILITIES FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY WALK TO METRO, you live close-in.

What sort of facilities do you need to walk? Sidewalks? Are there really many places that are close enough to walk to metro, but the roads are such that you can't walk? It may not always be the most picturesque walk, but most places I can think of you certainly can walk.

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Anonymous wrote:So I think while living close-in might be becoming more appealing, the rise of telework is cancelling that out a bit.

We got a nice house, a decent commute (walkable to metro), and decent schools (a "sacrifice" for people who scroll immediately to the race pie chart on greatschools)

If you're walkable to Metro, you live close-in.

Living close in isn't just about commuting for many people and the statistics say that telework isn't canceling it out.

Right. If you're walkable to Metro AND THERE ARE FACILITIES FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY WALK TO METRO, you live close-in.

What sort of facilities do you need to walk? Sidewalks? Are there really many places that are close enough to walk to metro, but the roads are such that you can't walk? It may not always be the most picturesque walk, but most places I can think of you certainly can walk.

In Maryland? Yes. Especially in Prince George's County, but also on the east side of the Red Line in Montgomery County, from Forest Glen north. Lots of areas in walking *distance* of the Metro station, but you'd never walk there unless you absolutely had to get there and that was the only option.

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Anonymous wrote:So I think while living close-in might be becoming more appealing, the rise of telework is cancelling that out a bit.

We got a nice house, a decent commute (walkable to metro), and decent schools (a "sacrifice" for people who scroll immediately to the race pie chart on greatschools)

If you're walkable to Metro, you live close-in.

I guess it depends how you define close-in. You certainly aren't in an exurb or maybe outer layers of the suburbs, but someone at the end of the metro line isn't that close-in. There are also plenty of people who can't walk to a metro but are far closer-in than some people who can. Walkability to metro doesn't correlate to close-in other than meaning you can't be that far out since the lines only go so far.

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Anonymous wrote:So I think while living close-in might be becoming more appealing, the rise of telework is cancelling that out a bit.

We got a nice house, a decent commute (walkable to metro), and decent schools (a "sacrifice" for people who scroll immediately to the race pie chart on greatschools)

If you're walkable to Metro, you live close-in.

I guess it depends how you define close-in. You certainly aren't in an exurb or maybe outer layers of the suburbs, but someone at the end of the metro line isn't that close-in. There are also plenty of people who can't walk to a metro but are far closer-in than some people who can. Walkability to metro doesn't correlate to close-in other than meaning you can't be that far out since the lines only go so far.

There's more to close-in-ness than distance as the crow flies. Potomac (at least parts of it) is geographically close but increasingly less desired because there's not much you can walk to.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing the level of denial that people seem to be experiencing over this change. People have been leaving the burbs and moving close-in or in the city now for a decade or two. Just because some people still like the burbs doesn't matter. This is a national trend that is why the city's population keeps going up and close-in burbs like SS and Bethesda can't stop building.

No one is denying that building in SS, DC, Bethesda is not happening but you are delusional thinking that there are tons of people leaving the outer burbs of DMV to move to these places. There are tons of building elsewhere in the county too. Bottomline, people are moving into this county every year by the thousands.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing the level of denial that people seem to be experiencing over this change. People have been leaving the burbs and moving close-in or in the city now for a decade or two. Just because some people still like the burbs doesn't matter. This is a national trend that is why the city's population keeps going up and close-in burbs like SS and Bethesda can't stop building.

No one is denying that building in SS, DC, Bethesda is not happening but you are delusional thinking that there are tons of people leaving the outer burbs of DMV to move to these places. There are tons of building elsewhere in the county too. Bottomline, people are moving into this county every year by the thousands.

There is a huge amount of new building in Bethesda right now.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing the level of denial that people seem to be experiencing over this change. People have been leaving the burbs and moving close-in or in the city now for a decade or two. Just because some people still like the burbs doesn't matter. This is a national trend that is why the city's population keeps going up and close-in burbs like SS and Bethesda can't stop building.

No one is denying that building in SS, DC, Bethesda is not happening but you are delusional thinking that there are tons of people leaving the outer burbs of DMV to move to these places. There are tons of building elsewhere in the county too. Bottomline, people are moving into this county every year by the thousands.

Yup. And where do they want to live? In close-in and close-in-ish places.

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Anonymous wrote:So I think while living close-in might be becoming more appealing, the rise of telework is cancelling that out a bit.

We got a nice house, a decent commute (walkable to metro), and decent schools (a "sacrifice" for people who scroll immediately to the race pie chart on greatschools)

If you're walkable to Metro, you live close-in.

I guess it depends how you define close-in. You certainly aren't in an exurb or maybe outer layers of the suburbs, but someone at the end of the metro line isn't that close-in. There are also plenty of people who can't walk to a metro but are far closer-in than some people who can. Walkability to metro doesn't correlate to close-in other than meaning you can't be that far out since the lines only go so far.

There's more to close-in-ness than distance as the crow flies. Potomac (at least parts of it) is geographically close but increasingly less desired because there's not much you can walk to.

I'd call that desirability, not close-in. Those things are certainly correlated, but they aren't the same. I think you overstate the importance of walkability. More people would prefer to be a short drive to Bethesda or FH than a walk to Shady Grove, for example.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing the level of denial that people seem to be experiencing over this change. People have been leaving the burbs and moving close-in or in the city now for a decade or two. Just because some people still like the burbs doesn't matter. This is a national trend that is why the city's population keeps going up and close-in burbs like SS and Bethesda can't stop building.

No one is denying that building in SS, DC, Bethesda is not happening but you are delusional thinking that there are tons of people leaving the outer burbs of DMV to move to these places. There are tons of building elsewhere in the county too. Bottomline, people are moving into this county every year by the thousands.

Yup. And where do they want to live? In close-in and close-in-ish places.

Who cares where they want to live. Where are they moving to? They're moving close in AND out! I wanted to live in Bethesda and..guess where I ended up.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing the level of denial that people seem to be experiencing over this change. People have been leaving the burbs and moving close-in or in the city now for a decade or two. Just because some people still like the burbs doesn't matter. This is a national trend that is why the city's population keeps going up and close-in burbs like SS and Bethesda can't stop building.

No one is denying that building in SS, DC, Bethesda is not happening but you are delusional thinking that there are tons of people leaving the outer burbs of DMV to move to these places. There are tons of building elsewhere in the county too. Bottomline, people are moving into this county every year by the thousands.

Yup. And where do they want to live? In close-in and close-in-ish places.

Who cares where they want to live. Where are they moving to? They're moving close in AND out! I wanted to live in Bethesda and..guess where I ended up.

People who build, own, and sell housing. Also, people who make decisions about land use and transportation.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing the level of denial that people seem to be experiencing over this change. People have been leaving the burbs and moving close-in or in the city now for a decade or two. Just because some people still like the burbs doesn't matter. This is a national trend that is why the city's population keeps going up and close-in burbs like SS and Bethesda can't stop building.

No one is denying that building in SS, DC, Bethesda is not happening but you are delusional thinking that there are tons of people leaving the outer burbs of DMV to move to these places. There are tons of building elsewhere in the county too. Bottomline, people are moving into this county every year by the thousands.

Yup. And where do they want to live? In close-in and close-in-ish places.

Who cares where they want to live. Where are they moving to? They're moving close in AND out! I wanted to live in Bethesda and..guess where I ended up.

People who build, own, and sell housing. Also, people who make decisions about land use and transportation.

The whole point of this thread was schools, correct? I'm not sure how this whole housing thing started but if the point is that we should be expanding and building schools in closer in areas and not in the outer burbs like upcounty, because iof people's desires to live closer in, then that is flawed thinking.

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The whole point of this thread was schools, correct? I'm not sure how this whole housing thing started but if the point is that we should be expanding and building schools in closer in areas and not in the outer burbs like upcounty, because iof people's desires to live closer in, then that is flawed thinking.

No, that wasn't the point. Nobody is saying that.

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The whole point of this thread was schools, correct? I'm not sure how this whole housing thing started but if the point is that we should be expanding and building schools in closer in areas and not in the outer burbs like upcounty, because iof people's desires to live closer in, then that is flawed thinking.

No, that wasn't the point. Nobody is saying that.

So how is this housing talk and desirability to be closer- in related to the topic of schools, specifically this thread?

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The whole point of this thread was schools, correct? I'm not sure how this whole housing thing started but if the point is that we should be expanding and building schools in closer in areas and not in the outer burbs like upcounty, because iof people's desires to live closer in, then that is flawed thinking.

No, that wasn't the point. Nobody is saying that.

So how is this housing talk and desirability to be closer- in related to the topic of schools, specifically this thread?

Because where your kids go to school depends on where you live, in MCPS.

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The whole point of this thread was schools, correct? I'm not sure how this whole housing thing started but if the point is that we should be expanding and building schools in closer in areas and not in the outer burbs like upcounty, because iof people's desires to live closer in, then that is flawed thinking.

No, that wasn't the point. Nobody is saying that.

So how is this housing talk and desirability to be closer- in related to the topic of schools, specifically this thread?

Because where your kids go to school depends on where you live, in MCPS.

Yes...we know that...and?