What neighborhoods are best for kids?

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Anonymous wrote:Somerset is amazing for kids. The kids aren’t any more warped than anywhere else in NW DC or Bethesda, Potomac, etc

“Any more warped”… and that’s why we live in Rockville.

No offense…you live in Rockville because that is what you can afford or maybe you work in Rockville.

Nobody who works in DC and can afford to live in Somerset, lives in Rockville.

Why do people make these assumptions? Somerset isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

Yes. I, for example, hate the tiny, claustrophobic streets in Somerset.

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Anonymous wrote:Somerset is amazing for kids. The kids aren’t any more warped than anywhere else in NW DC or Bethesda, Potomac, etc

“Any more warped”… and that’s why we live in Rockville.

No offense…you live in Rockville because that is what you can afford or maybe you work in Rockville.

Nobody who works in DC and can afford to live in Somerset, lives in Rockville.

Why do people make these assumptions? Somerset isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

Yes. I, for example, hate the tiny, claustrophobic streets in Somerset.

The question wasn’t about what you think of Somerset, it was what neighborhood is great for kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somerset is amazing for kids. The kids aren’t any more warped than anywhere else in NW DC or Bethesda, Potomac, etc

“Any more warped”… and that’s why we live in Rockville.

No offense…you live in Rockville because that is what you can afford or maybe you work in Rockville.

Nobody who works in DC and can afford to live in Somerset, lives in Rockville.

Why do people make these assumptions? Somerset isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

Yes. I, for example, hate the tiny, claustrophobic streets in Somerset.

The question wasn’t about what you think of Somerset, it was what neighborhood is great for kids.

In fact, this is responsive to and supportive of the prior post, which said, “Somerset isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Somerset is the first place I think of

This is hysterical. “Not so wealthy…” Somerset? C’mon!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda…won’t exactly match what you want (not super diverse, still UMC but not ultra wealthy), but it’s close. BCC HS is not as highly regarded as Whitman or Churchill but definitely diverse.

Seems like tweens and teens love hanging out in downtown Bethesda.

+1 Check out East Bethesda.

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Anonymous wrote:Kensington.

I was raised in Chevy Chase, but we have loved raising our kids in Kensington. The playgrounds, the parades, the pools, walkability, close to everything - it’s been great.

I recommended East Bethesda earlier. I also agree with Kensington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Darnestown

Does not meet commute requirement

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Wood Acres
— between River and Mass Ave. good mix of older split levels and new builds. Great public elementary school/ park/ library in the neighborhood

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somerset is amazing for kids. The kids aren’t any more warped than anywhere else in NW DC or Bethesda, Potomac, etc

“Any more warped”… and that’s why we live in Rockville.

No offense…you live in Rockville because that is what you can afford or maybe you work in Rockville.

Nobody who works in DC and can afford to live in Somerset, lives in Rockville.

Why do people make these assumptions? Somerset isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

Because Rockville is nobody’s cup of tea unless there is a practical reason to be there.

Nobody commutes to DC from Rockville unless they can’t afford to live closer.

Doesn’t mean a person chooses Somerset…but they aren’t picking Rockville.

[Anonymous]

Takoma Park

North Hills (Silver Spring)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Somerset is amazing for kids. The kids aren’t any more warped than anywhere else in NW DC or Bethesda, Potomac, etc

“Any more warped”… and that’s why we live in Rockville.

No offense…you live in Rockville because that is what you can afford or maybe you work in Rockville.

Nobody who works in DC and can afford to live in Somerset, lives in Rockville.

Why do people make these assumptions? Somerset isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

Because Rockville is nobody’s cup of tea unless there is a practical reason to be there.

Nobody commutes to DC from Rockville unless they can’t afford to live closer.

Doesn’t mean a person chooses Somerset…but they aren’t picking Rockville.

You were responding to me. We actually could afford to live somewhere else (that you'd deem worthy) but we both WFH and want our kids to grow up around "normal" people and not snobs like you.

[Anonymous]

Kentlands/Lakelands

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Flora Singer, Forest Knolls, or Rock Creek Forest ES areas of Silver Spring

Bancroft or Ludlow-Taylor ES zones in DC

Not as familiar with VA--Falls Church, Del Ray, and South Arlington all seem nice. I know a recent grad of ACHS who is lovely and had a great childhood, so it seems like lots of parts of Alexandria could work.

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Anonymous wrote:If you could afford to live anywhere in dc or md, and wanted to be within 45 min of downtown (reliably 45 minutes in mornings and afternoons, not Howard county), which neighborhoods would you look at?

What is the sweet spot of safety, diversity, family activities, good public and/or private schools, nice housing and not so wealthy that the kids are irretrievably warped?

Anywhere outside of the DMV.

[Anonymous]

University Park, especially if close-ish to metro or the Riverdale MARC.