Gorgeous gigantic town home in Gaithersburg for 1.5 M. Puzzled.

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the Gaithersburg general area is ganglandia. Only a small section(Kentlands and Lakelands) and the Darnestown area are wealthy and nice places to live, and the Crown area is a nice place to shop. Kentlands and Darnestown families are very similar to Bethesda or Potomac families(some are members of Congressional or Bethesda, kids drive new Jeeps and Benzs, etc), but even though that area is similar, anywhere else in Gaithersburg is so poor and horrible. That's why Gaithersburg has such a bad reputation, because the rest of the area brings it down even though there is a very nice part in the west/south. I'll guarantee you that anyone saying Gaithersburg is nice is talking about the western part of 20878 not anywhere near 355 or east of Great Seneca Highway(the border between nice and dumpy). People don't know about Darnestown/Kentlands/North Potomac because all anyone can think about is Gaithersburg as a whole and its reputation, but in reality this area is VERY different from the rest of the city.

No way, wishful thinking!

It’s closer than you think. Sorry you think we’re poor, but we’re not. Average HHI is $155K in Kentlands (https://properties.kimcorealty.com/properties/1762/).

Bethesda’s and Potomac’s avg HHI is $185K.

But yet you live in Gaithersburg/Germantown, congrats?

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the Gaithersburg general area is ganglandia. Only a small section(Kentlands and Lakelands) and the Darnestown area are wealthy and nice places to live, and the Crown area is a nice place to shop. Kentlands and Darnestown families are very similar to Bethesda or Potomac families(some are members of Congressional or Bethesda, kids drive new Jeeps and Benzs, etc), but even though that area is similar, anywhere else in Gaithersburg is so poor and horrible. That's why Gaithersburg has such a bad reputation, because the rest of the area brings it down even though there is a very nice part in the west/south. I'll guarantee you that anyone saying Gaithersburg is nice is talking about the western part of 20878 not anywhere near 355 or east of Great Seneca Highway(the border between nice and dumpy). People don't know about Darnestown/Kentlands/North Potomac because all anyone can think about is Gaithersburg as a whole and its reputation, but in reality this area is VERY different from the rest of the city.

No way, wishful thinking!

It’s closer than you think. Sorry you think we’re poor, but we’re not. Average HHI is $155K in Kentlands (https://properties.kimcorealty.com/properties/1762/).

Bethesda’s and Potomac’s avg HHI is $185K.

But yet you live in Gaithersburg/Germantown, congrats?

Thanks! We wanted a walkable neighborhood with a strong community feel and Kentlands fits the bill. We love it here!

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the Gaithersburg general area is ganglandia. Only a small section(Kentlands and Lakelands) and the Darnestown area are wealthy and nice places to live, and the Crown area is a nice place to shop. Kentlands and Darnestown families are very similar to Bethesda or Potomac families(some are members of Congressional or Bethesda, kids drive new Jeeps and Benzs, etc), but even though that area is similar, anywhere else in Gaithersburg is so poor and horrible. That's why Gaithersburg has such a bad reputation, because the rest of the area brings it down even though there is a very nice part in the west/south. I'll guarantee you that anyone saying Gaithersburg is nice is talking about the western part of 20878 not anywhere near 355 or east of Great Seneca Highway(the border between nice and dumpy). People don't know about Darnestown/Kentlands/North Potomac because all anyone can think about is Gaithersburg as a whole and its reputation, but in reality this area is VERY different from the rest of the city.

No way, wishful thinking!

It’s closer than you think. Sorry you think we’re poor, but we’re not. Average HHI is $155K in Kentlands (https://properties.kimcorealty.com/properties/1762/).

Bethesda’s and Potomac’s avg HHI is $185K.

But yet you live in Gaithersburg/Germantown, congrats?

Thanks! We wanted a walkable neighborhood with a strong community feel and Kentlands fits the bill. We love it here!

Look on a map... Kentlands is very isolated from the rest of Gaithersburg, and it is not anywhere near Germantown. It is a gaithersburg zip, but a completely different area. Also, avg HHI for Darnestown, which is adjacent to Potomac, is $173k. It isn't a poor area not sure what PP is talking about. Yes, Germantown and Gaithersburg are poor, but Kentlands and Darnestown are far from it. There are nice areas outside of Bethesda.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t care what you people say - that’s freaking gorgeous.

yeah but it's in gaithersburg

Another racist. You voted for Trump, right? They look gorgeous from the outside too! Look at new home prices in Urbana, but that is probably ok since Urbana is more white?
https://www.zillow.com/homes/new_homes/16111793_plid/globalrelevanceex_sort/39.387121,-77.22951,39.323541,-77.339373_rect/12_zm/0_mmm/[url]

For crying out loud, there are reasons beyond racism that people might not want to live in Gaithersburg. It is far from DC and jobs in DC and Tysons/NoVa for that matter. It is similarly far from most of the attractions that make DC unique and exciting. There aren't many cultural attractions, highly regarded restaurants, or other things that make you say 'wow, I really want to be in Gaithersburg.'

Sorry, if we aren't all as excited about Crown and Rio as you are.

But you know what we do have in Gaithersburg? Close proximity to a large number of beautiful places to run, hike, bike, and kayak. For people like my DH and I, who love the outdoors, the local, state, and county parks nearby are part of the reason we live here -- and, gasp, we live east of 270! And contrary to what one would read on these forums, I can walk safely in my neighborhood during the day and at night!

If we want to go to a cultural attraction, we can easily drive or metro to DC, but on a daily basis we can take advantage of the state park that is within walking distance of our home. I seriously doubt that any of you spouting off about how wonderful DC is go to visit those DC attractions on a daily or even weekly basis.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t care what you people say - that’s freaking gorgeous.

yeah but it's in gaithersburg

Another racist. You voted for Trump, right? They look gorgeous from the outside too! Look at new home prices in Urbana, but that is probably ok since Urbana is more white?
https://www.zillow.com/homes/new_homes/16111793_plid/globalrelevanceex_sort/39.387121,-77.22951,39.323541,-77.339373_rect/12_zm/0_mmm/[url]

For crying out loud, there are reasons beyond racism that people might not want to live in Gaithersburg. It is far from DC and jobs in DC and Tysons/NoVa for that matter. It is similarly far from most of the attractions that make DC unique and exciting. There aren't many cultural attractions, highly regarded restaurants, or other things that make you say 'wow, I really want to be in Gaithersburg.'

Sorry, if we aren't all as excited about Crown and Rio as you are.

So, people only work in DC and Tysons/NoVa, for that matter? It is fine that you don't care for it, but just be honest why you are so stunned that people are paying that much to live in....Gaithersburg. I bet you have no issue with paying more than that for a house in Potomac, even though the commute is almost as long if not longer(no metro) from some parts? Is it that YOU don't understand that people with money might choose to live there?! Do you believe that MD is the richest state in the Union because of one tiny part of the population that works in DC and Tysons?
1. Maryland
• Median household income: $80,776
• Population: 6,052,177 (19th highest)
• 2017 unemployment rate: 4.1 percent (22nd lowest)
• Poverty rate: 9.3 percent (2nd lowest)

PP from “yeah but it’s in Gaithersburg” and I also feel disdain for Potomac

What about Gaithersburg? Why you don't like it?

I don’t like driving on 270, nothing there feels old or special, it’s ugly and car-scaled. I prefer my neighborhood developers dead. I’m not a pioneer and I don’t want to live at someone’s mall even if it has a pond and a cookie store or whatever.

I do like the county fair, that is a really good county fair you guys. Better than some state fairs imo. Definitely worth the drive. I also like Sugarloaf and Frederick. The key to the fair imo is to catch the demolition derby and to solemnly swear not to acquire a bunny before you arrive because otherwise you will be surprised that prize winning cute bunnies can be acquired for such a reasonable fee and you might make a Gaithersburg mistake.

They should build townhomes at the fair maybe I would buy one idk though because there are a lot of teens sometimes doing tomfoolery I don’t even know if they are county residents or what but they are dressed like little harlots and I respect that but I don’t wanna be with them on the pirate ship necessarily if they are making out and taking selfies when it is at the top because it’s just a brief moment of weightlessness that feels like joy and can’t they just be present for it.

What Gaithersburg has going for it is immigrants and also that one weird still-there farm that I think is there just because of one cranky lady? That is the best year-round thing about Gaithersburg besides immigrants. Also it’s easy to buy gas I guess because the roads are big and there’s usually a turn lane.

bunnies can live for like ten years in your house

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t care what you people say - that’s freaking gorgeous.

yeah but it's in gaithersburg

Another racist. You voted for Trump, right? They look gorgeous from the outside too! Look at new home prices in Urbana, but that is probably ok since Urbana is more white?
https://www.zillow.com/homes/new_homes/16111793_plid/globalrelevanceex_sort/39.387121,-77.22951,39.323541,-77.339373_rect/12_zm/0_mmm/[url]

For crying out loud, there are reasons beyond racism that people might not want to live in Gaithersburg. It is far from DC and jobs in DC and Tysons/NoVa for that matter. It is similarly far from most of the attractions that make DC unique and exciting. There aren't many cultural attractions, highly regarded restaurants, or other things that make you say 'wow, I really want to be in Gaithersburg.'

Sorry, if we aren't all as excited about Crown and Rio as you are.

I assume most of these 'why would anyone not want to live in DC' posters like you are transplants to the area so you are all pressed to be in D.C. I work in DC, live in MD, and would love a job in MD.

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the Gaithersburg general area is ganglandia. Only a small section(Kentlands and Lakelands) and the Darnestown area are wealthy and nice places to live, and the Crown area is a nice place to shop. Kentlands and Darnestown families are very similar to Bethesda or Potomac families(some are members of Congressional or Bethesda, kids drive new Jeeps and Benzs, etc), but even though that area is similar, anywhere else in Gaithersburg is so poor and horrible. That's why Gaithersburg has such a bad reputation, because the rest of the area brings it down even though there is a very nice part in the west/south. I'll guarantee you that anyone saying Gaithersburg is nice is talking about the western part of 20878 not anywhere near 355 or east of Great Seneca Highway(the border between nice and dumpy). People don't know about Darnestown/Kentlands/North Potomac because all anyone can think about is Gaithersburg as a whole and its reputation, but in reality this area is VERY different from the rest of the city.

No way, wishful thinking!

It’s closer than you think. Sorry you think we’re poor, but we’re not. Average HHI is $155K in Kentlands (https://properties.kimcorealty.com/properties/1762/).

Bethesda’s and Potomac’s avg HHI is $185K.

But yet you live in Gaithersburg/Germantown, congrats?

Thanks! We wanted a walkable neighborhood with a strong community feel and Kentlands fits the bill. We love it here!

Look on a map... Kentlands is very isolated from the rest of Gaithersburg, and it is not anywhere near Germantown. It is a gaithersburg zip, but a completely different area. Also, avg HHI for Darnestown, which is adjacent to Potomac, is $173k. It isn't a poor area not sure what PP is talking about. Yes, Germantown and Gaithersburg are poor, but Kentlands and Darnestown are far from it. There are nice areas outside of Bethesda.

Maybe you should drive over here. First of all, Germantown is huge. Secondly, you are wrong about Kentlands being nowhere near Germantown; I live in Germantown and it takes me at most, 5 min to reach the Kentlands (where my dentist is, a gym I used to frequent, Wholefoods, etc). Lastly, you shouldn't characterize Germantown and Gaithersburg as 'poor'. That is intellectually lazy when you can simply look up the zipcodes associated with these areas where you will see that there are areas of lower hhi and areas of higher hhi.

The neighborhood I live in is diverse, quiet, full of hard working people. There are plenty of activities in Germantown and Gaithersburg for my children, an abundance of shopping and entertainment options and a 30-45 drive to the city if we want to visit museums, eat at a restaurant or visit family/friends.

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the Gaithersburg general area is ganglandia. Only a small section(Kentlands and Lakelands) and the Darnestown area are wealthy and nice places to live, and the Crown area is a nice place to shop. Kentlands and Darnestown families are very similar to Bethesda or Potomac families(some are members of Congressional or Bethesda, kids drive new Jeeps and Benzs, etc), but even though that area is similar, anywhere else in Gaithersburg is so poor and horrible. That's why Gaithersburg has such a bad reputation, because the rest of the area brings it down even though there is a very nice part in the west/south. I'll guarantee you that anyone saying Gaithersburg is nice is talking about the western part of 20878 not anywhere near 355 or east of Great Seneca Highway(the border between nice and dumpy). People don't know about Darnestown/Kentlands/North Potomac because all anyone can think about is Gaithersburg as a whole and its reputation, but in reality this area is VERY different from the rest of the city.

No way, wishful thinking!

It’s closer than you think. Sorry you think we’re poor, but we’re not. Average HHI is $155K in Kentlands (https://properties.kimcorealty.com/properties/1762/).

Bethesda’s and Potomac’s avg HHI is $185K.

But yet you live in Gaithersburg/Germantown, congrats?

Thanks! We wanted a walkable neighborhood with a strong community feel and Kentlands fits the bill. We love it here!

Look on a map... Kentlands is very isolated from the rest of Gaithersburg, and it is not anywhere near Germantown. It is a gaithersburg zip, but a completely different area. Also, avg HHI for Darnestown, which is adjacent to Potomac, is $173k. It isn't a poor area not sure what PP is talking about. Yes, Germantown and Gaithersburg are poor, but Kentlands and Darnestown are far from it. There are nice areas outside of Bethesda.

Maybe you should drive over here. First of all, Germantown is huge. Secondly, you are wrong about Kentlands being nowhere near Germantown; I live in Germantown and it takes me at most, 5 min to reach the Kentlands (where my dentist is, a gym I used to frequent, Wholefoods, etc). Lastly, you shouldn't characterize Germantown and Gaithersburg as 'poor'. That is intellectually lazy when you can simply look up the zipcodes associated with these areas where you will see that there are areas of lower hhi and areas of higher hhi.

The neighborhood I live in is diverse, quiet, full of hard working people. There are plenty of activities in Germantown and Gaithersburg for my children, an abundance of shopping and entertainment options and a 30-45 drive to the city if we want to visit museums, eat at a restaurant or visit family/friends.

Germantown also has amazing parks (Adventure Park), the huge soccer Plex, bubbles tennis courts, biking walking trails, and a huge county indoor pool themed as a pirate ship with slides everywhere , 30 swimming lanes and Olympic diving platforms. Oh - and a Wegmanns. I’ve always thought of Germantown as being pretty great.



I forgot the Splash Park

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I would hate to live near this - Germantown sucks!

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This is the Lifetime Fitness near the townhouse. How horrible!

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the Gaithersburg general area is ganglandia. Only a small section(Kentlands and Lakelands) and the Darnestown area are wealthy and nice places to live, and the Crown area is a nice place to shop. Kentlands and Darnestown families are very similar to Bethesda or Potomac families(some are members of Congressional or Bethesda, kids drive new Jeeps and Benzs, etc), but even though that area is similar, anywhere else in Gaithersburg is so poor and horrible. That's why Gaithersburg has such a bad reputation, because the rest of the area brings it down even though there is a very nice part in the west/south. I'll guarantee you that anyone saying Gaithersburg is nice is talking about the western part of 20878 not anywhere near 355 or east of Great Seneca Highway(the border between nice and dumpy). People don't know about Darnestown/Kentlands/North Potomac because all anyone can think about is Gaithersburg as a whole and its reputation, but in reality this area is VERY different from the rest of the city.

No way, wishful thinking!

It’s closer than you think. Sorry you think we’re poor, but we’re not. Average HHI is $155K in Kentlands (https://properties.kimcorealty.com/properties/1762/).

Bethesda’s and Potomac’s avg HHI is $185K.

Agreed, FFS, nobody wants to be Bethesda and Potomac people.

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Anonymous wrote:I would hate to live near this - Germantown sucks!

I love that pool, got me through the toddler years!

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the Gaithersburg general area is ganglandia. Only a small section(Kentlands and Lakelands) and the Darnestown area are wealthy and nice places to live, and the Crown area is a nice place to shop. Kentlands and Darnestown families are very similar to Bethesda or Potomac families(some are members of Congressional or Bethesda, kids drive new Jeeps and Benzs, etc), but even though that area is similar, anywhere else in Gaithersburg is so poor and horrible. That's why Gaithersburg has such a bad reputation, because the rest of the area brings it down even though there is a very nice part in the west/south. I'll guarantee you that anyone saying Gaithersburg is nice is talking about the western part of 20878 not anywhere near 355 or east of Great Seneca Highway(the border between nice and dumpy). People don't know about Darnestown/Kentlands/North Potomac because all anyone can think about is Gaithersburg as a whole and its reputation, but in reality this area is VERY different from the rest of the city.

No way, wishful thinking!

It’s closer than you think. Sorry you think we’re poor, but we’re not. Average HHI is $155K in Kentlands (https://properties.kimcorealty.com/properties/1762/).

Bethesda’s and Potomac’s avg HHI is $185K.

But yet you live in Gaithersburg/Germantown, congrats?

Thanks! We wanted a walkable neighborhood with a strong community feel and Kentlands fits the bill. We love it here!

Look on a map... Kentlands is very isolated from the rest of Gaithersburg, and it is not anywhere near Germantown. It is a gaithersburg zip, but a completely different area. Also, avg HHI for Darnestown, which is adjacent to Potomac, is $173k. It isn't a poor area not sure what PP is talking about. Yes, Germantown and Gaithersburg are poor, but Kentlands and Darnestown are far from it. There are nice areas outside of Bethesda.

Maybe you should drive over here. First of all, Germantown is huge. Secondly, you are wrong about Kentlands being nowhere near Germantown; I live in Germantown and it takes me at most, 5 min to reach the Kentlands (where my dentist is, a gym I used to frequent, Wholefoods, etc). Lastly, you shouldn't characterize Germantown and Gaithersburg as 'poor'. That is intellectually lazy when you can simply look up the zipcodes associated with these areas where you will see that there are areas of lower hhi and areas of higher hhi.

The neighborhood I live in is diverse, quiet, full of hard working people. There are plenty of activities in Germantown and Gaithersburg for my children, an abundance of shopping and entertainment options and a 30-45 drive to the city if we want to visit museums, eat at a restaurant or visit family/friends.

Germantown also has amazing parks (Adventure Park), the huge soccer Plex, bubbles tennis courts, biking walking trails, and a huge county indoor pool themed as a pirate ship with slides everywhere , 30 swimming lanes and Olympic diving platforms. Oh - and a Wegmanns. I’ve always thought of Germantown as being pretty great.



I forgot the Splash Park

Yep! We love the SoccerPlex and the Black Rock Center for the Arts.

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I think it is a sad mentality that people can't believe other people would want to pay a lot to live somewhere where OP and other pps don't consider desirable to them. Very closed mind set. A mind set that closed that luckily developers don't have. They saw an opportunity and clearly are still building there. Try opening your mind a bit more op and others, people paying 1.5mil for a town-home probably don't care about the public school that much. And many wealthy immigrants and born Americans there like that their kids and elderly parents(if they are with them) can walk to the gym and grocery store and the movie theater. To each its own, why can't you accept that?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t care what you people say - that’s freaking gorgeous.

yeah but it's in gaithersburg

Another racist. You voted for Trump, right? They look gorgeous from the outside too! Look at new home prices in Urbana, but that is probably ok since Urbana is more white?
https://www.zillow.com/homes/new_homes/16111793_plid/globalrelevanceex_sort/39.387121,-77.22951,39.323541,-77.339373_rect/12_zm/0_mmm/[url]

For crying out loud, there are reasons beyond racism that people might not want to live in Gaithersburg. It is far from DC and jobs in DC and Tysons/NoVa for that matter. It is similarly far from most of the attractions that make DC unique and exciting. There aren't many cultural attractions, highly regarded restaurants, or other things that make you say 'wow, I really want to be in Gaithersburg.'

Sorry, if we aren't all as excited about Crown and Rio as you are.

But you know what we do have in Gaithersburg? Close proximity to a large number of beautiful places to run, hike, bike, and kayak. For people like my DH and I, who love the outdoors, the local, state, and county parks nearby are part of the reason we live here -- and, gasp, we live east of 270! And contrary to what one would read on these forums, I can walk safely in my neighborhood during the day and at night!

If we want to go to a cultural attraction, we can easily drive or metro to DC, but on a daily basis we can take advantage of the state park that is within walking distance of our home. I seriously doubt that any of you spouting off about how wonderful DC is go to visit those DC attractions on a daily or even weekly basis.

I agree, DC is for people who want to visit and look at thing.

Upper Moco is for people that want to do things and form lasting relationships.

DC (Bethesda/Potomac/CC) = living your best life with your material things
MoCO (not Bethesda or Potomac or CC) = living your best life creating life long friend.

DC nice to visit, don't want to live ther.