Advice on MoCo and PG Neighborhoods

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's my take as someone who bought in Mount Rainier several years ago. The city is great and still somewhat affordable, but that's changing fast. It's safe. Lots of infrastructure improvements going on. Family-focused events (re: parents slack channel, santa drives around on a fire truck during xmas, Easter egg hunt, etc.)

Schools are an issue, but there's TAG programs and Mount Rainier Elementary and Hyattsville Middle are average. We send our kids to private schools, which are far better than most publics in MoCo. DeMatha is a popular high school choice around here.

We saved a lot of money buying in Mount Rainier when people snickered about schools/crime/etc. Fast forward to today and we literally do not have a mortgage, we can afford to send our kids to great private schools they love, it's safe, lots of families have now moved in, and it's still not (too) infected w/ the DC striver mentality - but that will change in the future, I'm sure.

+1 MtR is great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PG trolls are out in force lol

NP, but sorry you don’t like where you live.

[Anonymous]

OP - where did you end up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PG trolls are out in force lol

NP, but sorry you don’t like where you live.

I like where I live (MoCo). I don't like liars who claim they have big Homs, are "mortgage free", in a cheap area that in reality has bad schools, crime, and is dumpy (PG).

[Anonymous]

I love living pg. I also love that I’m mortgage free in my mid 30s