Who has moved to Frederick from MoCo?

[Anonymous]

Do you like living there? Do you miss MoCo? Is there enough to do in Frederick?

My husband and I are looking to buy because I work from home full time and he only has to do DC commute 1x per week.

We can get a large brand new SFH home in Frederick for under 500K

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you like living there? Do you miss MoCo? Is there enough to do in Frederick?

My husband and I are looking to buy because I work from home full time and he only has to do DC commute 1x per week.

We can get a large brand new SFH home in Frederick for under 500K

I work in montgomery county, grew up outside of nyc and live in frederick county. Yes there is enough to do. Frederick county has a rich reserve of outdoor trails, lakes, mountains, etc so if you enjoy those things, it is lovely. There are theaters and museums, there is a great downtown with good restaurants, breweries, shops, etc. The school system is good, and it has a friendly vibe. The term fredneck really no longer holds (frederick now has more democratic versus republican voters. It has shifted). Go visit. I think it just made another one of those lists of the best 25 places to live. I will try to link to the source.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you like living there? Do you miss MoCo? Is there enough to do in Frederick?

My husband and I are looking to buy because I work from home full time and he only has to do DC commute 1x per week.

We can get a large brand new SFH home in Frederick for under 500K

I grew up in Potomac and bought my first place in MoCo vowing that I would never move north of Gaithersburg "to the sticks". I got married and we wanted a SFH with a larger yard for a price we could afford in our late 20's. We ended up moving to the Villages of Urbana just over the Frederick county line and I would never move back to MoCo now. The people are just so much friendlier in Frederick. Downtown is very cute and has some great restaurants. Our main friend group is still in Bethesda so before COVID we would make a 30 min drive south on a Saturday night for dinner but that's not a big deal to us. I don't know if I'd be as happy if I were further up past Ballenger Creek but Urbana has been a good fit for us.

[Anonymous]

Frederick used to be nice. It’s turning into another Germantown. More people, more traffic, more crime.

[Anonymous]

I live in Lake Linganore. Used to be a great community. What were forests, hiking trails and vast green spaces are now being bulldozed by Ryan Homes. Linganore, like a lot of Frederick, is changing- for the worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Lake Linganore. Used to be a great community. What were forests, hiking trails and vast green spaces are now being bulldozed by Ryan Homes. Linganore, like a lot of Frederick, is changing- for the worse.

Yep. We left in 2018 and haven’t looked back. They weren’t going to build enough schools to keep up with the development (county government screwed that one up royally), the traffic was becoming horrible, MoCo refugees settling in and then asking why it wasn’t more like Moco.

We are in New England now and much happier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Frederick used to be nice. It’s turning into another Germantown. More people, more traffic, more crime.

First two sure, but I'm going to need some citations on the latter one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Lake Linganore. Used to be a great community. What were forests, hiking trails and vast green spaces are now being bulldozed by Ryan Homes. Linganore, like a lot of Frederick, is changing- for the worse.

I'm sure there's some folks who remember when Lake Linganore was farmland. I wonder what they thought of the homes built there in the 1970s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Lake Linganore. Used to be a great community. What were forests, hiking trails and vast green spaces are now being bulldozed by Ryan Homes. Linganore, like a lot of Frederick, is changing- for the worse.

I just bought one of those Ryan homes. In every neighborhood, there are always the "oh-so-wise, old-timers" who lament every time there is a new development and someone else invading their space. There are still plenty of green spaces in the area. There were no trails where Ryan is building. Furthermore, they are bringing in amenities that you never had before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Lake Linganore. Used to be a great community. What were forests, hiking trails and vast green spaces are now being bulldozed by Ryan Homes. Linganore, like a lot of Frederick, is changing- for the worse.

I'm sure there's some folks who remember when Lake Linganore was farmland. I wonder what they thought of the homes built there in the 1970s.

Yet, your property values are only going up because of the development. Can't win for losing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Lake Linganore. Used to be a great community. What were forests, hiking trails and vast green spaces are now being bulldozed by Ryan Homes. Linganore, like a lot of Frederick, is changing- for the worse.

I just bought one of those Ryan homes. In every neighborhood, there are always the "oh-so-wise, old-timers" who lament every time there is a new development and someone else invading their space. There are still plenty of green spaces in the area. There were no trails where Ryan is building. Furthermore, they are bringing in amenities that you never had before.

They're building on the Indian Caves. You're supporting it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Lake Linganore. Used to be a great community. What were forests, hiking trails and vast green spaces are now being bulldozed by Ryan Homes. Linganore, like a lot of Frederick, is changing- for the worse.

I just bought one of those Ryan homes. In every neighborhood, there are always the "oh-so-wise, old-timers" who lament every time there is a new development and someone else invading their space. There are still plenty of green spaces in the area. There were no trails where Ryan is building. Furthermore, they are bringing in amenities that you never had before.

They're building on the Indian Caves. You're supporting it.

Also, when we bought in New Market (not the Linganore development), we did so because we didn’t want to be “close-in with amenities.” Now there is no difference between New Market and any other plastic suburb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Lake Linganore. Used to be a great community. What were forests, hiking trails and vast green spaces are now being bulldozed by Ryan Homes. Linganore, like a lot of Frederick, is changing- for the worse.

I just bought one of those Ryan homes. In every neighborhood, there are always the "oh-so-wise, old-timers" who lament every time there is a new development and someone else invading their space. There are still plenty of green spaces in the area. There were no trails where Ryan is building. Furthermore, they are bringing in amenities that you never had before.

The "oh-so-wise old timers" about whom you disparage have a much deeper history, perspective, and appreciation for the area, and remember it long before your cheap overpriced shack was thrown up on cleared forest land, and before you drove up 270 in your SUV. Furthermore, not everyone wants the "amenities" (e.g., more chain stores, more gas stations,
more signalized intersections, and more pavement) that come with these so-called "new communities."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Lake Linganore. Used to be a great community. What were forests, hiking trails and vast green spaces are now being bulldozed by Ryan Homes. Linganore, like a lot of Frederick, is changing- for the worse.

I just bought one of those Ryan homes. In every neighborhood, there are always the "oh-so-wise, old-timers" who lament every time there is a new development and someone else invading their space. There are still plenty of green spaces in the area. There were no trails where Ryan is building. Furthermore, they are bringing in amenities that you never had before.

Wow. Not every day you see someone openly admit to this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Lake Linganore. Used to be a great community. What were forests, hiking trails and vast green spaces are now being bulldozed by Ryan Homes. Linganore, like a lot of Frederick, is changing- for the worse.

I just bought one of those Ryan homes. In every neighborhood, there are always the "oh-so-wise, old-timers" who lament every time there is a new development and someone else invading their space. There are still plenty of green spaces in the area. There were no trails where Ryan is building. Furthermore, they are bringing in amenities that you never had before.

The "oh-so-wise old timers" about whom you disparage have a much deeper history, perspective, and appreciation for the area, and remember it long before your cheap overpriced shack was thrown up on cleared forest land, and before you drove up 270 in your SUV. Furthermore, not everyone wants the "amenities" (e.g., more chain stores, more gas stations,
more signalized intersections, and more pavement) that come with these so-called "new communities."

Oh spare me. You have no more understanding than an ant. If you want the woods, move the woods, not a subdivision with a huge HOA. You want the HOA, the amenities, etc. but you don't want anyone else moving next to you. When I say amenities, I mean the pools, tennis courts, trails, etc that the association maintains. You sound ridiculous.