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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looking for insight from folks more familiar with the area. We're new parents and new to the DC suburbs.

Is it really not feasible to get into a decent single family home in one of the neighborhoods serving the district's better rated high schools (Walter Johnson, Walt Whitman, Wootton, BCC, Winston Churchill, etc.) for under $1 million, with a commute to DC that's not insane?

We thought we had it figured out when we found a decent place in a nice subdivision in "North Bethesda" (just south of Rockville) off the red line that feeds to Walter Johnson. Homes there are around $900,000. The neighbors love the neighborhood and their kids like Walter Johnson. But come to find out that the whole area is likely going to get pushed to Woodward HS when it reopens -- which, while it could be a good school, may take a long time to build its reputation, or may not be so good, making future home values in that area at least a partial a question mark.

So where can we buy a home that's likely to keep us in the historically good schools for under $1 million? Or has the market just gotten that crazy?

Any advice appreciated

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If most of the neighborhood you're targeting will end up at Woodward, what's the issue? That whole Bethesda, N. Bethesda area is filled with tons of highly educated UMC or wealthy professionals who will have high achieving kids going into whatever school they are assigned to.[/quote]

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