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[quote=Anonymous]We live in Somerset, which is one of the incorporated towns in Chevy Chase. Before that we lived in an unincorporated area. There are a lot of benefits to living in an incorporated area, which mostly boil down to municipal services being provided at the town level rather than by the county, which means they’re much more responsive to residents and doing business with them (like if your trash isn’t picked up) is easier. Some of the permitting requirements are stricter, but I think less of a black box than dealing with MoCo. We also have a pool and tennis courts that are only for town residents (meaning no waitlist for the pool and easy scheduling to reserve a tennis court) and the cost is included in the taxes (town taxes are basically reallocated from what we pay to MoCo).

Somerset isn’t as pretty as the Town, but it’s still very nice with a lot of mature trees, etc and the elementary school is walkable. Friendship Heights is walkable for most and downtown Bethesda isn’t far, although most adults drive.

The biggest downside is the cost, and there’s even a premium versus unincorporated areas in CCMD. It’s also pretty homogeneous but probably not significantly different from other areas of CCMD. [/quote]

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