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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are considering moving there and wonder if it would make sense.  We would be commuting to Bethesda and DC near Judiciary Square.  Is it a family friendly place?  How are the schools?  Is there a place to shop?  or a downtown area?  Is it diverse?  Would the commute be worth it?  [/quote]

Very friendly place, great schools.  Really, really far away. I guess the Bethesda commute is okay (hopefully No Bethesda, like NIH). DC commute will be soul sucking.[/quote]

Urbana, despite its name, is not urban at all.  Its an exurb really.  Its a greenfield community in the middle of nowhere south of Frederick but far north of the urbanized areas of Montgomery county.   If you like diverse, whatever that means nowdays, you probably will not find it there.  But that's something you need to research more.   You can get much of what you need around there and within maybe a 10 mile drive. Plus these days with Amazon and Peapod and other delivery, retail stores are a little less critical.

90 minutes to a downtown DC job, generally.  60 minutes to Bethesda.  These are rush hour numbers.  Keep in mind, even with Metro, after 30 minutes metro travel from Bethesda, you get another 30 minutes of driving up the freeway in the worst traffic the 270 has to offer, where it drops a lane above Clarksburg.

I'm not dissing Urbana as a [i]place[/i], if its what you want.  I'm just saying its [i]far[/i] more suited for a family where one parent works in Frederick and the other works in Germantown or Gaithersburg ([i]maybe[/i] Rockville) But not for two careers oriented in Bethesda and DC.  Unless you have no kids and love never being at the place you call "home."[/quote]

Not the OP, but we're looking in this area and this post was really helpful. I SAH, DH will be commuting to Bethesda, so we'll definitely reconsider Clarksburg. The homes there are more expensive than Urbana, but I guess that's the price premium you pay for a shorter commute. [/quote]

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