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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a family-oriented neighborhood. It’s attractive for families more than for most retirees. MD is a high-tax state. A lot of people don’t want to be in a high-tax state when they retire.

Is that really that hard to understand? [/quote]
And yet the older population in MoCo is growing! From [url=https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/senior/Resources/Files/16_senior_demographics_chapterii.pdf]MoCo[/url], "projections indicate that in the coming decades the growth rate of the senior population will be almost four times as great as that of non-seniors.  Consequently, seniors as a fraction of the overall population will increase dramatically.  In 1980, seniors comprised 8.7% of the overall county population.  In 2000 that had grown to 10.7%, and by 2020 it is projected to be 14.4%."

Apparently they're quite happy retiring here.[/quote]

We’re really talking about a 150-kid decline in RCES enrollment. Is it really that hard for you to imagine that it’s in part because of more families going private and in part because of retirees staying in their homes after their kids move out? Not everything is black and white.

Not to mention, we have THs and condos as well as SFHs. Retirees can stay in Kentlands/Lakelands and simply move into a smaller space, opening the SFH up for a young family.[/quote]

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