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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are a single income Black family on a modest HHI looking for a decent neighborhood to put down roots. The advice I've gotten from DCUM in general is frustrating at best, as we vastly differ on what's considered "diverse", and I just don't see my family fitting in to a lot of the "preferred" areas.

The neighborhood is important, we like to talk to our neighbors and attend neighborhood events. We have one high school age kid who has autism and needs special education services, that makes finding a good district really hard to pin down, and we cannot afford private.

We want a nice, safe area with a diverse, liberal (Black, White, Asian, LGBT) middle class community with some SAHPs. We would like to walk around and not have people wonder what we're up to or if we belong in the area. We're not religious, so churches and such are not important at all.

Some of the things we are looking for:

Decent school district (I realize that my son's IEP and education issues are complicated, and we're on our own for this)
3 bed/2 bath
Some walkability, but not a huge must have. We have two cars and don't mind driving.
Relatively close to grocery stores, coffee shops, libraries, and maybe some decent restaurants.
Daily commute is to Bethesda, so we'd prefer to stay on the MD side.
Budget is $500k, but we can go to $550k if absolutely necessary.

To add, we've lived in the area before (we're military), in Damascus and we enjoyed our time there, but never felt like the community was a great fit for us. We sacrificed living in a more urban and diverse area because we had a REALLY low HHI at the time, and Damascus offered the best options for housing and schools on our income. Now that we are older and have sent our oldest off to college, we don't want to live in a neighborhood that isolated and far out. 
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For a commute to Bethesda, I would recommend Rockville, Forest Glenn, and Takoma Park (MD). All of these places have homes within and even below your price range, good schools, and generally meets the criteria you mentioned. Rockville would probably be the best fit, due to proximity to Bethesda, and would not require much driving if you live near metro. All are very diverse. TKPK and Rockville probably moreso.

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