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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, OP, you’ve gotten a lot of good feedback, as well as some conflicting info about specific areas.

You’ve not mentioned commute. What is “not far” from DC to you? Would you drive or metro?

I think your biggest disappointment will be the school systems here, as well as the random crime.

How old are your kid(s)?[/quote]

OP here. They are in early elementary. Most Westchester schools are really not great (despite their reputation), so I am confident I'll like DC ones more no matter where we end up. But I am concerned about the random crime. Can you say more? Where, and what kind of crime? Like, will someone break into my home in Silver Spring or attack me and my kids while I'm walking down the street?

Re: commute, I don't know, we haven't started researching this piece yet. Would want to be under an hour door to door and open to either metro or driving. [/quote]

Silver Spring is pretty safe-  l live in 20910.  if you leave your car unlocked, people will rifle through.  There's the rare burglary, but it's been at least 5 years since I can recall that happening.[/quote]

As another 20910 resident, this.  No one is going to attack you and your kids while you walk down the street.  A house break-in is extremely unlikely.  There aren't many parts of the DC area that are *that* unsafe, regardless of what people tell you on this board.  We love it here.

FWIW, I grew up in Bethesda, which used to have more socioeconomic diversity than it does now.  Even then, there wasn't much.  But it's filled with international families, many of which have highly educated parents (who work at places like the NIH, World Bank, IMF, etc.).  Plenty of them send their kids to public school, and plenty of white families in Bethesda like to brag about the "diversity" there, even while they're horrified at the thought of interacting with someone who is not white and who lacks a doctoral degree.  So, yeah, avoid Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Potomac.  [/quote]

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