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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The schools in the "affordable" area of Gaithersburg, which means east of I-270, are awful.  You'll be paying high Montgomery County taxes and getting very little in return.

The Gaithersburg schools on the west side of I-270 range from okay to fairly good, but you'll pay almost as much to live in those areas as you would to live in Bethesda, where the schools are much better.

Check out Howard County.  It's not that long of a commute from Howard County to Gaithersburg, and you'll get much more house for your money and much better schools.

Gaithersburg (and [b]Montgomery County in general) is in a serious decline economically and educationally, and there is no sign of a turnaround[/b].[/quote]

Thanks for including that last sentence--killed your credibility, so OP can now safely ignore your entire post![/quote]

Maybe some of you won't be here to see it but in 10-15 years the areas east of 270 will be no different than PG County.  [/quote]

Sorry, but I have to agree with this poster.  I have worked in the area for years and see the transformation.  FWIW, I live in a prett diverse area myself (Aspen Hill) and I'm not white, so I'm not against diversity.

Have any of you guys been to LakeForest Mall recently?  It says a lot.  LakeForest used to be a decent mall.  Now, it's full of low tier stores and I think it's in foreclosure?

Not a great area if you can avoid it.[/quote]

I'm the first PP you quoted, and I agree with YOUR post, but not the one I originally quoted.  That PP stated that MoCo is in a huge decline (I disagree), schools are much better in Bethesda than in the plush parts of Gaithersburg (disagree again) and that you will pay almost as much in Gaithersburg as you would for a comparable home in Bethesda (just not true, opinions aside).

Lakeforest is a dump and has been for quite some time.  It was actually sold this year and there are supposedly some plans to redevelop that area with big box stores or some kind of outdoor shopping space.  We'll see, we usually just zip down to Montgomery anyway.  That being said, Gaithersburg is HUGE, and the areas recommended to the OP are not ones near LF.  Here OP, these are the "good" Gaithersburg zip codes: 20878, 20882 (technically Laytonsville), 20855 (Derwood, which is part Gaithersburg, part Rockville and part Olney).  Homes near Rio, Lakelands, Kentlands, Darnestown, Travilah, DuFief (20878) are all quite nice and correspond with good elem schools.  Any school in 20882 seems to have a good reputation as well--Laytonsville, Woodfield, Clearspring, but then you are moving closer to Damascus, which would be a less desirable commute.  I'm not as familiar with the Derwood community and schools, so I can't comment on them.

I have lived in this area on and off for 30 years and I am white, if that's at all relevant, as some people apparently think.  [/quote]

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