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[quote=Anonymous]I realize that this is an old thread, but if the PP is still out there, I would just like to let you know that I moved to Davidsonville from Chevy Chase DC 4 years ago and it was the best decision EVER!!  I lived in DC and Old Town for 15 years, had all my kids at Georgetown hospital, had 2 kids in DCPS at Murch, and felt really committed to DC.  What made us move out here honestly was our desire for a bigger house that did not cost $2 million (which is what a bigger house of the type we wanted in our neighborhood would have cost us).  After looking for that one elusive "deal" in DC, Bethesda, CC for 3 years we finally decided to just go to Davidsonville instead.  No, you cannot walk everywhere and it is of course whiter and less diverse and more conservative than DC.  No shocker there.  But, on the upside - the community is great - tons of families, people are nice and much less status oriented than in DC.  I'm a democrat, but Republicans here are really nice to me and have become some of my closest friends.  I have an international job and am often gone for 2 weeks at a time and the stay-at-home moms I know will invite my kids over to swim (yes, everybody has a pool, which is nice) or take them places just because they know that I am gone.  There is no mommy war here.  The school is amazing - it looks like a private school compared to DCPS and the teachers live in the community.  When I travel, the teachers will email me little notes about the kids just so I can feel connected to what's going on at home.  For going out, downtown Annapolis is nice, esp. in the summer.  There are some good restaurants although of course not as many as DC, but you can find "your" sushi place, "your" Afghan place, etc.  You may not have 20 choices for each cuisine that you like, but you will find one or 2 of each that are good.  There are plenty of things to do with kids - especially in summer its easy to get out on the water, go to local beaches, crab shacks, etc.  And, it is not that hard to get into DC or Baltimore to do stuff there.  I commute to DC 2x per week (my husband does it 5 days).  His drive is anywhere between 45 min to 1 hour to get to Metro Center.  I usually drive in with him and take the commuter bus home.  It costs $4.25 and is a straight shot to Davidsonville from downtown.  I like that I can take a nap on the way home if I want.  I look forward to that nap all afternoon at work!  And, while people in DC may tell you that the suburbs and exurbs are an intellectual wasteland, that's not what I've found.  My neighbors are DC big firm lawyers, accountants, doctors, IT consultants, and business owners.  In terms of careers, its actually more diverse than my neighborhood in DC where everybody was over-educated, went to an Ivy, and lived their whole lives in the same bubble.  [/quote]

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