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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with Del Ray and Silver Spring. Del Ray is way over-priced for the size of the homes and the terrible schools. Might as well live in the district where it's a better urban feel and and least you have charter schools and lottery options.

We were really excited about the prospect of Silver Spring after all the raves it gets here. We have a relatively small housing budget (under $500,000) and commute to capitol hill. After comparing to west springfield/burke, we found that everything - house size for the money, commute, schools (by a lot), upkeep of neighborhoods, parks, pools, were all WAY BETTER out in west springfield/burke. Silver Spring had the worst of both the suburbs and the city (congestion, traffic, etc.).[/quote]

So it sounds like you're a bigger house/lot for the money over walkability person (as the reasonable PP explained).  Silver Spring resident here.  We had an under $500k housing budget and a commute to Capitol Hill too - weird.  We looked everywhere (including Burke), but our #1 thing we wanted is to be able to avoid driving as much as humanely possible.  We wanted to be able to walk to the grocery store, to theaters, to lots of different restaurants and shops and to schools and lots of playgrounds.  We wanted to Metro into work.  Silver Spring was perfect for us based on our price limit.  We looked at Burke, and FOR US (because we are different from you!), it screamed boring suburb and would require me to be on 395 way too frequently.  Silver Spring has everything we want, SFHs under $500k, a more urban feel, and amazing walkability.  We're different types, and most of the families we meet in SS are similar - they want a more urban feel, but can't really afford to live in the city because of the schools.[/quote]

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