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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Annapolis poster may be harsh, but they are the ones with the most objectively true talking points. I live in Bethesda, but I have a second home on the water in an outer-burb (Lake Shore in Pasadena). Most of my colleagues live in Loudon County, Fairfax, Howard County, and certain parts of Anne Arundel. I would never commute to DC from Pasadena, even if it was just once a week, but commuting from Davidsonville is hardly any worse than commuting from Rockville, and the schools there are really good. I also agree that describing Howard and Anne Arundel as being "further out" in a general sense is also misleading because they're central to DC/Baltimore/Annapolis/Ft. Meade, and these days the vast majority of professional couples in the DMV are split between those areas for work, so a more central location is becoming increasingly important to most couples than being close to DC is. There are lots of vibrant areas with culture in "outer" burbs.

If my job was 100% WFH and my second home was assigned to Severna Park, Broadneck, Arundel, or South River HS, I would absolutely sell my Bethesda house and just make AA my permanent place to live. Sometimes I consider selling both houses and then buying a new waterfront home in one of the better school pyramids, but I don't want to chance the possibility of having to commute to DC from Severna Park. But most I know would be willing to do it, and already doing it. WFH will definitely dent home values in the inner-burbs, and I honestly don't care because I bought my Bethesda home awhile ago and didn't pay current day prices for it anyways.

Their assessments of the culture in inner-burbs is spot-on, whether we like to admit it or not, but there are drawbacks to the culture in outer-burbs as well. Annapolis is very preppy and somewhat conservative (especially compared to MoCo), and there are two contrasting divides: There's the very rich and preppy waterfront group in the touristy areas, and then the poor communities of color that the city tucks away in the background. Even in the most exclusive areas of MoCo, I see people of different colors and nationalities, but AACo is so damn white that even BCC and WJ would be some of the county's most diverse high schools if they were in AACo. There are still a lot of problems with very blatant racism in Pasadena in 2020. Howard County is culturally similar to Montgomery County, but it is a bit too generic for me. Hopefully, AACo diversifies and becomes more progressive in the future.[/quote]

BCC and WJ for a large part of county are extremely diverse. Before I moved here my kids 1,000 person high school has tops 2 Indians, 3-4 Chinese and 2-3 Black kids. Judging from kids I see as I drive by in parts of country that is a  scary school   [/quote]

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