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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here and I have only read a few pages, not the whole thread.

I can understand some of the reasons that parents might choose a private school for their child.  What I don't understand is, if you aren't going to take advantage of one of the stronger public school systems in the state, why would you pay the school district premium and live in MoCo.  In Montgomery County, you pay a lot for the school zones.  You can pay significantly less and get significantly more and better housing outside MoCo than you can in the County.  That plus the horrible traffic/congestion, the high COL (it costs about 10-20% more for everything from gas to groceries to home goods in MoCo as it does outside the county) and I can't understand paying all that to live in the County and not even use the school system.[/quote]

I live here because my husband owns a company that works with the government.  It is profitable and wouldn't work in other non-government union filled cities.  He travels daily mostly in the DC Metro but also towards Baltimore and doesn't want another hour plus commute home to a cheaper area.  Believe me, I do not like it here at all.  It is transient, non-neighbor friendly and just congested all together.  I have lived in Central Cali, Southern NJ, Boston, Mass, Greensboro NC and now MD which is by far my least favorite.  Everyone is just uptight, stressed and no time to just smile and be nice. '

Anyway, we tried the schools and weren't impressed. We know some people that like, most people put up with it and gripe about it and some go to private.  To each their own.  But I for sure don't like the up charge in our house and everything else to live here.  It isn't like everyone wants to live here.  Many people have to for work.  [/quote]

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