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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a very interesting thread.  I'm looking to relocate and I'm looking at redfin.  What part of Bowie is a good?  Above 50? Below?  Point me to a house on the map and I can work my way around.  Budget, 500K max, but ideally 300-400.
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If you have the mindset of the MoCo posters[/b], then you want north of US-50.  Traditionally, the part of Bowie north of US-50 tends to be more white and the area south of US-50 tends to be more AA.  That was a much more distinct difference up through the 90's but the last 20 years or so, the areas have blended much more, but there still tends to be a larger ratio white to minority north of US-50 and vice versa south of US-50.[/quote]

You're painting MoCo with a pretty broad brush.  Let's not forget some areas of MoCo are majority minority with very happy residents of all backgrounds.[/quote]

You mean like those posters who are painting the entire PG county as high crime even though the high crime area is about 10-15% of the county inside the beltway?  [b]The parts of PG county outside the beltway have comparable crime statistics with the majority of MoCo[/b] and yet are labeled high crime whereas MoCo is low crime.  Go back and look at the statistics posted on page 7 which show that Bowie itself is safer from violent crime than Bethesda and Arlington and significantly below the average rate of both Virginia and Maryland.

Like those people who paint the entire PG county as not a good real estate investment because housing prices are lower, even though the ROI of PG county is higher than most of the rest of the county excluding the period of the recession from 2008-2011.

There are many who label and paint PG county with unfair labels based on a few statistics.  If it works for PG, it should work for MoCo, but we know why it doesn't.[/quote]

You can't compare places way far out, that are not metro-accessible, with places like Bethesda and Alexandria.  People will pay a premium to live inside the beltway, even if it means having a slightly higher rate of crime.  So that's why people dismiss PG as "high crime", because yes, they are focusing on the areas with good commutes, and the inside the beltway areas of PG are just too high in crime for many.  For many people who can't afford closer in, if they have to commute an hour, then they expect a trade off of great amenities, metro accessible, great schools, etc...which the website previously referenced on pg 7 does not rate Bowie high on.  It would be a better question, in my mind, to ask why a person chooses an area like Germantown or Montgomery Village over Bowie.[/quote]

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