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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They should divide the county in thirds.  Bethesda/Rockville/Potomac in one third; the way out boonies (Clarksburg, Poolsville, Gaithersburg and that ilk) and The Other Area (Wheaton, Silver Spring and everywhere else).  Works for me, and helps out with weather closings.   Make it happen, Starr.[/quote]

Could probably get more state aid that way too... 
MoCo has over 220 schools. That is one of the largest (in # schools and # of square miles) counties in the country. Totally unwieldily. To make matters worst is has 3 demographic cohorts:
1) unskilled immigrants, low income, broken families, gov't dependent (increasing in numbers)
2) middle class, two-parent families, decent jobs, high taxes (getting squeezed - no handouts, no high income, decreasing in numbers)
3) upper middle class, two-parent families, high income jobs, v high taxes (can afford most housing and can afford to leave area/public schools, decreasing in numbers)[/quote]

Why do you think the upper middle class is decreasing? Maybe as a % relative to low income group, but in absolute numbers they are increasing. Look at the "tear-downs" of perfectly fine middle class housing stock demanded by young upper income dual earners moving to MoCo from DC, or those who are trading up within the same desirable neighborhoods.
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