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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here:

This thread is as entertaining as intended to be. Thanks.

The honest answer is it will come down to money. We have saved a boatload of money renting in southeast DC so we can make a downpayment somewhere fun but not ridiculously upscale (So, probably not Bethesda or Crystal City or Rosslyn). Silver Spring is on the table, and also interested in looking at Del Ray (somewhat concerned about home buying now that Amazon is coming). PG County is considerable but only places that are walkable. From what I know College Park seems to be the only place that has a community vibe with walkable amentities - Greenbelt and such are too sprawly.

As for politics - this won't be a serious deciding factor BUT it's something my wife and I like to joke about! I'm interested in how the neighborhoods around the DC area differ culturally (and not just racially - I'm Jewish and my wife is Chinese, we don't really care how white or nonwhite an area is, people are just people)
All DC area suburbs may vote 70-90% Democratic, but we wonder what the political vibe is in Bethesda, Clarendon, Alexandria, Silver Spring, Rockville etc and which one of us would feel more at home vs. be more in a feisty debate![/quote]

The.incorporated City of Hyattsville is more walkable IMO than College Park. (You have to be careful when looking at listings because the post office includes unincorporated areas of the county in what it calls Hayattsville.)

The City of Hyattsville is extremely diverse. There are lots of LGBTQ couples/families there. The new chief of police is a black lesbian. At the same time, there is also a sizable group of very conservative Catholics. Artists, UMD professors, feds, and non-profit workers are well represented among residents.[/quote]

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