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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved a rented apartment in Petworth to a house in Takoma Park. When we first moved we were childless; now we have two young kids. Overall, we are very happy here. The neighborhood (especially all the parks) is great. Lots of young families. The downtown and the Junction make it very walkable. Farmers market is nice, even during covid. Kids not old enough for public school yet,so can't comment on that personally, although I have heard the schools are fine.

As other posters have observed, the city taxes make it more expensive than neighboring SS. The current mayoral election is turning into a fight over how to decrease the city tax rate. But at the end of the day, it's all lumped into your PITI, which is really what we focused on when buying a house. [/quote]

Takoma Park is small town - for better and for worse.  I love it, but it can tend towards provincial especially re: development and politics.  The funny thing about the new candidate looking to decrease taxes is that he is part of very vocal group that wants the City to develop and operate a city-owned parking lot for community purposes (though there is a relatively new community building literally down the street) - so not sure how this fits into lower taxes.[/quote]

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