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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have lived here a long time and if you want the most down to earth areas in and around Bethesda they would be in places adjacent to "North Bethesda"/Rockville or Kensington.

These neighborhoods include Ashburton or Wyngate where the houses are smaller and closer together. These neighborhoods have sidewalks which is really nice. They are near NIH so you get a lot of scientist families who are much for normal than the lobbyists.

North Bethesda and Kensington are also great places to live and there are more regular people there and less pressure. Also check out Garrett Park.

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Any W-school feeder is going to have a level of academic pressure that many parents want to avoid.  Wyngate has a ton of new builds and can be super cliquey.  Ashburton, less so, but it's starting to trend that way.

Most "scientist families" can't afford the area, unless they have substantial financial help or a spouse who earns considerably more than what NIH pays.

-WJ grad who works at NIH and has no interest in living in Bethesda[/quote]

You don't even live here. Half our neighbors work for NIH or are feds on government salaries. Both parents typically work, though. I don't think you could live here on one fed salary.[/quote]

You're right, I don't live there.  I grew up there, though, and know plenty who live there now.  How many families who live there have family help when they buy, do you think?

Regardless, the academic pressure thing is real, even if it's "just" expressed as concern about their kids' peers and prioritizing living among scientists and physicians.  That's... not typical, given only a third of Americans even have a bachelors degree.

I'm not saying they're terrible people, but the whole "down to earth" thing is really overplayed.[/quote]

I don't think it's down to earth. It's more down to earth than other parts of Bethesda and since we're playing this game I not only live here after spending a few years with the kids in DC but grew up here. I don't disagree about the academic pressure. Some of those Ph.D scientist types are worse than the lobbyists.

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Less snobby, how about that?  It’s not down to earth.  And yeah, scientists often have different reasons than lobbyists for not wanting their kids to attend school with poor kids.  Still doesn’t make it okay.[/quote]

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