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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here -

I'm loving the looks of severna park!

For more context, we live close in, in an expensive house. I'm trying to convince my Husband there is still life further out and we can reduce our cost of living significantly (and therefore I can stay home with the kids for a few years).  Living close to DC was important pre-pandemic but not so much now that we aren't commuting in often. We definitely need a sense of community and soul though (I'd love a downtown/access to restaurants/coffee shops), and we don't want neighbors too far away (no horse country) -- it is importantly for us to have a neighborhood where you see kids running around outside together.  [/quote]

Severna Park is overrated. I have experience with living in that area. The schools are actually really good, but there’s not really anything that distinguishes them from schools in the surrounding areas like Arnold, Crownsville, Edgewater, Gambrills, etc.  SP schools enroll large fewest low-income students in AA County because the area entirely consists of SFHs. For some people, that’s what they mean when they say Severna Park schools are great, and that’s what draws them to the area. SPHS is &gt;80% white, even whiter than whitest W school in MoCo. Like W schools in MoCo, Severna Park High is also known for being a pressure-cooker, and mental health issues/suicide is a problem that impacts the community. The area is very conservative for DC area standards. It’s technically purple, but during the 2020 election season there were massive crowds of Trump supporters hanging out alongside Ritchie Highway and harassing visibly LGBT people and teens every day leading up
to the 2020 election. Lots of SP residents pushed back against them, but that is still a very very significant part of the crowd that lives there. I’d recommend the Arnold area instead. Broadneck High School is just as good as Severna Park High School, but there’s a lot more racial and socio-economic diversity there and you’ll see a lot less of the social issues in SP there. South River High School is also a really good high school with homes near the water that is a lot more laidback than SPHS. Arundel and Crofton High Schools are a lot more racially diverse than all three and are very good schools, but they don’t have any homes with water access in their attendance areas. [/quote]

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