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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are great neighborhoods that feed into Strawberry Knoll and you would be closer in.  Norhtwest HS is no better than Gaithersburg HS and the ES in Gaithersburg seem better overall-als there is more crime in Germantown.[/quote]

But I see that Montgomery Village is a cess pool of gangs, constant foreclosures, and primarily low income. Can someone tell me more about that or counter that info?[/quote]

MV resident here; I have lived here a long time and I wouldn't have stayed if it was the hell-hole that DCUM paints it to be. We've enjoyed the sense of community that MV provides; it's not unusual for me to see people that I know wherever I go.  MV is no more crime-ridden than Germantown (I'd be willing to bet we have less crime -- Germantown has some awful areas, and there's nowhere in MV I'd be afraid to go). Gang activity? I can't recall anything gang-related in MV, but I can in Gaithersburg, miles away. My kids and their friends (who are of many different races and cultures) can bike and walk to one another's houses and to school; no way that would happen if there was any question about their safety.  You can find kids playing outside and walking to the pools in the summer, and families enjoying the walking trails in the evenings after dinner -- does that sound like a place with a 'cess pool of gangs'?  As for foreclosures, MV was as affected as any area; people paid outrageous prices, especially in many of the townhome communities. My own neighborhood has had very few foreclosures.

The really great thing about Montgomery Village is that there is no snobbery and no pretentiousness. In other words, it's not the place for many of the people on DCUM.

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