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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not talking about Rockville pretending to be North Bethesda, but about 20814, north of NIH, still Bethesda. The houses are a good $250,000 less than south of NIH and renovated and nice. Is it worth it to buy in North Bethesda even if people seem to look down on it?[/quote]
There is confusion here regarding what "North Bethesda" is.
The neighborhood immediately north of the NIH in 20814 is called Maplewood/Alta Vista.  It is not called North Bethesda (which, as PPs noted, is in a different zip code).  
It is inside the beltway between Wisconsin Ave/Rockville Pike, Old Georgetown Road and W. Cedar Lane.

It is further from downtown Bethesda, so that affects real estate prices. 
However, it is not far from the Medical Center Metro and also very convenient if you have to drive anywhere via the Beltway (although it's not on the beltway, so no beltway noise).  The neighborhood is very close to Walter Reed/Naval Medical Center and borders the NIH so it is convenient for many doctors and scientists. 
For a while it was an aging neighborhood, but now has a lot of younger families with kids. 
The high school is Walter Johnson, which used to be less highly regarded than some other Bethesda high schools. However, over the last 20 years this also changed. WJ is now a great high school but old perceptions take decades to change.

20814 continues to the north, beyond the beltway, and that area (still in Bethesda) has the usual further price drop for no other reason than it's outside the beltway. [/quote]

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