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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Potomac is going to make a comeback within the next few years. You don't get much for your money in Bethesda and you have construction going on around you with all of the tear downs and new builds. The houses built within the last 10 years are all cookie cutter, faux craftsmen style. My Bethesda search has been disappointing.[/quote]

The "cookie cutter, faux craftsmen style" houses in good locations like Bethesda with more modern features will continue to have a big advantage over cookie-cutter Colonials with giant foyers and two-story living rooms built in the 80s in car-dependent places like Potomac.  [/quote]

Most homes in Potomac do not include giant foyers and two-story living rooms, let's keep broad generalizations out of this.  And the advantage of one over another is in the eyes of the person making the purchase and using the house.  I agree that side-by-side appreciation of Bethesda vs Potomac will likely always favor Bethesda, but consider the math.  If Potomac appreciates at 1% per year, and Bethesda at 3% even, but it costs 15%-20% more for the same house in Bethesda, then the math might favor the Potomac location.  After all, if you invest whatever you save by living in Potomac, that return will more than offset the difference in appreciation.

It's not as straightforward as one versus the other.  And that is even before the more micro conversation of one neighborhood's value vs another.  There are some Potomac neighborhoods that appreciate as quickly as Bethesda ones.[/quote]

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