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[quote=Anonymous]Well, I was born and raised in Rockville.  Went to college in DC.  Finally decided it was time to move away and went to NY for grad school.  Upon graduation, best job offer I got was in DC so I came back.  But I moved to VA.  Now, I have kids and because of the private school I selected and DHs commute, we just moved back to Rockville.

Here's what I can say--I lived in the Mantua district of FFX.  People are high strung, but so am I so, so it worked out okay.  I find people in Rockville have less attention to detail and I get very frustrated with the lack of communication and lack of information.  For example, in FFX, dance schedules and recitals were published in August for the following May.  To detail oriented...for some, but for me it worked.  Our dance studio in Rockville hasn't even begun to think about the recital.

People seem to be more friendly in FFX than in Rockville.  Of course taxes in MD are higher than in VA.  Car registration was ridiculous.  Buying the house in MD and prepaying real estates taxes for 6 months sent my closing costs through the roof.

But otherwise, the areas are pretty similar.  Each has a nice walking/shopping area.  We all get the same national chains.  Although Wegman's is closer to FFX then the one in Columbia.  I hear one is supposed to open in Germantown though.

As a state, VA is more conservative than MD.  But FFX and Mont. Cty are pretty similar. Some of my HS friends are still here so for the past 20 years, I've been driving from VA to MD to visit them.  Now I have great friends in VA and I drive across the bridge to visit them.  But only on the weekends after I check that the beltway isn't going to be closed for HOT lane work.[/quote]

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