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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You really need to look at the Hill.  If you've lived in Brooklyn you're not afraid of walking so you could end up with a walk to Union Station and another to the orange/silver/blue for the commute to Courthouse.  It's a wonderful community for families with plenty of walkable stuff.[/quote]

Higher crime than where OP would have lived in Brooklyn.   OP moved from the city to Maplewood- a charming safe small town in Essex Cty NJ near Millburn and the Oranges.  OP got a typical small GOOD NJ school district.  Maybe 5 schools in the entire district and OP would never have to think about charter school lottery, redistricting from Wilson [if in DC], S Arlington's -Alexandria school issues, etc.  So Takoma Park is a bad commute for work but OP and Montco MD has income tax so OP could comfortably live in N Arlington, parts near Mclean or Mclean or City of Falls Church.

For people who lived in those little NJ towns with school districts dealing with the BS of MCPS/FCPS/DC etc is annoying at best.[/quote]

I don't think that any taxes that MD could put forth even come close to what these people are paying. My relatives have a $1.2 million home in Maplewood -- which is absolutely beautiful. However, they currently pay $36,000 in annual property taxes. All of that for a high school that gets a great schools rating of 5 out of 10. My own kids go to Wilson so not knocking Columbia High School (which is quite similar to Wilson in many respects) but Maplewood is not some kind of educational nirvana that OP could never approximate here in the DC metro area. [/quote]

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