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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]This is OP. The linked houses look great to me. Why is this so much less expensive than what I've been looking at in Arlington and Vienna? What am I missing?[/quote]

1.[b] The schools are bad, very bad. Everyone avoids the Silver Spring schools unless they can't afford anything else. [/b]

2. The jobs are in DC and in VA. There are very few jobs in Montgomery County and none on the horizon. There are so many commuters from MD to VA now that its almost impossible. The reserve commute is wide open. This is hurting the east and west.

3. Taxes are more of a problem now unless you are super rich. MD and Montgomery County taxes are higher and now that you can't deduct them its a bigger hit. Hoping that the Dems will repeal the tax bill.

4.[b] Crime. Poverty has been out of DC and landed in Montgomery County. There is a concentration of no to low income housing in Silver Spring. Gangs are active in Silver Spring, Wheaton and Gaithersburg. [/b]

5. County revenue is not healthy. The county is losing tax revenue, property values are stagnate, no new businesses or losing businesses, and the population is shifting to be poorer. This means that county taxes will have to increase or services will need to be cut. [/quote]

Hi there SS hater!  We are a $300k family with well over a million in our portfolio who have lived in SS for 20 years and never left it because we love it here. Could definitely afford to live somewhere else or to send our kid to private, but we've been more than satisfied with our schools. Our kids test regularly in the 97-99% on standardized tests so they must be doing something right!

[b]Also have never experienced any crime in the 20 years we've lived here. I hear about some car breaks-ins every so often but often nothing is taken[/b].

Love our neighbors who are diverse and down to earth and friendly. Love DDSS. Love the AFI and the theaters and the Fillmore and the farmers market and easy access to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods.

Love that PP is not a member of our community.[/quote]

Really? You don't remember the turf wars of 2002? South Four Corners vs Forest Glen. Everyone met in front of Santucci's and had a knife fight, it looked like the video for "Beat It." There was also the DTSS-Woodside feud of 1994 in which four LL Bean backpacks were lost, RIP.[/quote]

DTSSer here: Also, lets not forgot the great Subaru showdown in the Whole Foods Parking lot in 2013.[/quote]
Outbacks VS Foresters
Wiper fluid spilled all over the parking lot
Lotta yoga moms sprained their ankles that day trying to buy kombucha
TRAGIC :( [/quote]

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