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[quote=Anonymous]I know the OP is long gone, but in case anyone searches, here's another viewpoint from someone who actually lives in 20906:

It's a generally safe area. I don't feel unsafe sitting on my porch all day working from my MacBook. I do lock my car at night, and take other common sense safety precautions, but I'd do that even if we lived on a dead end road in Potomac. I grew up in a major city so street smarts are ingrained in me.

We do have a community feel here. I know my neighbors and my neighborhood does quite a bit to help people get to know each other and maintain relationship. For example-one of my neighbors is an avid bird watcher and I can count on him to post weekly on the listserve about some bird he saw while taking his daily walk. The friends my kids made--most of their parents spoke English. The ones that didn't were just as nice and still came to the birthday parties and thanked me in beginners English for inviting their child. My neighbors range from Feds, to district-level administrators, to IT folks, and everything in between. The cars in my neighbors yards range from older Accords, to Teslas, to the smaller MCFRS truck that belongs to my firefighter neighbor to brand new Audis--your average middle class neighborhood.

The "crappy schools" that my kids attend are filled with strong teachers that made lasting connections with my kids. Circling back to community, my children are six grade levels apart and both have had the same teacher in fifth grade. They also had the same administrator in elementary school, and Title I schools = smaller class sizes in the lower grades, so they benefitted from that. In middle and high school, school choice is a thing here. Both are thriving in their respective advanced/honors and AP (for the oldest) classes. A 5 on an AP  exam is a 5 whether you took the class downcounty or somewhere where the average HHI is $500K a year.

I do the bulk of my non-name brand shopping at Aldi and Lidl (Aldi's brioche bread makes great French toast and Lidl's fresh bakery makes great chocolate chip muffins) and head to Leisure World's Giant for the rest of my shopping (I dislike the Aspen Hill Shopping Center parking lot. If I need international items, H-Mart, Lotte Plaza, and Korean Korner are nearby.

I hope this helps anyone looking in the area.[/quote]

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