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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here -thanks for the info, and keep it coming!  One question that I'd love to hear your thoughts on:  Right now, we live in an apartment in NWDC, which we love but have outgrown.  We'll never afford to buy a home in our current neighborhood.  Our options are to move out to someplace like Fairfax or Rockville, or even further, like Annapolis.  I look at moving to Annapolis as moving *away* from DC.  Yes, we would still be close, and would commute in twice a week for work, but we would relocating - new schools, doctors, restaurants, friends, new everything.  In my mind, that isn't as true of a move out to NOVA or MOCO, but...isn't it?  If we moved to Reston or Rockville or someplace considered part of the DMV, wouldn't it still feel like moving away?  I think, because we have a lot of friends here, if we were to move to Rockville, we would still see our DC friends a lot.  Am I kidding myself on that?[/quote]

We were in your shoes and moved to crofton.  We do not see our dc friends much anymore, but then again everyone is immersed in young kids right now.  We go to Baltimore slightly more often than dc, Annapolis less often.  but mostly we stay around Crofton.  4 yo Kids have activities (gym, swim, clubs) that keep us local.  Plus there’s lots of biking to playgrounds, biking to ice cream shops, libraries, etc that keep us busy.  I miss a lot about city life for me personally but for raising kids this little town is very convenient.  Our neighborhood (the old part- triangle) has sidewalks that everyone uses which I would strongly recommend looking for.  I would add odenton and Bowie to your list both have great bike trails and the Marc access might come in handy depending on where you commute to in dc.  Also Bowie has good parochial options in addition to the magnets.  Also hyattsville and greensbelt.

Some friends have moved to grovesnor and Kensington and are happy there as well.  They have townhouses in grovesnor that might be in your price range.  Our one commute 2x a week is to suitland so that would not have worked for us.  [/quote]

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