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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting thread and I am obviously late to the party so I will keep this relatively brief.  As to commutes, you can expect a 40 minute commute from most of the areas you are talking about, which, and this is the part that is frustrating, means anywhere from 30 mins on a good day to an hour on a bad day.  Many roads are one way during commute times and that speeds things up but if you miss that it can take awhile and one bad driver can cost you 20 minutes easily.  But you could generally plan on 40 minutes, which is, I think, about average in this area.  The subway is less stressful until it breaks down, but those delays are not all that common.  All of the close in school clusters are very good -- not perfect and there is certainly some overcrowding depending on the school, but the schools are excellent.  But you can find good elementary schools anywhere, including DC.  Where MCPS shines, statistically at least, is at the HS level (middle schools tend to suck everywhere) and you might consider waiting until your children are older to move.  But if you are moving for elementary schools, any of the close in ones should be fine, with some better than others and many Principal-driven which can change (for better or worse).  As others have noted, your primary issue will be finding a home you can afford and it would likely make sense to concentrate on that initially to see what turns up where.  Good luck.        [/quote]

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