Anonymous wrote:Hello, I have owned a home in Hyattsville for almost 8 years in the Arts District, but will be selling my house in the Spring as the schools are terrible (even though property taxes are pretty high). Even though the community has been growing crazy for years nothing has been done to address overcrowding at Hyattsville Elementary. And although many people praise Hyattsville for its rich diversity, the reality is, the white people socialize with the other white families, etc.. I have made many attempts to meet other new moms through their robust moms list serve through moms coffees, and other similar events, but found the moms just to be as clicky as you would find in Brookland etc.. In fact, I think a lot of the DC attitude has just moved into Hyattsville for the affordable craftsman homes. There is also a huge divide between people who live in the older homes in Hyattsville, and the new townhouses.

And just going back to the school situation, there are a few magnet/charter programs available to PG County residents, but it is very difficult to get in, especially with the influx of yuppy families. There are also several fantastic private schools, but again, it seems to defeat the purpose of your affordable mortgage if you're shelling out $40K a year for two kids tuition.

Overall, if you don't have kids and want a decent commute, it's not a bad place to live, but I would not recommend to someone who has children.

Anonymous wrote:Hello, I have owned a home in Hyattsville for almost 8 years in the Arts District, but will be selling my house in the Spring as the schools are terrible (even though property taxes are pretty high). Even though the community has been growing crazy for years nothing has been done to address overcrowding at Hyattsville Elementary. And although many people praise Hyattsville for its rich diversity, the reality is, the white people socialize with the other white families, etc.. I have made many attempts to meet other new moms through their robust moms list serve through moms coffees, and other similar events, but found the moms just to be as clicky as you would find in Brookland etc.. In fact, I think a lot of the DC attitude has just moved into Hyattsville for the affordable craftsman homes. There is also a huge divide between people who live in the older homes in Hyattsville, and the new townhouses.

And just going back to the school situation, there are a few magnet/charter programs available to PG County residents, but it is very difficult to get in, especially with the influx of yuppy families. There are also several fantastic private schools, but again, it seems to defeat the purpose of your affordable mortgage if you're shelling out $40K a year for two kids tuition.

Overall, if you don't have kids and want a decent commute, it's not a bad place to live, but I would not recommend to someone who has children.

Anonymous wrote:I think Hyattsville, University Park and College Park are the exemptions to “PG” county. Maybe even Bowie or parts of Upper Marlboro.

When I think of areas to stay away from in PG county it’s Landover, Suitland, District and Capitol Heights etc. where there’s more proverty and less edcucated.

Anonymous wrote:This is an ultra wealthy area. PG would be one of the prized counties in most of Va. NC, SC , Ga .

This area doesn't know how bad those areas suck. One of the things that makes Md great is how wealthy and concentrated the wealth is. PG is the richest minority county in the US.

PG for all its faults still has
1) a B1G ten university with the 8th highest sat scores of all publics
2) the national archives
3) the national weather prediction facility
4) Andrews Airforce Base
5) the Census Bureau.
6) homeland Security
7) the secret service
8) FDA
9) USDA
10) NASA
11) nationally famous Dematha Catholic
12) an NFL stadium and team.


Better than just about 90 percent of all counties nationwide.

Anonymous wrote:This is an ultra wealthy area. PG would be one of the prized counties in most of Va. NC, SC , Ga .

This area doesn't know how bad those areas suck. One of the things that makes Md great is how wealthy and concentrated the wealth is. PG is the richest minority county in the US.

PG for all its faults still has
1) a B1G ten university with the 8th highest sat scores of all publics
2) the national archives
3) the national weather prediction facility
4) Andrews Airforce Base
5) the Census Bureau.
6) homeland Security
7) the secret service
8) FDA
9) USDA
10) NASA
11) nationally famous Dematha Catholic
12) an NFL stadium and team.


Better than just about 90 percent of all counties nationwide.

But still the worst of the DC metro