I grew up in Silver Spring, so I thought I'd hate Rockville, but we needed walking distance to the metro and liked the amount of space we got for the price we paid. We live in the City of Rockville and we really like it. Lots of parks, lots of amazing restaurants (you can't go wrong with any of the Asian restaurants here), and I like the walkability. We moved here from DC proper and I really wanted to maintain that sense of community as well as being able to walk places and have easy access to the city.

OP

Anything near downtown rockville near metro fine.

Schools. Richard Montgomery HS great, Wootton as well

Not Rockville HS. Nothing near Norbeck road. Not Gaithersburg HS either.

Yes, there are a ton of Catholics but also very diverse area. And yes the Catholics are MAGA so beware of that. More so on the other side of 270.

There's a few different "Rockvilles." Kind of like Silver Spring. The high schools are divergent.

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Anonymous wrote:The Catholics comment is so off. PP I have some breaking news for you, most people in US of Irish, Italian, Polish, Philipino , Mexican or Central America ethnic background identify as Catholics

It’s odd you assumed it was a negative comment.

We all did, and I wasn’t even one of the posters who addressed it directly. Substitute “Jewish” and the post would be deleted.

—another non-Catholic

No it’s not . Many walk to synagogue so there are neighborhoods that are heavily Jewish. It’s not a negative thing.

Look inward each and every one of you that think a comment like that is negative.

Sometime people want to be around their church/synagogue community.

We talk about LGBT friendly too.

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Anonymous wrote:I have lived her for 20+ years and think it is a great city. It has it own rec department (camps, pool, sports etc). Our streets always seem to be plowed quickly. Great parks. Convenient to 270 and the red line. The Catholic comment was surprising. I am not Catholic and have not noticed any Catholic feel. It is very diverse so nothing stands out.

This is about Kensington not Rockville.

Really? Kensington provides its won rec and city services ? Please provide a link?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Catholics comment is so off. PP I have some breaking news for you, most people in US of Irish, Italian, Polish, Philipino , Mexican or Central America ethnic background identify as Catholics

It’s odd you assumed it was a negative comment.

We all did, and I wasn’t even one of the posters who addressed it directly. Substitute “Jewish” and the post would be deleted.

—another non-Catholic

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Anonymous wrote:It is far from DC. This may be a positive or a negative from your perspective, but just something to be aware of. It is definitely too far out for those of us that are more DC oriented in our jobs or activities. We live in DC and would never consider Rockville. Kensington is as far as we would go.

You do realize you will go to DC less and less. I live by Rockville and go to DC maybe twice a year tops. I WFH now and all my kids stuff is here.

To each his own I grew up in Rockville and went to DC weekly.

I live farther out now but still go to DC, my kids and I did the zoo practically weekly. (My kids love animals)

But we also loved the amenities in the burbs like parks, pools, and free parking.

Anonymous wrote:It is far from DC. This may be a positive or a negative from your perspective, but just something to be aware of. It is definitely too far out for those of us that are more DC oriented in our jobs or activities. We live in DC and would never consider Rockville. Kensington is as far as we would go.

You do realize you will go to DC less and less. I live by Rockville and go to DC maybe twice a year tops. I WFH now and all my kids stuff is here.

Anonymous wrote:I have lived her for 20+ years and think it is a great city. It has it own rec department (camps, pool, sports etc). Our streets always seem to be plowed quickly. Great parks. Convenient to 270 and the red line. The Catholic comment was surprising. I am not Catholic and have not noticed any Catholic feel. It is very diverse so nothing stands out.

This is about Kensington not Rockville.

Anonymous wrote:The Catholics comment is so off. PP I have some breaking news for you, most people in US of Irish, Italian, Polish, Philipino , Mexican or Central America ethnic background identify as Catholics

It’s odd you assumed it was a negative comment.

Rockville is great, you’ve gotten good neighborhood suggestions.

I am not the Catholic poster but what I think that person meant was that some neighborhoods in Kensington have a lot of families that send their kids to Catholic schools and don’t necessarily use the public schools as much. The neighborhood around Holy Redeemer is this way, for instance. The listing agent of a house I was looking at a few years ago highlighted this for me as a plus, but we are Jewish so proximity to a warm, lovely Catholic school many neighbors used wasn’t something that added value for our family. No negative feelings toward anyone Catholic at all.

The eastern part of Rockville outside of the city limits off of Norbeck (Manor Lake, Manor Woods, Flower Valley) is also quite nice.

Anonymous wrote:It is far from DC. This may be a positive or a negative from your perspective, but just something to be aware of. It is definitely too far out for those of us that are more DC oriented in our jobs or activities. We live in DC and would never consider Rockville. Kensington is as far as we would go.

It depends. I lived in Kensington for 7 years and took the Metro from Wheaton--took 45-55 minutes door to door. Now I live in Rockville and use the Rockville metro and it's 50-60 minutes door to door. If you are driving, yes, that's a different story.

But Rockville is a big area so it really depends on where you live. OP, what is your budget and what are you looking for in terms of community, walkability, schools, diversity, etc.?

Anonymous wrote:Look in college gardens or woodley gardens, it's a close community neighborhood feel.

I agree, these are great neighborhoods.

It is far from DC. This may be a positive or a negative from your perspective, but just something to be aware of. It is definitely too far out for those of us that are more DC oriented in our jobs or activities. We live in DC and would never consider Rockville. Kensington is as far as we would go.