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Anonymous wrote:What I don't like about West End is there are no sidewalks in most areas and you have to walk/bike on the streets. Also, there are hardly any houses with garages so there are many cars on the streets. If you live on one of the streets that runs parallel to 28, you get traffic driving thru during rush hours when it is backed up. There are also businesses, churches, and preschools that there overflow backs into the streets. When it snows, they are tough roads to plow.

Also, the schools are severely overcrowded and there is another elementary school projected to open up in 2018/19. This will affect some Beall neighborhoods and you may have to move schools. This is the same for College Gardens.

The Town Center is okay. We joke it is the worst town center for food. More bars and international dining. Not a lot of healthy options for kids. But the library is great. The City of Rockville has great activities year round and has wonderful services.

The schools are very diverse which is a positive but the middle school is kinda rough. There were a good amount of fights, two pregnancies in 8th grade last year, bullying etc... Not horrible but not a great middle school.

RM is average. The IB program brings the level up a few notches but there is a good amount of lower SES kids and hispanics in the school. They don't seem to have the gang issues that Rockville and Gaithersburg High has been seeing. No major violence besides some fights. Nice new school, starting to get overcrowded. Already looking to add an addition but they are in a tight location.

Rose Hill is a good neighborhood also in walking distance to the town center. We also really like some of the College Gardens neighborhoods. They have sidewalks, more/better playgrounds, walking distance to a few stores/ice cream. Most of the homes have garages. Some places aren't true walking distance to the Town Center though but easy biking distance. Rockville does have great biking paths.

Where are there no sidewalks in West End? I live here and there are sidewalks everywhere, it's one of the things I love about it. Also, walking distance to Woodley Garden park which is wonderful (check it out when you visit, OP), with a shopping center across the street with several little restaurants, Italian ice/custard, local vet, dry cleaners...wonderful in the summer to walk to the park with the kids and then stop in for pizza, custard, coffee, etc. Also walking distance to two pools (one city and one private), and easy access to I-270 and the conveniences on the other side of 270 (Falls Groce shopping center, Rio Washingtonian, etc). So much at your fingertips or within 10 minute drive here.

Anonymous wrote:What I don't like about West End is there are no sidewalks in most areas and you have to walk/bike on the streets. Also, there are hardly any houses with garages so there are many cars on the streets. If you live on one of the streets that runs parallel to 28, you get traffic driving thru during rush hours when it is backed up. There are also businesses, churches, and preschools that there overflow backs into the streets. When it snows, they are tough roads to plow.

Also, the schools are severely overcrowded and there is another elementary school projected to open up in 2018/19. This will affect some Beall neighborhoods and you may have to move schools. This is the same for College Gardens.

The Town Center is okay. We joke it is the worst town center for food. More bars and international dining. Not a lot of healthy options for kids. But the library is great. The City of Rockville has great activities year round and has wonderful services.

The schools are very diverse which is a positive but the middle school is kinda rough. There were a good amount of fights, two pregnancies in 8th grade last year, bullying etc... Not horrible but not a great middle school.

RM is average. The IB program brings the level up a few notches but there is a good amount of lower SES kids and hispanics in the school. They don't seem to have the gang issues that Rockville and Gaithersburg High has been seeing. No major violence besides some fights. Nice new school, starting to get overcrowded. Already looking to add an addition but they are in a tight location.

Rose Hill is a good neighborhood also in walking distance to the town center. We also really like some of the College Gardens neighborhoods. They have sidewalks, more/better playgrounds, walking distance to a few stores/ice cream. Most of the homes have garages. Some places aren't true walking distance to the Town Center though but easy biking distance. Rockville does have great biking paths.

Anonymous wrote:Is it crime free? No.. I am an earlier poster who lives near by. I regularly walk outside after dark and see tons of dog walkers etc and feel completely safe. But..I also lock my car and house religiously. We have incidents at times. I think there were some delivery boxes taken from doorways recently, items taken from cars. There have been a few break ins but that are very atypical and get lots of chatter.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. We are also considering moving to that area. Does anyone who lives there commute to downtown and how is the commute (specifically using Metro)? I love the area and have heard good things about the schools but we live in Silver Spring/Kensington now so am concerned about increasing my commute (red line--Gallery Place).

Rockville metro to DuPont takes me 30 mins. I walk to metro though so door to door it all takes me an hour. Would probably take about the same if I drove and parked from a nearby neighborhood.