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Anonymous wrote:DT Silver Spring or Takoma Pk seem like good matches for the OP. The rest is probably too "suburban" by her standards. Maybe also Kensington would work...

Me, I like Rockville. Then again, I'm from the suburbs of NJ so what do I know anyway?

PP must like the "grittier" feel of Takoma Park and downtown Silver Spring opposed to the calmer, more suburban feel of Rockville. As someone who drives thru Langley Park every day you can have it...

TP and downtown SS are a lot more walkable than Rockville, and have much more of a town feeling (esp TP). Besides the town square, where exactly can one walk in Rockville without hitting a strip mall? Plus, the commute to downtown is longer. We have lived in the TP/SS area for about 5 years, and nearly every time we walk through TP or downtown SS, we see someone we know. There is a strong sense of community that develops from being able to just run into people and chat.
And why do people always throw in Langley Park? Most people are not strolling through Langley Park the way they are TP and downtown SS. It is the opposite direction. I am in Langley Park less than once a month, and always as I am driving through to someplace else. It has no relevance to my life as a SS resident. And no, those kids won;t go to school with our kids because Langley Park is in PG county, not Montgomery county.

Anonymous wrote:DT Silver Spring or Takoma Pk seem like good matches for the OP. The rest is probably too "suburban" by her standards. Maybe also Kensington would work...

Me, I like Rockville. Then again, I'm from the suburbs of NJ so what do I know anyway?

PP must like the "grittier" feel of Takoma Park and downtown Silver Spring opposed to the calmer, more suburban feel of Rockville. As someone who drives thru Langley Park every day you can have it...

I live in the suburbs and prefer it to the city. I'm quite over the age when having 100 restaurants and bars within walking distance was all that mattered and prefer living beside some nature. If you live in any town that isn't right up against DC, you will have neighbors like me.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, what is so horrible about Rockville that you'd quit your job over it? Just curious, because it's considered urban by most planners (greater than 50,000 population). I know it's not DC, but it's not Poolesville, either. Not by any stretch. It's got a nice town center with high walkability if you live near Rockville core. MoCo has a great bus system and pretty easy access to the Metro. It's very diverse, and there are many cultural centers and activities.

MoCo has taken a lot of effort to create urban centers. It's interesting to me, for example, that Germantown has a higher population density than Silver Spring.

Again, I'm not saying they have to be your thing, but I don't get the hatred of Rockville. I'm a suburban girl, born and raised. Rockville feels much more urban to me than say Columbia or Springfield.

Thread observer... I wouldn't consider myself uppity and I live in a place many may think is lesser than Rockville, but there is something about Rockville that I just do not like either and I would never want to live there. The way the houses are and the layout of the city is just not appealing to me. There are other cities in Montgomery county I feel the same way about. I do not like the idea of living in Bethesda for instance but thats just me. I say this as a person who did not come to the DC area until around age 30.

Fair enough. I just wondered what was so inherently weird or bad about Rockville. I personally hate the Pike and Congressional Plaza area, but love the Town Center and old historic houses right nearby.

DT Silver Spring or Takoma Pk seem like good matches for the OP. The rest is probably too "suburban" by her standards. Maybe also Kensington would work...

Me, I like Rockville. Then again, I'm from the suburbs of NJ so what do I know anyway?

Rockville is "too far out", so claerly you're talking below the Beltway. You don't like Potomac or Chevy Chase & Bethesda is too white. Why did you even bother asking the questions when it's clear you already knew where you wanted to live?

People like the OP I think would be happiest living in DC and working to make either the private or public schools better since living in the city is so much better to them than the suburbs. Funny that she wants diversity but doesn't consider moving to an edgier DC neighborhood and putting the girls in private school. I don't want neighbors who are just here for a school system and nothing else. I'd suggest not going past the beltway if you are looking for democratic supporting neighbors who also really want to be in DC but are in MD just for the schools.

Anonymous wrote:OP, what is so horrible about Rockville that you'd quit your job over it? Just curious, because it's considered urban by most planners (greater than 50,000 population). I know it's not DC, but it's not Poolesville, either. Not by any stretch. It's got a nice town center with high walkability if you live near Rockville core. MoCo has a great bus system and pretty easy access to the Metro. It's very diverse, and there are many cultural centers and activities.

MoCo has taken a lot of effort to create urban centers. It's interesting to me, for example, that Germantown has a higher population density than Silver Spring.

Again, I'm not saying they have to be your thing, but I don't get the hatred of Rockville. I'm a suburban girl, born and raised. Rockville feels much more urban to me than say Columbia or Springfield.

Thread observer... I wouldn't consider myself uppity and I live in a place many may think is lesser than Rockville, but there is something about Rockville that I just do not like either and I would never want to live there. The way the houses are and the layout of the city is just not appealing to me. There are other cities in Montgomery county I feel the same way about. I do not like the idea of living in Bethesda for instance but thats just me. I say this as a person who did not come to the DC area until around age 30.

OP, what is so horrible about Rockville that you'd quit your job over it? Just curious, because it's considered urban by most planners (greater than 50,000 population). I know it's not DC, but it's not Poolesville, either. Not by any stretch. It's got a nice town center with high walkability if you live near Rockville core. MoCo has a great bus system and pretty easy access to the Metro. It's very diverse, and there are many cultural centers and activities.

MoCo has taken a lot of effort to create urban centers. It's interesting to me, for example, that Germantown has a higher population density than Silver Spring.

Again, I'm not saying they have to be your thing, but I don't get the hatred of Rockville. I'm a suburban girl, born and raised. Rockville feels much more urban to me than say Columbia or Springfield.

Anonymous wrote:Hence the reason I've been living in DC itself for the last decade. I like to be near the action.

what kind of action?

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

To the person who asked, yes, if my company moved to Rockville I would quit. Better, I would never work for a company that would even consider Rockville an option.

Likewise, Poolsville is 11 miles from where? Cumberland? Sorry, the word "rural" scares me.

For us, it sounds like Kensington/Silver Spring/Takoma Park toss up

Do not want to dissapoint you, but all of the "towns" named above do not qualify as urban, as well as rural (except Cumberland - that is in the middle of nowhere). So no difference if you will end up in Silver Spring or Rockville.

pp, what do you want?

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Wow! What a stuck up elitist bitch. An office at Rockville would be too demeaning. Maybe you could get a PO Box at Chevy Chase.

"Rural" scares you? Because you don't have ten Obama supporters living within 200 feet of you?

Poolesville is eleven miles from Germantown or Quince Orchard. But you would not be caught dead in either place.

No, not too demeaning, just without meaning. Rockville might as well be Orlando or any other suburban city. Nice for you and whomever lives there, but not us. And I've lived rural, seriously rural, and a mix in between. Hence the reason I've been living in DC itself for the last decade. I like to be near the action. And yes, those that would support Obama, as I do.

Poolesville is 11 miles from Germantown, which like Rockville, might be a nice place but has no call for me. Nor does Quince Orchard. So yes, I would not work for a company based there, as I don't want to be there. That's not being stuck up, that's knowing what you want. And I would not want a PO Box in Chevy Chase either. That's going the whole wrong direction.

the old urban is to you is what rural is to me dilemna... very funny I must say

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

To the person who asked, yes, if my company moved to Rockville I would quit. Better, I would never work for a company that would even consider Rockville an option.

Likewise, Poolsville is 11 miles from where? Cumberland? Sorry, the word "rural" scares me.

For us, it sounds like Kensington/Silver Spring/Takoma Park toss up

Wow! What a stuck up elitist bitch. An office at Rockville would be too demeaning. Maybe you could get a PO Box at Chevy Chase.

"Rural" scares you? Because you don't have ten Obama supporters living within 200 feet of you?

Poolesville is eleven miles from Germantown or Quince Orchard. But you would not be caught dead in either place.