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Anonymous wrote:Rockville High School cluster in Montgomery County.

Not what most people consider to be affordable housing prices. You are paying unreasonable housing prices for the school district which is no longer as top-notch as it used to be. The school district has made some terrible decisions over the last few years and you are no longer getting as good a school system as the housing prices should merit.

This is so well said it’s worth repeating: the school district (MCPS) has made some terrible decisions over the last few years and you are no longer getting as good a school system the housing prices should merit.

It’s why we left.

Um,I don't know. My sister moved to Urbana from the RM district and her middle school kids are claiming that they've already learned the stuff they're learning now at Urbana MS. At the end of the day, I don't care what they do at central office. I care about the curriculum.

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Anonymous wrote:Twinbrook! We live here and love it. Most houses are under $500k and we're happy with the schools.

Tell us more about Twinbrook ES. You are in RM cluster, correct? I know that Twinbrook ES has a low rating but can you tell us more about your experience?

I would go hang out in that area, or drive around the neighborhood.

Yes, homes are around 500k, but when we lived there, we had our car vandalized twice, and lots of sketchy things going on in our neighborhood, before we decided to pack up and move out

To be fair, this was 12 years ago, so it may have changed. But I would still be cautious

Anonymous wrote:Twinbrook! We live here and love it. Most houses are under $500k and we're happy with the schools.

Tell us more about Twinbrook ES. You are in RM cluster, correct? I know that Twinbrook ES has a low rating but can you tell us more about your experience?

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Anonymous wrote:close in
good schools
cheap

choose two. Add in diverse, and good luck

So nowhere?

We already tried the long commute and it took a serious toll on our physical and mental health. Can’t do that again.

the two things most directly driving home prices are commute and schools. If you check both of those boxes, the area will be popular and likely expensive. There may be somewhere at the edge of that hour commute in Frederick, but you are adding minority white to the criteria, so that box probably won't get checked

Nowhere in Frederick is an hour commute into DC, at least not any time M-F on any kind of day shift. I live here, it's sad but true.

Not true. Depending on time of Day, Urbana could be an hour or less away.

I live just south of Urbana, but still in FredCo.

I went from my house (just off Rt 75) to Union Station in 55 minutes last week. The week before was a bit faster.

I was in the car around 6:15/20. So got to the office a little past 7. Which is early for a lot of people,I know. But I don't mind since its only on occasion. Daily would be different

I’m in Braddock (north of Urbana) and drive to DuPont Circle area. I have to be at work by 6am so I usually leave a little after 5am. Barring accidents, I always get to work in an hour or less.

I assume OP meant durin standard working hours.

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Anonymous wrote:Rosemary Hills neighborhood

the worst school that feeds bethesda is still better than every other school in Silver Sprig and a silver spring school is better than all of PG

I don't know how you can come up with that nonsense. No school in Bethesda is academically better than Blair, none.
Unless by "better", you mean more whites...

Your drugs are clearly better, I’ll say that you have that going for you. If Blair was better people would move there. It’s the cheapest HS in close in MoCo, anybody can move there as seen by all the poor people who go there

So which one is it?
You are clearly an ignoramus. You demonstrated that perfectly clear.

I know this comment is from last year, but still this PP doesn't seem to know about the dual nature of Blair.

There are essentially two schools in Blair, those that list in-bounds go to the standard school. But about 20% of the student population are magnet school students from all over the southern part of the county who qualify for the advanced magnet programs. There are some elective classes in the magnet programs that are available to the regular in-bound students, but for the most part, educationally the students are separate.

The standard school is not the most rigorous school and the local area is one of the cheaper areas of Montgomery County. That said, the magnet program is one of the best programs in the US.

It seems you don't know what you're talking about

Au contraire. Seems you know EXACTLY what you are talking about - with the additional point that the children of local politicians always seem to make it into the magnet side of the house.

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Anonymous wrote:Rockville High School cluster in Montgomery County.

Not what most people consider to be affordable housing prices. You are paying unreasonable housing prices for the school district which is no longer as top-notch as it used to be. The school district has made some terrible decisions over the last few years and you are no longer getting as good a school system as the housing prices should merit.

This is so well said it’s worth repeating: the school district (MCPS) has made some terrible decisions over the last few years and you are no longer getting as good a school system the housing prices should merit.

It’s why we left.

This thread seems to be chock full of bad assumptions...

Anonymous wrote:Are you open to going by train/park &ride for your commute into DC? That can open some things up. Drive 10-30 minutes to metro or commuters train then hope off new the office. Or metro/bus combo?

I did this for a couple of years while living in a different city. Rode a commuter train, roughly an hour each way. Not having a commute is definitely the best option, but if you must have a commute, I *highly* recommend the train. I could either work or zone out, and either choice was 1,000x better than having to drive.

There were a couple of times a year where the trains ran extremely late for one reason or another, and occasionally I had to work later than the time of the last train. My work hours were flexible and we could take a car service when we stayed extra late, so those situations represented headaches rather than emergencies. But it’s something to know about and plan for if you do consider the train option.

Don't be dead set on a SFH. Get a townhouse. We did and love it

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Anonymous wrote:close in
good schools
cheap

choose two. Add in diverse, and good luck

So nowhere?

We already tried the long commute and it took a serious toll on our physical and mental health. Can’t do that again.

the two things most directly driving home prices are commute and schools. If you check both of those boxes, the area will be popular and likely expensive. There may be somewhere at the edge of that hour commute in Frederick, but you are adding minority white to the criteria, so that box probably won't get checked

Nowhere in Frederick is an hour commute into DC, at least not any time M-F on any kind of day shift. I live here, it's sad but true.

Not true. Depending on time of Day, Urbana could be an hour or less away.

I live just south of Urbana, but still in FredCo.

I went from my house (just off Rt 75) to Union Station in 55 minutes last week. The week before was a bit faster.

I was in the car around 6:15/20. So got to the office a little past 7. Which is early for a lot of people,I know. But I don't mind since its only on occasion. Daily would be different

Yeah but when did you leave and how long did it take?

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Anonymous wrote:close in
good schools
cheap

choose two. Add in diverse, and good luck

So nowhere?

We already tried the long commute and it took a serious toll on our physical and mental health. Can’t do that again.

the two things most directly driving home prices are commute and schools. If you check both of those boxes, the area will be popular and likely expensive. There may be somewhere at the edge of that hour commute in Frederick, but you are adding minority white to the criteria, so that box probably won't get checked

Nowhere in Frederick is an hour commute into DC, at least not any time M-F on any kind of day shift. I live here, it's sad but true.

Not true. Depending on time of Day, Urbana could be an hour or less away.

I live just south of Urbana, but still in FredCo.

I went from my house (just off Rt 75) to Union Station in 55 minutes last week. The week before was a bit faster.

I was in the car around 6:15/20. So got to the office a little past 7. Which is early for a lot of people,I know. But I don't mind since its only on occasion. Daily would be different

I’m in Braddock (north of Urbana) and drive to DuPont Circle area. I have to be at work by 6am so I usually leave a little after 5am. Barring accidents, I always get to work in an hour or less.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:close in
good schools
cheap

choose two. Add in diverse, and good luck

So nowhere?

We already tried the long commute and it took a serious toll on our physical and mental health. Can’t do that again.

the two things most directly driving home prices are commute and schools. If you check both of those boxes, the area will be popular and likely expensive. There may be somewhere at the edge of that hour commute in Frederick, but you are adding minority white to the criteria, so that box probably won't get checked

Nowhere in Frederick is an hour commute into DC, at least not any time M-F on any kind of day shift. I live here, it's sad but true.

Not true. Depending on time of Day, Urbana could be an hour or less away.

I live just south of Urbana, but still in FredCo.

I went from my house (just off Rt 75) to Union Station in 55 minutes last week. The week before was a bit faster.

I was in the car around 6:15/20. So got to the office a little past 7. Which is early for a lot of people,I know. But I don't mind since its only on occasion. Daily would be different

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:close in
good schools
cheap

choose two. Add in diverse, and good luck

So nowhere?

We already tried the long commute and it took a serious toll on our physical and mental health. Can’t do that again.

the two things most directly driving home prices are commute and schools. If you check both of those boxes, the area will be popular and likely expensive. There may be somewhere at the edge of that hour commute in Frederick, but you are adding minority white to the criteria, so that box probably won't get checked

Nowhere in Frederick is an hour commute into DC, at least not any time M-F on any kind of day shift. I live here, it's sad but true.

Not true. Depending on time of Day, Urbana could be an hour or less away.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Rosemary Hills neighborhood

the worst school that feeds bethesda is still better than every other school in Silver Sprig and a silver spring school is better than all of PG

I don't know how you can come up with that nonsense. No school in Bethesda is academically better than Blair, none.
Unless by "better", you mean more whites...

Your drugs are clearly better, I’ll say that you have that going for you. If Blair was better people would move there. It’s the cheapest HS in close in MoCo, anybody can move there as seen by all the poor people who go there

So which one is it?
You are clearly an ignoramus. You demonstrated that perfectly clear.

I know this comment is from last year, but still this PP doesn't seem to know about the dual nature of Blair.

There are essentially two schools in Blair, those that list in-bounds go to the standard school. But about 20% of the student population are magnet school students from all over the southern part of the county who qualify for the advanced magnet programs. There are some elective classes in the magnet programs that are available to the regular in-bound students, but for the most part, educationally the students are separate.

The standard school is not the most rigorous school and the local area is one of the cheaper areas of Montgomery County. That said, the magnet program is one of the best programs in the US.

It seems you don't know what you're talking about