Posted on 11/01/2023 9:03:47 AM PDT by Vigilanteman
Freepers are the best and I need some information. My daughter has scored a big corporate promotion and isn't happy with the corporate agent assigned to help her and her family find a place to live/rent in SW Montgomery County, Maryland.
There are websites that measure crime and most of them correlate quite well with voting patterns, which are easy to research. i.e. high concentration of Democrat voters = high crime.
But as you know, Maryland is almost all blue, especially this part. Even if outside the target area by a little, we would appreciate guidance to where should be avoided though, unfortunately, the entire area plus northern Virginia is not an option, since my daughter will have to commute an average of three days weekly.
Move....................
Good Luck with being in the belly of the beast.
Living in a State with no Income Tax is sweet.
Md. is NOT there.
I would get somewhere near Frederick and take the 270 in
Having lived around the region (in Arlington)...I might consider the idea of living in Virginia...rather than Maryland. I’m not suggesting Arlington itself but there’s Fairfax and other towns to the west.
Are you talking Gaithersburg area? I’d tell her to look at Frederick / Frederick County, or even southern Carroll County. Lefties all over there, too, but not nearly the insanity of MonkeyCo.
She is not going to find what YOU are looking for.
But Montgomery County like DC is a place of diversity of locations. You can find very high end quiet neighborhoods right next to some of the poorest parts of town.
During my recent week spent in Columbia Heights showed exactly that. I saw quiet suburban neighborhoods that butted right up against the “bad neighborhoods”. I would not worry so much as to the neighborhood as I would look at the schooling and commuting constraints. Also having some diversity in the schools might be good for the children.
Montgomery county isn’t just blue. They are all insane. Do everything possible to not even drive there let alone live there.
Almost everyone there works for the government and they hate citizens and freedom.
If she’s only commuting three days a week, move to Harford County and take the train.
Aberdeen is good. That’s where I live. Perryman is also a decent place. Joppa and some other areas are closer yet decent.
When my father retired, he moved his family to Silver Spring as he took a great Civil Service job at Walter Reed. Despite the pay, he found no affordable housing and the schools were terrible. He moved us back to Texas.
This was in 1968. Are things any better now?
I doubt it.
I and no shortage of fam have been there and live there of date.
Best to totally avoid if possible.
Yes, Gaithersburg area or something within reasonable commuting distance thereof. Frederick / Frederick County, or even southern Carroll County probably wouldn’t be too far for the right environment for my pre-teen grandchildren.
I grew up in SW Montgomery County, Bethesda and Silver Spring. I moved to Northern Virginia in 1978 and would never consider returning. When living in Maryland, I would look across the river at Virginia and think (1) the people there are not as well-educated as we are, (2) they do not bath as often, and (3) the whole place is full of dangerous rednecks. Now, having lived in Virginia for forty years, I look across at the people in Maryland and think (1) they are not as well-educated as we are, (2) they do not bath as often, and (3) the whole place is full of dangerous rednecks.
Bethesda is safer than Silver Spring and more expensive. In any case you want to be close to the redline on the metro.
I don’t know if she has time (maybe on weekends), but tell her to pick a town/area she likes, look for buildings that look attractive, and call them herself. They will all have info showing who the leasing agents/property managers are.
I’m in southern Carroll (Mt Airy) and can recommend it. Plenty of people here make that commute. Depending on what your daughter is used to, traffic wise, it may be something to adapt to. But honestly, if she’s going to live in the area for any length of time, I would avoid Montgomery - recently named “most diverse county in the nation.”. Absolutely tell her to avoid Montgomery Village.
Avoid Silver Spring/Wheaton area in SW Montgomery County. I agree with those who recommend Gaithersburg, Germantown, or Frederick and commuting in using I-270.
friends have found Fairfax VA to be fine. they belong to a wonderful church and that makes it work
Southwest Montgomery County is the Potomac River corridor from Poolesville through Potomac to Bethesda. That whole area is extremely affluent with housing prices and taxes to match. You didn’t mention what your daughter will be making and it is none of our business, but the area is full of very nice to spectacularly nice neighborhoods. If she will be price constrained ... well, it’s an expensive area.
Price aside, schools and commute are the two biggies. MoCo and Fairfax have what used to be highly regarded public school systems, but they are both hopelessly woke and infected with the gender confused and CRT nonsense. Is your daughter willing to consider private schools?
You say she will be commuting three days a week. I-270, the beltway and Rockville Pike (355/Wisconsin Avenue extended)are traffic hell. Will she be coming into DC? Or will she be commuting into the technology, defense, and health sciences corridor along 270? Wherever it is, minimize the commute, for schools as well as the job. If she is earning enough to be in the MoCo middle or upper middle class, there are plenty of good neighborhoods around.
If she will be commuting into DC, she should look hard at Bethesda.
Or consider DC. It ain’t Marion Barry’s DC any more. Northwest DC is mostly very nice. So is Capitol Hill. It all depends on where she will be working/commuting. Tell us approximately where the job will be and I can be a lot more specific.
Do not cross a river. Avoid 270, the beltway and the Rockville Pike. Do not cross a river. Be very, very careful about schools. Do not cross a river. If your daughter and her family like bicycling ... well, access to the Sligo Creek trail, the Rock Creek trail, or the C&O Canal can be a decider. Do not cross a river.
Pick a neighborhood, go to Google Maps street view and “drive around.” Be aware that in older, mature suburbs, the arterial roads may look awful but there can be amazing neighborhoods two blocks off the commuter sewer.
Eastern Monkey County is a mini Central America.
https://data.montgomerycountymd.gov/Public-Safety/Crime-Incident-Map/df95-9nn9
You can mail me for advice as well. Stay away from Montgomery Village. If she drives a BMW or late model luxury car, she needs to stay alert. Car jacking is way up - will follow you and steal from your driveway
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