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.
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.
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
Nevertheless, the SW part is not terrible bad hood wise. Also depends on where the office is. Check realtor.com.
Generally, I'd say West of 270 and south of Shady Grove Rd is ok if you're stuck on SW, but almost anything outside of an incorporated area is going to be alright. You can use the price as a measure of safety - higher the better.
Don't know what they're looking for. Presuming they may ultimately want to buy SFH later, so for now maybe do townhouse. Here are two:
https://www.realtor.com/rentals/details/5-Ambiance-Ct_North-Potomac_MD_20878_M61101-24400
https://www.realtor.com/rentals/details/11126-Cedarwood-Dr-192_Rockville_MD_20852_M61981-01248
Also, when I was helping someone else here find something, they were working with this guy who was I thought was very accommodating. Not pushy and willing to walk from listings when they didn't like something part way through the deal.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateagents/56cf7eaa7e54f70100244ec3
Feel free to email me w/specific questions. Know the area, know the traffic.
When I lived in Clarksdale MS last year I used the crime map as a guide for where I could walk. Generally I walked very early for increased safety. I see that the area I lived in is now shaded showing more crime.
One always has to consider whether the income and promotions are worth the tradeoffs.
best of luck as it will be expensive in Md. or Northern Va.
First priority should be the kids. Are they homeschooled? If not, tell them to find a place near to a good religious school, and one with an athletic program (will be less woke) because the public school system is beyond woke.
The next priority is traffic. Tell her to study it carefully. For example, a huge radio tower field in North Bethesda was recently turned into a housing development, which added a huge amount of traffic on all the surrounding roads.
Politically, northwestern and western Montgomery County are as far from the Left as you’ll get, such as in Poolesville. Here for its demographics: https://www.zipdatamaps.com/20837
You can view precinct level data from 2020 election in Montgomery County here: https://www.zipdatamaps.com/election-atlas/county/md/montgomery-county/map-of-2020-presidential-election-results-by-voting-precinct
Unfortunately the chart is not sortable, but this seems to be the only precinct that Trump won: https://www.zipdatamaps.com/election-atlas/zipcode/md/20872/map-of-2020-presidential-election-results-by-voting-precinct
That and the only others Trump took over 40% are in and around Damascus, which is northeastern part of the county.
The highest vote for Trump in Potomac seems to be two precincts in 20854 (31/32%): https://www.zipdatamaps.com/election-atlas/zipcode/md/20854/map-of-2020-presidential-election-results-by-voting-precinct
If she goes further west, to Frederick County, there’ll be more conservatives, but not in Frederick proper. And at that point, they might as well move to Leesburg, VA across the river, although that implicates traffic.
Hope that helps. Glad to discuss privately, if you like, as I grew up there.