What is Frederick, MD like? (Germantown, Gaithersburg: houses, school, salary)

[SwampFox35]

Originally Posted by loveautumn

In my research, Frederick area is way more expensive than the Richmond area, which I found COL to be reasonable. NoVa and MD COL and tax are pretty high. Why would you want to leave Richmond? Have you thought about Raleigh-Durham area, pretty diverse and cheap to live relatively speaking?

Frederick is extremely expensive. You can easily spend 300K on some fairly cheap townhome to live there. It's more affordable to live in Charleson SC near the beach than Frederick. Part of it is Frederick has a lot of control freaks who are against "sprawl" and new development so the supply is limited and prices go up as a result.

[Tiger Beer]

Originally Posted by markwalde

Thanks guys, for the feedback! We went to visit today. The downtown lives up to everything people have told us. We come from a bigger city and aren't sure if we are going to miss the city feel. So we thought we could live closer to DC, either Germantown or Gaithersburg... But We did not like Germantown. Gaithersburg may be a little far from work in Frederick. I will look at the suburbs that you guys mentioned.

Thanks again!

By the way, we don't mind conservative areas. I'm pretty sure it's better than living in Virginia, which is the beginning of the South...

What didn't you like about Germantown? I wouldn't think that Gaithersburg would be all that different.

[SwampFox35]

Gaithersburg and Germantown is the same area in my view. If you live in Germantown, you will be going to Gaithersburg to the mall and other stuff all the time.

[HandsUpThumbsDown]

Originally Posted by SwampFox35

Conservatives aren't anti-gay, they are anti-gay marriage but most support civil unions which is a position many liberal Democrats also take.

LOLZ so far from the truth, I don't know where to begin.

[StayLucky]

Originally Posted by SwampFox35

Frederick is extremely expensive. You can easily spend 300K on some fairly cheap townhome to live there. It's more affordable to live in Charleson SC near the beach than Frederick. Part of it is Frederick has a lot of control freaks who are against "sprawl" and new development so the supply is limited and prices go up as a result.

Frederick is pretty expensive, but 300K on a townhouse isn't accurate. You can get a decent-sized townhouse in a suburb within a 10 minute drive of downtown for less than 200K.

[David_J]

Originally Posted by Steven P.

Frederick is pretty expensive, but 300K on a townhouse isn't accurate. You can get a decent-sized townhouse in a suburb within a 10 minute drive of downtown for less than 200K.

300K on a townhouse is accurate... although the prices do get progressively higher the farther south you go in the city. In Urbana (which was considered as part of Frederick city in the address until recently), a typical townhouse is about 400K. In the Northwest portion of Frederick, it's maybe around 200 - 250K.

[StayLucky]

Originally Posted by David_J

300K on a townhouse is accurate... although the prices do get progressively higher the farther south you go in the city. In Urbana (which was considered as part of Frederick city in the address until recently), a typical townhouse is about 400K. In the Northwest portion of Frederick, it's maybe around 200 - 250K.

Depends how big and where. Yes, there are 300K townhouses around. There are also 3 bedroom townhouses in decent neighborhoods not far from Frederick city for 150-200K. I agree Frederick is expensive, but it's not like you can't find anything decent without spending a tremendous amount of money.

[SwampFox35]

Originally Posted by HandsUpThumbsDown

LOLZ so far from the truth, I don't know where to begin.

Liberals think everything is about gay people. I don't think most conservatives are out to get gay people, some people think marriage is b/t a man and a woman, and society does get to vote on such things. I won't lose sleep either way, but to define conservatism as some kind of anti-gay movement simply because some conservatives oppose gay marriage is liberal Bill Maher hack stuff.

[SwampFox35]

You won't get housing in Frederick for 200K unless it is super cheap construction. Most of the housing in the 300K is cheap construction that would be like 150K max in South Carolina.

[StayLucky]

Originally Posted by SwampFox35

You won't get housing in Frederick for 200K unless it is super cheap construction. Most of the housing in the 300K is cheap construction that would be like 150K max in South Carolina.

I don't know much about construction, but I do know the first house I lived in was a decent, albeit rather small, townhouse in suburban Frederick, built in the 1980's. Townhouses of that size (3BR, 2BA) in that neighborhood and similar neighborhoods go for around 150-180K now. Is that expensive for what you get? Compared to many cities, yes, compared to other cities, not really. Re: construction, my family had no issues with the construction in that house. But I digress, as this isn't on topic for really anything the OP was discussing.