Pros-

1- Location & amenities (Whole Foods, Harris Teeter, Dawsons, Giant and Safeway) Closest Hospitals are Shady Grove and Holy Cross Germantown to the north approx 7 miles and Suburban to the south 7 miles

2- So much to do- Rockville town center which has shops, restaurants movie theater, library and grocer. Also  Lake Needwood, Strathmore mansion and music center, Glenstone, DC, Pike & Rose.

3- Metro- access to DC, also gaithersburg. Stops include Rockville, Shady Grove and Twinbrook

4- Schools- WJ, Wootton, RM and Mont community college are all very highly rated

5- Sports – soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, football. Nats/Caps/Commanders

6- Diverse- Rockville placed 10th out of 501 places for most diverse city in the country by WalletHub’s 2022 study of cities in America 

7- Jobs- Rockville is center of Montgomery county biotech cluster w over 170 of Montgomery County’s 359 Bio Science companies located in Rockville

8- Real Estate- more bang for your buck, diverse housing 

9- Sense of community – City of Rockville community services, trash recycling

10- Weather – Perfect Spring & Fall, Easy Winter w possible snow. 

Cons

1- Expensive – bestplaces.net gave Rockville an overall score of 140 compared to us average of 100 and 204 score for Housing compared to 100

2- Rockville Tax today in April of 2023 is .292 of assessed value. So For a house that is assessed at $500,000, the Rockville tax would be $1460 a year. $121 a month. Not every Rockville address is in the City of Rockville. 

3- Traffic- great location but horrible commutes and remember- Metro & ICC

4-Summers- Allergies, bugs, snakes, HEAT & HUMIDITY

5- Radon- Rockville is exempt from disclosing radon results