Moving to the DMV(Ft. Meade) Looking for some help! - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

DatDudeLoso · 06-03-2013, 03:19 PM

Just trying to see if any of my fellow 86ers in the DMV area could help me out where to live? Any reccomendations on nice areas to live? Im US Air Force, so something closer to my duty station would be nice. Thanks in advance for any replys!

IloveBaldEagles · 06-03-2013, 03:27 PM

Avoid Woodbridge and Manassas.

Pure Automotive · 06-03-2013, 03:41 PM

I live 5 miles from Fort Meade in Odenton, there are a ton of new apartments and condos because of the Ft Mead BRAC and they're all within 10 min of the base. Just look in the Odenton and Piney Orchard areas

v1ru5 · 06-03-2013, 03:42 PM

Avoid anywhere in virginia in general unless you like sitting in traffic a lot.

DatDudeLoso · 06-03-2013, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Pure Automotive

I live 5 miles from Fort Meade in Odenton, there are a ton of new apartments and condos because of the Ft Mead BRAC and they're all within 10 min of the base. Just look in the Odenton and Piney Orchard areas

I've been told Laurel, Bethseda, Colombia, and Glen Burnie are places i should look. Was told Odenton wasn't that great of an area(idk). Any idea on the places I've listed??

Thanks btw.

Pure Automotive · 06-03-2013, 04:42 PM

Laurel is a terrible area, IMO. Besthesda is nice but a 40 min drive, Columbia is nice, but expensive and a 25 min drive. Glen burnie is average, some say its trashy, but I don't think so, thats 15 min from base. Do yourself a favor and drive around Odenton, its not a bad area, I sleep with my windows open and I've left my cars unlocked numerous times with zero issue.

kanundrum · 06-03-2013, 05:00 PM

Odenton is very nice (same I am about 5 miles from Ft meade as well). Laurel (PG Side is very bad and Anne Arundel Side is very bad, near savage mill is very nice as well as the whole Emmerson Community

Columbia ia great and not costly if you know what areas to look in, whats your budget ? I helped a member on here look into a few areas last year let me know.

DatDudeLoso · 06-03-2013, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by kanundrum

Odenton is very nice (same I am about 5 miles from Ft meade as well). Laurel (PG Side is very bad and Anne Arundel Side is very bad, near savage mill is very nice as well as the whole Emmerson Community

Columbia ia great and not costly if you know what areas to look in, whats your budget ? I helped a member on here look into a few areas last year let me know.

My BAH is 1380. Pretty much 1300-1450 is what im prob gonna try to stay in. I've heard tons of great things about Laurel, from multiple friends who live in the DC/MD area. My biggest concern is a nice place where me and my fiance wont run into much crime. Im open to all suggestions. I'm leaving my current duty station on 30 June. Thanks for all the info btw. And i'll ask aroud again about Odenton. I said about odenton with like 50% certainty.

kanundrum · 06-03-2013, 05:55 PM

Here are the parts of Laurel that are good

don't look anywhere else haha

slipdog · 06-03-2013, 06:04 PM

I live in Ellicott City. It's probably 20-30 minutes away depending where exactly. It's a pretty good area, but it's really expensive.

DatDudeLoso · 06-03-2013, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by kanundrum

Here are the parts of Laurel that are good

don't look anywhere else haha

Thanks. I'll check em out when i get home from work. Government computers dont allow u to see much. Any other places around Ft. Meade you would suggest?

OrbitalEllipses · 06-03-2013, 06:34 PM

Bethesda? Who the fuck told you that...expensive as a motherfuck and far enough away that the commute would make you want to kill babies by the end of the day. Avoid Montgomery County is my advice.

Jrohit · 06-03-2013, 11:26 PM

+1 to Odenton and Columbia. Also check out Crofton, I've been there a couple of times to meet up with a friend and left my car there. Nothing ever happened to it. It's also fairly close to Annapolis (great place for food).

BoostinIX · 06-04-2013, 07:25 AM

Been in your boat. Odenton and Columbia.

Keep a watch for places that obviously have upped the rent for everyone just because they're close to base.

Having lived in Laurel, while in the military: Don't do it.

06-03-2013, 03:19 PM	#1
DatDudeLoso Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Raven Location: Ft. Meade, MD Posts: 142 Thanks: 38 Thanked 16 Times in 9 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Moving to the DMV(Ft. Meade) Looking for some help! Just trying to see if any of my fellow 86ers in the DMV area could help me out where to live? Any reccomendations on nice areas to live? Im US Air Force, so something closer to my duty station would be nice. Thanks in advance for any replys!

06-03-2013, 05:00 PM	#7
kanundrum Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: 2013 Whiteout FR-S Location: Laurel, MD Posts: 5,364 Thanks: 2,704 Thanked 3,016 Times in 1,711 Posts Mentioned: 106 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Odenton is very nice (same I am about 5 miles from Ft meade as well). Laurel (PG Side is very bad and Anne Arundel Side is very bad, near savage mill is very nice as well as the whole Emmerson Community Columbia ia great and not costly if you know what areas to look in, whats your budget ? I helped a member on here look into a few areas last year let me know. __________________ Ive spent most of my life racing... The rest I just wasted

06-03-2013, 05:55 PM	#9
kanundrum Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: 2013 Whiteout FR-S Location: Laurel, MD Posts: 5,364 Thanks: 2,704 Thanked 3,016 Times in 1,711 Posts Mentioned: 106 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Here are the parts of Laurel that are good don't look anywhere else haha __________________ Ive spent most of my life racing... The rest I just wasted

06-04-2013, 07:25 AM	#14
BoostinIX Gettin SIKKY sideways Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: '97 S14.5 / '13 BRZ Location: Laurel, MD Posts: 1,136 Thanks: 280 Thanked 473 Times in 301 Posts Mentioned: 28 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Been in your boat. Odenton and Columbia. Keep a watch for places that obviously have upped the rent for everyone just because they're close to base. Having lived in Laurel, while in the military: Don't do it. __________________ Instagram: BoostinIX

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Pure Automotive Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: 2013 FRS Whiteout Location: Millersville, MD Posts: 2,035 Thanks: 735 Thanked 1,952 Times in 650 Posts Mentioned: 147 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I live 5 miles from Fort Meade in Odenton, there are a ton of new apartments and condos because of the Ft Mead BRAC and they're all within 10 min of the base. Just look in the Odenton and Piney Orchard areas

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v1ru5 Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: BRZ D4S 6MT L Vortech Location: Falls Church, VA Posts: 387 Thanks: 168 Thanked 152 Times in 108 Posts Mentioned: 30 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Avoid anywhere in virginia in general unless you like sitting in traffic a lot.

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Pure Automotive Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: 2013 FRS Whiteout Location: Millersville, MD Posts: 2,035 Thanks: 735 Thanked 1,952 Times in 650 Posts Mentioned: 147 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Laurel is a terrible area, IMO. Besthesda is nice but a 40 min drive, Columbia is nice, but expensive and a 25 min drive. Glen burnie is average, some say its trashy, but I don't think so, thats 15 min from base. Do yourself a favor and drive around Odenton, its not a bad area, I sleep with my windows open and I've left my cars unlocked numerous times with zero issue.

06-03-2013, 06:04 PM	#10
slipdog Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: 2013 WRB BRZ Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 65 Thanks: 7 Thanked 29 Times in 17 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	I live in Ellicott City. It's probably 20-30 minutes away depending where exactly. It's a pretty good area, but it's really expensive.

06-03-2013, 06:34 PM	#12
OrbitalEllipses Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Attitude Location: MD Posts: 10,046 Thanks: 884 Thanked 4,890 Times in 2,903 Posts Mentioned: 123 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	Bethesda? Who the fuck told you that...expensive as a motherfuck and far enough away that the commute would make you want to kill babies by the end of the day. Avoid Montgomery County is my advice.

06-03-2013, 11:26 PM	#13
Jrohit Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: 2013 FRS 10 Series #2072 (6MT) Location: Burtonsville, MD Posts: 832 Thanks: 756 Thanked 261 Times in 209 Posts Mentioned: 37 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	+1 to Odenton and Columbia. Also check out Crofton, I've been there a couple of times to meet up with a friend and left my car there. Nothing ever happened to it. It's also fairly close to Annapolis (great place for food).

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