Rockville - Maryland - 4K Downtown Drive

Saturday drive in and around the downtown area of Rockville, MD.
Filmed; October 2021
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From Wikipedia:
Rockville is a city that serves as the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, part of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. The 2020 census tabulated Rockville's population at 67,117, making it the fifth-largest community in Montgomery County.
Rockville, along with neighboring Gaithersburg and Bethesda, is at the core of the Interstate 270 Technology Corridor which is home to numerous software and biotechnology companies as well as several federal government institutions. The city, one of the major retail hubs in Montgomery County, also has several upscale regional shopping centers.

[@jtralongo1]

I grew up in Rockville in the 60s and 70s. Moved away from MD in 1988. Its unrecognizable from your video. Gude was just a two lane road back then, there were corn fields where all those trees and buildings are on W. Gude. And the Shady Grove theater (a big round building were I saw Sony and Cher perform). Montgomery donuts was nearly all alone on E. Gude. Georgia avenue turned into a two-lane road once past Bel Pre. It was all fields and trees until you got to Olney. Amazing what changes happen in just 30 years.

[@johnfoltz8183]

Germantown had its growth spurt in the 1990s, and Clarksburg in the 2010s. Meanwhile traffic has gotten atrocious on 270 and the Beltway as well as local roads.

[@Freyaaamira]

U gotta be somebody's grandfather

[@brauliosantos121]

This place is beautiful! A lot of trees, calm traffic, and I can hear the birds singing.. Very peaceful 💆🏻‍♂️

[@drussell710]

Yeah..... You're only seeing a very tip of the triangle of Rockville and this is probably the most pleasant of that drive and it's in the least busy part at this time of day but normally Rockville was extremely chaotic lots of sirens cops flying around people walking across the street during green lights and it's pretty hectic and on top of that you have three Metro stations that run through it so it can be pretty nuts.

[@TheSuzberry]

It wasn’t rush hour.

[@NSXavier997]

LOL! Yellow PORSCHE 911 Turbo at 11:49 is me. Nice vid on what seems to be a beautiful day in my hometown.

[@reellove6710]

Thank you for the video. Technically, when you took the left turn onto Shady Grove Road off Gaither Road (King Farm), you were in Gaithersburg, MD. In 20 years ago, The King Farm was annexed into Rockville. You drove past the Middleton Tavern, but you missed it in your video. The Middleton Tavern is historically significant, as is the park across from the Courthouse that also appears in your video. A bit of history: in June 1863, (Calvary) General J.E.B. Stuart captured Rockville along with 175 wagons containing the Union payroll and other supplies. The formed a wagon train to get the supplies to Carlisle, PA on June 28. On July 1, 1863 the battle of Gettysburg started. General Stuart was delayed getting to Gettysburg until July 2, 1863 because of the wagon train. It is generally believed that the South lost Gettysburg because of General J.E.B. Stuart’s capture of Rockville. Rockville is a great “all American” city. 93% have graduated HS, and over 80% have some college, and 65% have college or advance degrees. Average household income in 2019 was a tad over $106,500. Median home price is $658,000, and our schools rate among the best in the USA year after year. In 2019, Rockville ranked: #3 best places to live in MD, #4 most richest city.

[@hiimki]

I am planning to move to rockville from nyc sometime early next year. Thank you for this beautiful video :)

[@drussell710]

You'll regret it unless you're prepared to sit in traffic 90% of the time and hear sirens about the same percentage and pay sky high rent prices or ridiculously high prices for homes. I grew up here and was even a paramedic here for 911 for almost 10 years so I know the area in and out and there's a Metro system that runs through it too and I'm not sure what day of the week this person is driving through these spots but it looks like a Sunday early afternoon because I don't think I've ever seen it this slow. Oh you'll see what I'm talking about when you move here next year and you ride on 355 and you don't go above 15 mph ever!!

[@thetruth1635]

Get ready to pay Ny or Cali 💰 to live there.

[@LindaRae.]

There are more people from NY here than there are native Marylanders, so you should feel right at home. I live on W. Montgomery, west/opposite of the drive shown. Weekday traffic for the courthouses and county office building starts at 4:30 am and backs up bumper to bumper by 5:30am. We are on under an air highway between Andrews/White House and Camp David and less than 2 miles from an Interstate highway there is talk of widening. You'll pay for parking almost everywhere. It used to be a nice place ... long, long ago.

[@thetruth1635]

@@drussell710 u forgot about the tolls that are coming to 270 ,$$$$.

[@harrypeter1404]

Just stay in NYC you'll be bored here. It's a very overpriced suburb of DC and the food won't compare to what you're used to.

[@ahyarsuhaili6245]

oh my God.. its amazing.. I was there 10 years a go and still amazing ..thnks for the video

[@dashcamonboard9041]

Very nice downtown area!

[@silverhawk_25]

Great video Maryland Mike enjoyed the video alot man your in a new state now your gonna like the interstates here

[@4funJust4you]

13:50 Oh, my gosh! Is that a train?! 🚂🚃🚃 Yes it is! A train!! Right out of the middle of nowhere here in Rockville! Catch it!!

[@nathanrothchild5112]

You missed Lincoln park and the david skulls homes.

[@russ6204]

I lived in ROCKVILLE from age 19 to 66 (47 Years), specifically I lived in WEST END PARK. I ABSOLUTELTY LOVED IT. SUPER CONVENIENT LOCATION. I was 30seconds from I-270, My home on Owens Street OVERLOOKED BEAUTIFUL TREES in "WOODLEY GARDENS PARK". My only complaint was the REAL ESTATE TAXES which grew from about $1,000 per year to $7,500 per year in 2022 when I SOLD MY HOME AND MOVED TO NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (NMB) WHERE MY RE TAXES NOW ARE ONLY $1,000 per year. A HUGE $6,000+ YEARLY SAVINGS at more than $500 per month that more than pays for all my GROCERIES and ALL UTILITIES with about $250 left over for whatever. The WEATHER in NMB is a BIG PLUS TOO especially in the WINTER with TEMPS in the 50's/60's/70's most days AND rarely is there a FREEZE or a flake of snow PLUS the BEAUTIFUL BEACHES AND OCEAN YEAR ROUND.

[@coreybabcock2025]

Right at the very beginning I literally live 3 blocks from there off Maryland Ave and Washington St

[@4funJust4you]

Ah, yes, Rockville, the place where I was born. I miss this town. It's been years.

[@lindsayhengehold5341]

Looks like a beautiful city to live in

[@coreybabcock2025]

I live in Rockville

[@smtpgirl]

you just drove by where the 3 Pigs used to be on W. Montgomery Ave close to the courthouses.

[@berbz4101]

Totally missed the east side of Rockville.

[@resaify129]

wonderful video

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Thanks

[@alexbob6201]

The love of my life lives here.

[@geoffreyjones2000]

Rockville, where your neighbours know what's best for you

[@wilburmcbride8096]

I love Rockville, Maryland. The only problem is it's too expensive to live in. I'm very close to Rockville, in Baltimore. I can always dream.

[@yessir8805]

PG county to Moco 🔥

[@jasoncatron1039]

Crabcakes and football, that's what Maryland does.

[@АндрейМиронов-ь7м]

thanks for the job

[@MileageMikeTravels]

No problem!

[@Afr069-s8l]

Rockville is a nice area in Maryland, the only problem is that it's close to the D.C Metro and I-270. This means that more often than not, traffic is terrible throughout the city. Also, prices are about 30-40% higher than the rest of Maryland, you get significantly less property for your money moving to MoCo. On top of that, people are very detached from the rest of the state here, always acting like they're God's gift to the state. Maybe next time you should drive through parts of Maryland not on the I-95 corridor, if you want to see beautiful towns and drives you could always go to Annapolis, Prince Frederick or even places like Salisbury. They may have sparse populations, but a lot of places in those cities are rich with history and nice people, compared to newer developed regions like the D.C Metro area.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Good info. I definitely want to check out the rest of the state when I have time. I did get a chance to see Annapolis. That one is coming soon. Very nice place.

[@marylandman12]

The only reason why the cost of living in Rockville is because of the wealth. When you have higher income residents, the cost income. And it's not just Rockville; but each suburb surrounding Rockville and the D.C. metro area also have a higher income level.

[@ahmadvlogs9406]

Very nice

[@Bluenin-pj3hj]

I live there!

[@dogsrcool1000]

yoo i live in rockville!!

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Nice!

[@TheSuzberry]

There isn’t a real downtown in Rockville. There are a few stores that serve the immediate community and law offices and a very nice library. It is heavily car dependent.

[@johnfoltz8183]

There used to be a downtown Rockville, but it was cleared out in the late 60s for a dead on arrival mall that limped along to 1995.

[@kathylingen1667]

I worked in downtown Rockville and found it very walkable. Very nice neighborhood.

[@robertkrakaur8987]

Wow I live right there. That’s cool as shit

[@mh2584]

We use to go there all the time when i was in prison on road crew

[@tigerraven7552]

Maryland🐢

[@ireece]

Maryland

[@CB-ei6ez]

This person didn't drive on the other side of the train tracks ..the poorer part of Rockville. They only drove around the bourgeois neighborhoods. Rockville does a great job of hiding its homeless population.. . Nor did this driver show you the abomination and traffic jams of Rockville Pike and 270 which borders Rockville... Take some videos of the bumper to bumper traffic on 270.... I'm trying to get out of Rockville it's lost its soul to developers

[@coreybabcock2025]

I live in Rockville near mt Vernon place and Monroe St won't say what apartment though

[@jackson.7028]

Isn’t that area mostly industrial

[@tjjordan7074]

Looks like a better version of Baltimore

[@jacobdeguzman]

Bro it’s not downtown is town center it’s not a town

[@BegunMaster1]

Same thing

[@martysender5539]

I wish it was always so uncontegested..lol Marty Sender You Tube

[@ilegallnets]

saw myself haha

[@solbacon9001]

If you’re walk-in don’t get hit..

[@slicksalmon6948]

Rockville doesn't have a downtown in any traditional sense. I remember coming here in 1973 and looking for it. We never found it, because it didn't exist. What you drove thru has been recently created, but there's no sense of a city center.

[@coreymishler6337]

Islamabad, Pakistan, don't hurt 13 Rajab before Lailatul Qadr 27 Ramazan!

[@dreadknot2238]

😔😕☹️

[@theolewell7535]

:)

[@brianellinger6622]

I'm out hostage while trash people steal

[@thechosenpod]

Look real shot I'm from moco yes nice video but this nigga just drove through downtown by the court house where they got more niggas in chains then slavery. Across the street they got first street up the street from there is 124 which is g burg then up from there is Germantown very nice but don't get it twisted you will get your issue. Thank you welcome to moco