DC neighborhood recommendations? Where do the artisanal-jerky-making hipsters live?

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01/04/2013 10:48

Subject: DC neighborhood recommendations? Where do the artisanal-jerky-making hipsters live?

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Anonymous wrote:PP here - Bloomingdale is a good suggestion, but the flooding is a problem (and it does still have more crime than you might like, and doesn't yet have a ton of restaurants).

Eastern Market is another good suggestion. It's not in the least hipster-y, but it is walkable, lovely, has some nice restaurants, etc. Eastern Market as a market is also a big attraction. And it's walking distance from the more hipstery bars and restaurants on H Street.

My husband and I live in Old Town Alexandria. It might be the least hip place in the world, but it's very walkable, really beautiful and there are a lot of restaurants and things around here. Greatest place on earth for dogs. Nice place for kids, too. Might be worth considering, anyway. (I am in no way trying to import more cool people to Old Town to try to make it a slightly hipper place. Not at all. No way.)

All things considered, the Logan area might be your best bet. If you don't want to move to Old Town.

I live in Bloomingdale so I have to respond to this just to offer our perspective. We have had some problems with the flooding but we are one of the lowest lying streets. Most of my neighbors havent been touched at all by it and there is a solution being worked on. So you might want to just keep it in mind when looking at homes here and ask if they suffered at all in the flooding this summer. Chances are they didnt. I know two people who are landlords on our street and they had NO problem renting to new tenants this past month. I thought they might honestly but they didnt.

As for crime, there is some but things have settled A LOT since we moved here 5 years ago. Lots of new people getting along with old residents and community events. We are raising our family here and we feel great. You might have one problem house every two blocks or so but I feel like you have that in lots of parts of the city and even in the burbs.

Re: restaurants - restaurants are literally opening up every month here. I can count at least a DOZEN new restaurants, pubs, thai, sushi, coffee houses, pizza places, you name it - all opened in the last year and a half. So if you talk to someone about Bloomingdale and they havent had reason to come visit here in about a year, they may know none of that and think there are just a few but this is not the case. These are awesome businesses, doing well, with loyal clientele already. This fact alone has changed the entire feel of the neighborhood for me. Two new parks for kids erected recently too.

Frankly, the neighborhood is changing so much for the better so quickly, I cant even keep track of it myself. Sometimes hubby and I look at the neighborhood blog together and get wide eyed looking at all that is happening and most of it is good news for all of us!

I know there are many other places in dc worth considering too - just wanted to give a first hand account of Bloomingdale from someone who DID encounter flooding and has been here for more than a few years but wouldnt want to live anywhere else.

Old Town poster again - you're right; I should come to Bloomingdale again before spouting off. The last time I was there to hang out was about a year ago and it does sound like things have changed a lot. It sounds like it's fantastic now, actually.

Not to sound dumb (which I'm sure I will) - but how do you feel walking around there at night now? About the same as Columbia Heights or Petworth, more like U Street, or...?

So maybe Bloomingdale/LeDroit it is for OP.