Has anyone w/ kids chosen to leave NoVA for DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is much more expensive:

"In the District, the top 1 percent of households bring in at least $617,000; in Montgomery County, more than $606,000; and in Fairfax County, $532,000"

That's $85k more in DC. You can't afford it.

Really? Well we are in Arlington and have HHI of $775 k. Most of the neighbors in our former NW neighborhood could not afford our current neighborhood.

I am going to take a gander that the pro-DC posters aren't in these brackets anyways.

Hi Arlington Chain Bridge lady. You're here to dispute facts again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to be able to walk or metro to work (I walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to my childs school (my husband metros).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to playground (we walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to entertainment (we walk to dining, museums, etc.) We walk to grocery store.

We do all of that in our VA neighborhood.

For those of you who "have this in your VA neighborhoods" we no longer have a car, because we don't need one. So, obviously you have managed to get by without a car because you can metro and walk everywhere?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to be able to walk or metro to work (I walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to my childs school (my husband metros).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to playground (we walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to entertainment (we walk to dining, museums, etc.) We walk to grocery store.

We do all of that in our VA neighborhood.

For those of you who "have this in your VA neighborhoods" we no longer have a car, because we don't need one. So, obviously you have managed to get by without a car because you can metro and walk everywhere?

I am guessing you haven't been to the SFH neighborhoods adjacent to Clarendon Metro. We sold a car this summer. The other one is a 2006 with ~20k miles used mainly for beach and ski trips.

Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Giant, Walgreens, etc and Metro are 2 blocks way. Kids walk to local elementary. We walk to movies, gym, drycleaners, banks, bars and restaurants. Bike more than Metro, actually.

Any more ?s. we als have a yard and driveway which we didn't in the city. We also didn't have a metro nearby in our old DC hood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is much more expensive:

"In the District, the top 1 percent of households bring in at least $617,000; in Montgomery County, more than $606,000; and in Fairfax County, $532,000"

That's $85k more in DC. You can't afford it.

Pathetic.

OP - think long and hard as to whether you really want to live among people in DC who care more about how the 1% there are doing than anything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to be able to walk or metro to work (I walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to my childs school (my husband metros).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to playground (we walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to entertainment (we walk to dining, museums, etc.) We walk to grocery store.

We do all of that in our VA neighborhood.

For those of you who "have this in your VA neighborhoods" we no longer have a car, because we don't need one. So, obviously you have managed to get by without a car because you can metro and walk everywhere?

I am guessing you haven't been to the SFH neighborhoods adjacent to Clarendon Metro. We sold a car this summer. The other one is a 2006 with ~20k miles used mainly for beach and ski trips.

Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Giant, Walgreens, etc and Metro are 2 blocks way. Kids walk to local elementary. We walk to movies, gym, drycleaners, banks, bars and restaurants. Bike more than Metro, actually.

Any more ?s. we als have a yard and driveway which we didn't in the city. We also didn't have a metro nearby in our old DC hood.

We have numerous playgrounds--some with splash grounds walking distance too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is much more expensive:

"In the District, the top 1 percent of households bring in at least $617,000; in Montgomery County, more than $606,000; and in Fairfax County, $532,000"

That's $85k more in DC. You can't afford it.

Pathetic.

OP - think long and hard as to whether you really want to live among people in DC who care more about how the 1% there are doing than anything else.

She is the crappy small house resting on the laurels of the 1% she will never be a part of. But-hey if she says she lives in DC people will thinks she's rich

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of stuff is actually much saner in DC than in VA these days. Free preschool, in-state tuition at any public college in the country, regulated daycare, and no "religious or philosophical" objections to vaccines are allowed in any school or daycare. After Snowmageddon, even the side streets in NW DC were plowed within a few days, while my colleagues in VA were still stuck.

We also don't have Confederate History day, mandatory ultrasounds, or legislators who think women should have to report miscarriages to the police. As for corruption, most municipalities have it. and the press will find it if they look for it. In addition to Mrs. McDonnell's veneers, take the Silver Spring Transit Center. It will probably have to be rebuilt, as the contractor used substandard materials. Wonder how he got that contract?

Not true:
http://www.chcns.us/DC_2010_religious_ex.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to be able to walk or metro to work (I walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to my childs school (my husband metros).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to playground (we walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to entertainment (we walk to dining, museums, etc.) We walk to grocery store.

We do all of that in our VA neighborhood.

For those of you who "have this in your VA neighborhoods" we no longer have a car, because we don't need one. So, obviously you have managed to get by without a car because you can metro and walk everywhere?

Not having a car is nothing to be proud of. Some families, like ours, live in walking distance to metro, schools and amenities AND have a car for the freedom it affords. I don't covet the dubious glory of dragging bags of groceries home, either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to be able to walk or metro to work (I walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to my childs school (my husband metros).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to playground (we walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to entertainment (we walk to dining, museums, etc.) We walk to grocery store.

We do all of that in our VA neighborhood.

For those of you who "have this in your VA neighborhoods" we no longer have a car, because we don't need one. So, obviously you have managed to get by without a car because you can metro and walk everywhere?

Not having a car is nothing to be proud of. Some families, like ours, live in walking distance to metro, schools and amenities AND have a car for the freedom it affords. I don't covet the dubious glory of dragging bags of groceries home, either.

Agreed. I will never not have at least one-even if we walk 90% of the time.

With school-age kids---how the HELL do u get to travel sports games? They certainly aren't all walking distance. They're all over the Metro region.

[Anonymous]

What is that grocery store that's walking distance to museums??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to be able to walk or metro to work (I walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to my childs school (my husband metros).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to playground (we walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to entertainment (we walk to dining, museums, etc.) We walk to grocery store.

We do all of that in our VA neighborhood.

For those of you who "have this in your VA neighborhoods" we no longer have a car, because we don't need one. So, obviously you have managed to get by without a car because you can metro and walk everywhere?

I am guessing you haven't been to the SFH neighborhoods adjacent to Clarendon Metro. We sold a car this summer. The other one is a 2006 with ~20k miles used mainly for beach and ski trips.

Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Giant, Walgreens, etc and Metro are 2 blocks way. Kids walk to local elementary. We walk to movies, gym, drycleaners, banks, bars and restaurants. Bike more than Metro, actually.

Any more ?s. we als have a yard and driveway which we didn't in the city. We also didn't have a metro nearby in our old DC hood.

Sounds great! So, why are you posting in a thread called "Has anyone w/ kids chosen to leave NoVA for DC" if you love your house in NoVA so much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to be able to walk or metro to work (I walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to my childs school (my husband metros).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to playground (we walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to entertainment (we walk to dining, museums, etc.) We walk to grocery store.

We do all of that in our VA neighborhood.

For those of you who "have this in your VA neighborhoods" we no longer have a car, because we don't need one. So, obviously you have managed to get by without a car because you can metro and walk everywhere?

I am guessing you haven't been to the SFH neighborhoods adjacent to Clarendon Metro. We sold a car this summer. The other one is a 2006 with ~20k miles used mainly for beach and ski trips.

Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Giant, Walgreens, etc and Metro are 2 blocks way. Kids walk to local elementary. We walk to movies, gym, drycleaners, banks, bars and restaurants. Bike more than Metro, actually.

Any more ?s. we als have a yard and driveway which we didn't in the city. We also didn't have a metro nearby in our old DC hood.

We also just have one car and only use it a few days a week -- for Target runs & other misc errands, DD's ballet class because her studio isn't Metro accessible, apple picking, vacations, etc. But not for our everyday routine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to be able to walk or metro to work (I walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to my childs school (my husband metros).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to playground (we walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to entertainment (we walk to dining, museums, etc.) We walk to grocery store.

We do all of that in our VA neighborhood.

For those of you who "have this in your VA neighborhoods" we no longer have a car, because we don't need one. So, obviously you have managed to get by without a car because you can metro and walk everywhere?

Not having a car is nothing to be proud of. Some families, like ours, live in walking distance to metro, schools and amenities AND have a car for the freedom it affords. I don't covet the dubious glory of dragging bags of groceries home, either.

I don't do my shopping at Costco or Whole Foods.

The Farmers Market and the grocery store are both on my walk home. I can stop at either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to be able to walk or metro to work (I walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to my childs school (my husband metros).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to playground (we walk).

I wanted to be able to walk or metro to entertainment (we walk to dining, museums, etc.) We walk to grocery store.

We do all of that in our VA neighborhood.

For those of you who "have this in your VA neighborhoods" we no longer have a car, because we don't need one. So, obviously you have managed to get by without a car because you can metro and walk everywhere?

I am guessing you haven't been to the SFH neighborhoods adjacent to Clarendon Metro. We sold a car this summer. The other one is a 2006 with ~20k miles used mainly for beach and ski trips.

Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Giant, Walgreens, etc and Metro are 2 blocks way. Kids walk to local elementary. We walk to movies, gym, drycleaners, banks, bars and restaurants. Bike more than Metro, actually.

Any more ?s. we als have a yard and driveway which we didn't in the city. We also didn't have a metro nearby in our old DC hood.

Sounds great! So, why are you posting in a thread called "Has anyone w/ kids chosen to leave NoVA for DC" if you love your house in NoVA so much?

I'm a different PP. I did respond earlier on that we have considered moving back to DC, but didn't want to pay for private school. I don't love everything about this area, but the walkability is certainly nice. A little better than our old neighborhood. But it lacks in other ways though and we still hope to move back to DC (or another urban area) after our kids are out of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is much more expensive:

"In the District, the top 1 percent of households bring in at least $617,000; in Montgomery County, more than $606,000; and in Fairfax County, $532,000"

That's $85k more in DC. You can't afford it.

Really? Well we are in Arlington and have HHI of $775 k. Most of the neighbors in our former NW neighborhood could not afford our current neighborhood.

I am going to take a gander that the pro-DC posters aren't in these brackets anyways.

Hi Arlington Chain Bridge lady. You're here to dispute facts again.

Who disputed your facts? We merely point out that they are irrelevant.

Once again, virulent anti-Virginian, some of us actually make multiples of your "top 1 percent" thresholds, and we still choose to live in Virginia. I know you have a hard time wrapping your tiny little brain around that fact.