If you could live anywhere in the DC area...

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Anonymous wrote:I tend to agree that Arlington is like purgatory. It's trying to be like dc and McLean at the same time without the benefit of being in the city and without the larger lots. The only benefit is being close to DC but if you are rich and have your pick to "live anywhere you could" you won't commute and don't really care about proximity to DC.

Totally disagree. If I was rich I would buy a bigger house in Lyon Village but never move out to the car-centric suburbs. To be able to walk to everything -- that's wealth.

The only people who walk are the poors. I'll never understand why you would walk when it's faster to drive. Unless the parking sucks - which describes half of Arlington.

Hahahah!

Love, NYC

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Anonymous wrote:I tend to agree that Arlington is like purgatory. It's trying to be like dc and McLean at the same time without the benefit of being in the city and without the larger lots. The only benefit is being close to DC but if you are rich and have your pick to "live anywhere you could" you won't commute and don't really care about proximity to DC.

Totally disagree. If I was rich I would buy a bigger house in Lyon Village but never move out to the car-centric suburbs. To be able to walk to everything -- that's wealth.

The only people who walk are the poors. I'll never understand why you would walk when it's faster to drive. Unless the parking sucks - which describes half of Arlington.

Hahahah!

Love, NYC

Sorry you are not valid, this thread is about the washington dc area. Completely different than NYC. Idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:DC, particularly the walkable core of the city.

joke of the day

? Why? I live in Dupont and it's wonderful. Want to live here for the foreseeable future.

How many people do you know well on our block? Your actual block.

I live in Shaw/Logan in a condo, and we know about 75% of our hundred unit building. We hang out with at least half of them once a year and several many times a week. We know lots of other people on our block and all of the people who run the local businesses. We are also active in the community, going to community meetings at least once a week, so we know a lot of others who live around here. This is our home day and night, and we love it.

Wow, you guys must have a lot of free time, to be hanging out with several people many times a week.

I have maybe a close circle of 2-3 friends that I would hang out with at that frequency if I was so inclined. But at most we met one to two friends/families for lunch/dinner on the weekends.

I guess things would be different if I was single, but with work, family obligations, and school nights, I just don't envision having any free time to spend with non-family members multiple times a week.

Get out of your car and live in a walkable neighborhood and you will have more time to "hang out" - its not just for single people. We have couple nights and family play dates. We live downtown.

I'd go crazy living in downtown DC. There's not that much there, but you don't get much space because your house or apartment could always be another office building or drab trade association.

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Anonymous wrote:I tend to agree that Arlington is like purgatory. It's trying to be like dc and McLean at the same time without the benefit of being in the city and without the larger lots. The only benefit is being close to DC but if you are rich and have your pick to "live anywhere you could" you won't commute and don't really care about proximity to DC.

Totally disagree. If I was rich I would buy a bigger house in Lyon Village but never move out to the car-centric suburbs. To be able to walk to everything -- that's wealth.

You must have a mental disease to think the definition of wealth is walking to everything.

I think you suffer from walkabilitius aka delusions that most people care about "walkability". news flash the wealthy and elite don't put down "walkability" to starbucks, 711 or whatever crappy arlington strip mall as a must have.

Of course. The super-wealthy have drivers and can get the most frivolous of things brought directly to them. Jay-Z is not walking to Duane Reade to buy Tylenol.

The fairly well-off can afford cab fare when needed.

Everyone else who lives in a congested place would of course care about walkability. It's either too expensive to own a car, or it's a pain to drive and park.

I grew up having to walk everywhere and don't miss it. A walk on a nice day? A walk out for dinner and drinks? Great! Lugging groceries around? is it freezing? Is it humid? is it pouring rain? Do I have to wear sensible shoes all the time? Are my good shoes getting ruined? Am I sick, feverish, and walking to pick up a prescription? Don't miss that at all.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd have difficulty choosing between the following locations: North Arlington, Georgetown, or Foggy Bottom.

Remove North Arlington it is not really that desirable compared to McLean or Great Falls

for you? Because home prices in Arlington suggest that it's "really" actually "that desirable." Remove your head from your ass because it's really not desirable.

When people think of the DC area suburbs they don't think of Arlington , they think of McLean and Great Falls where the politicians, rich business owners, royalty and sports stars live.

No. People think of Arlington, Alexandria, Bethesda, and CCMD.

FWIW, I don't live in any of them, but I have no problem admitting what suburbs are the most well-known.

The best known suburbs, at least among those who aren't looking for their first apartments fresh out of school, are the ones with money and expensive homes, and that means Chevy Chase, Bethesda, Potomac, McLean and Great Falls, not Arlington. It's not really debatable.

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How many Saudi Princes, Professional Athletes live in North Arlington, probably zero? North Arlington's so called "elite" is mostly lawyer drones.

Right - I'm really looking to live next door to a Saudi prince. I bet he's a blast at the neighborhood block parties. Cristal for everyone!

I think PP was just saying that Arlington is well known as a suburb of DC, not that it's super posh. And just because it's not super posh doesn't mean it's undesirable. You know, to some of us mere mortals.

To answer OP's question, I would like to live in: North Arlington (in a very walkable neighborhood), Georgetown (up by Volta), Old Town (at least on a few streets), Cleveland Park, AU Park, etc. Our current location is based on practical considerations like school & commute.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd have difficulty choosing between the following locations: North Arlington, Georgetown, or Foggy Bottom.

Remove North Arlington it is not really that desirable compared to McLean or Great Falls

for you? Because home prices in Arlington suggest that it's "really" actually "that desirable." Remove your head from your ass because it's really not desirable.

When people think of the DC area suburbs they don't think of Arlington , they think of McLean and Great Falls where the politicians, rich business owners, royalty and sports stars live.

No. People think of Arlington, Alexandria, Bethesda, and CCMD.

FWIW, I don't live in any of them, but I have no problem admitting what suburbs are the most well-known.

The best known suburbs, at least among those who aren't looking for their first apartments fresh out of school, are the ones with money and expensive homes, and that means Chevy Chase, Bethesda, Potomac, McLean and Great Falls, not Arlington. It's not really debatable.

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How many Saudi Princes, Professional Athletes live in North Arlington, probably zero? North Arlington's so called "elite" is mostly lawyer drones.

Right - I'm really looking to live next door to a Saudi prince. I bet he's a blast at the neighborhood block parties. Cristal for everyone!

I think PP was just saying that Arlington is well known as a suburb of DC, not that it's super posh. And just because it's not super posh doesn't mean it's undesirable. You know, to some of us mere mortals.

To answer OP's question, I would like to live in: North Arlington (in a very walkable neighborhood), Georgetown (up by Volta), Old Town (at least on a few streets), Cleveland Park, AU Park, etc. Our current location is based on practical considerations like school & commute.

The tile of this thread "If you could live anywhere in the DC area..."

NOT

"If you could live anywhere in the DC area for under 1.5 million..."

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Anonymous wrote:I'd have difficulty choosing between the following locations: North Arlington, Georgetown, or Foggy Bottom.

Remove North Arlington it is not really that desirable compared to McLean or Great Falls

for you? Because home prices in Arlington suggest that it's "really" actually "that desirable." Remove your head from your ass because it's really not desirable.

When people think of the DC area suburbs they don't think of Arlington , they think of McLean and Great Falls where the politicians, rich business owners, royalty and sports stars live.

No. People think of Arlington, Alexandria, Bethesda, and CCMD.

FWIW, I don't live in any of them, but I have no problem admitting what suburbs are the most well-known.

The best known suburbs, at least among those who aren't looking for their first apartments fresh out of school, are the ones with money and expensive homes, and that means Chevy Chase, Bethesda, Potomac, McLean and Great Falls, not Arlington. It's not really debatable.

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How many Saudi Princes, Professional Athletes live in North Arlington, probably zero? North Arlington's so called "elite" is mostly lawyer drones.

Right - I'm really looking to live next door to a Saudi prince. I bet he's a blast at the neighborhood block parties. Cristal for everyone!

I think PP was just saying that Arlington is well known as a suburb of DC, not that it's super posh. And just because it's not super posh doesn't mean it's undesirable. You know, to some of us mere mortals.

To answer OP's question, I would like to live in: North Arlington (in a very walkable neighborhood), Georgetown (up by Volta), Old Town (at least on a few streets), Cleveland Park, AU Park, etc. Our current location is based on practical considerations like school & commute.

The tile of this thread "If you could live anywhere in the DC area..."

NOT

"If you could live anywhere in the DC area for under 1.5 million..."

And OP's post, if you read beyond the thread's title, asked about where one would imagine to have the most pleasant neighbors. Do you now realize why all these posts about where the most wealthy people live and where homes are most expensive are irrelevant?

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since when did we start considering saudi princes "good people"?

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Anonymous wrote:I'd have difficulty choosing between the following locations: North Arlington, Georgetown, or Foggy Bottom.

Remove North Arlington it is not really that desirable compared to McLean or Great Falls

for you? Because home prices in Arlington suggest that it's "really" actually "that desirable." Remove your head from your ass because it's really not desirable.

When people think of the DC area suburbs they don't think of Arlington , they think of McLean and Great Falls where the politicians, rich business owners, royalty and sports stars live.

No. People think of Arlington, Alexandria, Bethesda, and CCMD.

FWIW, I don't live in any of them, but I have no problem admitting what suburbs are the most well-known.

The best known suburbs, at least among those who aren't looking for their first apartments fresh out of school, are the ones with money and expensive homes, and that means Chevy Chase, Bethesda, Potomac, McLean and Great Falls, not Arlington. It's not really debatable.

+1

How many Saudi Princes, Professional Athletes live in North Arlington, probably zero? North Arlington's so called "elite" is mostly lawyer drones.

Right - I'm really looking to live next door to a Saudi prince. I bet he's a blast at the neighborhood block parties. Cristal for everyone!

I think PP was just saying that Arlington is well known as a suburb of DC, not that it's super posh. And just because it's not super posh doesn't mean it's undesirable. You know, to some of us mere mortals.

To answer OP's question, I would like to live in: North Arlington (in a very walkable neighborhood), Georgetown (up by Volta), Old Town (at least on a few streets), Cleveland Park, AU Park, etc. Our current location is based on practical considerations like school & commute.

The tile of this thread "If you could live anywhere in the DC area..."

NOT

"If you could live anywhere in the DC area for under 1.5 million..."

And OP's post, if you read beyond the thread's title, asked about where one would imagine to have the most pleasant neighbors. Do you now realize why all these posts about where the most wealthy people live and where homes are most expensive are irrelevant?

Probably because some posters will treat any question as an excuse to talk about how walkability is more important than anything else?

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Pleasant neighbors? I would guess NOT in this area, so the answer is easy.

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Anonymous wrote:since when did we start considering saudi princes "good people"?

Well you probably won't have to worry about them not trimming trees or parking their beater cars on the street.

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And OP's post, if you read beyond the thread's title, asked about where one would imagine to have the most pleasant neighbors. Do you now realize why all these posts about where the most wealthy people live and where homes are most expensive are irrelevant?

Probably because some posters will treat any question as an excuse to talk about how walkability is more important than anything else?

I never said it's "more important than anything else". But yes, it would be the reason for me to prefer Arlington above McLean or other car-centric areas. It's not about HAVING TO walk -- it's about being about to walk to Whole Foods and restaurants.

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Anonymous wrote:since when did we start considering saudi princes "good people"?

Was thinking about the same thing - since when was it desirable to have saudi princes as neighbors?

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And OP's post, if you read beyond the thread's title, asked about where one would imagine to have the most pleasant neighbors. Do you now realize why all these posts about where the most wealthy people live and where homes are most expensive are irrelevant?

Probably because some posters will treat any question as an excuse to talk about how walkability is more important than anything else?

I never said it's "more important than anything else". But yes, it would be the reason for me to prefer Arlington above McLean or other car-centric areas. It's not about HAVING TO walk -- it's about being about to walk to Whole Foods and restaurants.

I'm all for walkability. I just find the stuff to walk to in Arlington pretty unexciting.

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Anonymous wrote:And OP's post, if you read beyond the thread's title, asked about where one would imagine to have the most pleasant neighbors. Do you now realize why all these posts about where the most wealthy people live and where homes are most expensive are irrelevant?

Probably because some posters will treat any question as an excuse to talk about how walkability is more important than anything else?

Yes, walkability is such a horrible thing. God forbid anyone mentions it as a positive quality. Hearing about it really wads up your panties, huh?