best community-feel neighborhoods in DC
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Anonymous
| Hi all! I have two toddlers and am looking to move within DC - in part due to school quality, but also I would really love to be in an area with an authentic community vibe. Where there are lots of families... and neighbors know each other, come together regularly and support each other. Any recommendations on specific neighborhoods? |
Anonymous
| Unfortunately this is really street by street. It will depend on who lives on your block, if they have kids and if you gel as people. It’s not so much the overall neighborhood. |
Anonymous
| Woodacres in Bethesda for certain. This one was easy. |
Anonymous
| I can say that adams morgan around kalorama park feels like this |
Anonymous
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Mt Pleasant? Capitol Hill?
You’ll have to tell us more about what you mean by school quality. Are you looking only at WOTP neighborhoods? |
Anonymous
| Esp. if you think the family feels involve being bricked! |
Anonymous
But no sidewalks 
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Anonymous
| What’s your budget and what schools are you leaving behind? |
Anonymous
| Standard list for young families: Mt P, parts of Cap Hill, Glover Park. Again, even there it will be block by block (esp Cap Hill). Areas with heavy charter/private school usage tend to be worse in this regard (again why Cap Hill falls short sometimes). |
Anonymous
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Cap Hill has more singles and empty nesters than families. Same with Adams Morgan and Mt. Pleasant.
I’d look at AU Park and Chevy Chase. |
Anonymous
| Petworth for community but not for the schools! |
Anonymous
| Glover Park. |
Anonymous
| Town of Somerset in Chevy Chase, MD has this. In neighborhood elementary MCPS, pool, swim team, tennis courts. 1/2 mile from Friendship Heights metro |
Anonymous
| Capitol Hill. I'm always running into neighbors just because most people walk everywhere. |
Anonymous
| Chevy Chase DC has this. Super family friendly, very neighborly. Lafayette Elementary really ties it together. |