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

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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.

My neighborhood in McLean has a Walk Score in the 60s. It's definitely walkable, should one wish, to Balducci's, quite a few restaurants, Starbucks, Dolley Madison Library, and McLean Community Center/Park. And it's not the only neighborhood in McLean where that's the case. Many parts of Arlington are more car-dependent.

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Strangely enough, I recently moved from Bethesda to Potomac. I can not believe how much more down to earth people are out here. I expected the opposite, but people actually are more laid back and less interested in advancing themselves socially. There are "good" people everywhere. If you are a good person, you'll attract others like you no matter where you live and how much the houses cost or don't cost.

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Anonymous wrote:Strangely enough, I recently moved from Bethesda to Potomac. I can not believe how much more down to earth people are out here. I expected the opposite, but people actually are more laid back and less interested in advancing themselves socially. There are "good" people everywhere. If you are a good person, you'll attract others like you no matter where you live and how much the houses cost or don't cost.

I had a similar experience when we switched from private to public and was amazed by the snobbery/positioning by the parents at the public school. I wish we could afford to send our kids back to private for more down-to-earth atmosphere. Even though some lived a very different lifestyle they were mostly all friendly and genuine. Crazy.

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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.

Actually, dum dum, the Saudi royal family have multiple houses on chain bridge road facing the Potomac...2 are on the McLean side of the line and 2 are next door on the Arlington county side.

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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

What is so desirable about 22101 or 22102? Last time I checked the average home price was fairly Low. And indeed McLean has a lot of wannabes living in low rent apartments and falls church style ranches ...

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+1 for McLean

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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

What is so desirable about 22101 or 22102? Last time I checked the average home price was fairly Low. And indeed McLean has a lot of wannabes living in low rent apartments and falls church style ranches ...

And great falls has all the electricity of Fairfax station or Olney

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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.

My neighborhood in McLean has a Walk Score in the 60s. It's definitely walkable, should one wish, to Balducci's, quite a few restaurants, Starbucks, Dolley Madison Library, and McLean Community Center/Park. And it's not the only neighborhood in McLean where that's the case. Many parts of Arlington are more car-dependent.

Not really.

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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.

When was the last time you were downtown? It's more then just the 3 block radius around the Mall.

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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.

My neighborhood in McLean has a Walk Score in the 60s. It's definitely walkable, should one wish, to Balducci's, quite a few restaurants, Starbucks, Dolley Madison Library, and McLean Community Center/Park. And it's not the only neighborhood in McLean where that's the case. Many parts of Arlington are more car-dependent.

My neighborhood has a walk score in the 90s

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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.

Actually, dum dum, the Saudi royal family have multiple houses on chain bridge road facing the Potomac...2 are on the McLean side of the line and 2 are next door on the Arlington county side.

And you are saying this as a plus, or a minus?

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Anonymous wrote:Strangely enough, I recently moved from Bethesda to Potomac. I can not believe how much more down to earth people are out here. I expected the opposite, but people actually are more laid back and less interested in advancing themselves socially. There are "good" people everywhere. If you are a good person, you'll attract others like you no matter where you live and how much the houses cost or don't cost.

I had a similar experience when we switched from private to public and was amazed by the snobbery/positioning by the parents at the public school. I wish we could afford to send our kids back to private for more down-to-earth atmosphere. Even though some lived a very different lifestyle they were mostly all friendly and genuine. Crazy.

I have seen this, too!!! It is because the parents are not insecure, wondering about the Jones'. There are many other reasons as well. You are absolutely correct, PP - thank you for mentioning this!

There are plenty of close in neighborhoods that pretend not to see this type of behavior. Interesting.

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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.

My neighborhood in McLean has a Walk Score in the 60s. It's definitely walkable, should one wish, to Balducci's, quite a few restaurants, Starbucks, Dolley Madison Library, and McLean Community Center/Park. And it's not the only neighborhood in McLean where that's the case. Many parts of Arlington are more car-dependent.

My neighborhood has a walk score in the 90s

In that case we can both walk to restaurants.

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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.

My neighborhood in McLean has a Walk Score in the 60s. It's definitely walkable, should one wish, to Balducci's, quite a few restaurants, Starbucks, Dolley Madison Library, and McLean Community Center/Park. And it's not the only neighborhood in McLean where that's the case. Many parts of Arlington are more car-dependent.

My neighborhood has a walk score in the 90s

In that case we can both walk to restaurants.

My house has a walk score of 95. I have a shitload more than Balduccis to walk to...

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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.

My neighborhood in McLean has a Walk Score in the 60s. It's definitely walkable, should one wish, to Balducci's, quite a few restaurants, Starbucks, Dolley Madison Library, and McLean Community Center/Park. And it's not the only neighborhood in McLean where that's the case. Many parts of Arlington are more car-dependent.

My neighborhood has a walk score in the 90s

In that case we can both walk to restaurants.

My house has a walk score of 95. I have a shitload more than Balduccis to walk to...

Is this the part where the wonderful Cheesecake Factory in Clarendon gets a shout-out?

Seriously, stop trying so hard. Real 24/7 walkability is Manhattan, not some place in Arlington near the Orange Line. Anyway, aren't you supposed to be over on the schools forum arguing with Toots over whether Jamestown is really the most desirable schools in Arlington?