Moving from out of state into DMV area. Where to look?

[Anonymous]

Looking for recommendations about relocating. Two adults, one early school aged kid, poor by DCUM standards (HHI $200k~), two cats. Fine with a train commute up to an hour, but not wiling to deal with a car commute of more than 25 minutes. Both working in DC Downtown. We’re farmers market and library people, not nightclubs or bars people, ideally an area that’s nice and boring after dark. One and done on the kid front. We’ve done private school and will if we have to, but prefer public. We’re not sure if DC is a permanent move or something for the next few years, so ideally want to rent to learn the area before deciding if buying makes sense. Adults are familiar with DC because of work travel, but that’s vastly different than living in an area.

[Anonymous]

Takoma Park

[Anonymous]

Takoma park Md or Del ray va

[Anonymous]

I’m sorry this forum is an introduction to this area for you.

[Anonymous]

What is your budget?

[Anonymous]

Silver Spring/Kensington

[Anonymous]

Fairlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry this forum is an introduction to this area for you.

OP - we have experience with Bay Area/LA ridiculousness. This forum is tame in comparison. At least folks here actually work for a living as opposed to “I’m building an app to connect kombucha home brewers to ecologically supportive bottling systems run by rescue cats, its purpose driven work” or “I’m directing an indie film on the struggle of a young director to emerge from their famous family’s shadow while perusing a professional spoken word career. My budget is $10M that I got from dad and it’s being shot entirely on iPhone 16.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry this forum is an introduction to this area for you.

OP - we have experience with Bay Area/LA ridiculousness. This forum is tame in comparison. At least folks here actually work for a living as opposed to “I’m building an app to connect kombucha home brewers to ecologically supportive bottling systems run by rescue cats, its purpose driven work” or “I’m directing an indie film on the struggle of a young director to emerge from their famous family’s shadow while perusing a professional spoken word career. My budget is $10M that I got from dad and it’s being shot entirely on iPhone 16.”

Oh, yeah, that sounds bad. Here, it's more, "I attended Yale because I couldn't get into Harvard, and now I only make $400,000 a year and can barely pay my bills. My family of five travels thrice yearly to Europe, and all the children excel on their various travel teams. Even though we have a chef, I'm so, so tired..."

[Anonymous]

Are you city people or burbs people? Budget?

[Anonymous]

There are small townhouses in the Ballston neighboorhood of Arlington that will fit your budget. Close to the metro/subway.

https://redf.in/Qv5ZLd

[Anonymous]

Do you need a house or would you be fine with a 2 bedroom apartment? Downtown Bethesda has lots of apartments, is very walkable with 2 farmers markets and a library, good public high school, and is right on the redline metro to downtown.

[Anonymous]

Your income doesn’t get you much that’s close in, but are you coming in with a big downpayment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking for recommendations about relocating. Two adults, one early school aged kid, poor by DCUM standards (HHI $200k~), two cats. Fine with a train commute up to an hour, but not wiling to deal with a car commute of more than 25 minutes. Both working in DC Downtown. We’re farmers market and library people, not nightclubs or bars people, ideally an area that’s nice and boring after dark. One and done on the kid front. We’ve done private school and will if we have to, but prefer public. We’re not sure if DC is a permanent move or something for the next few years, so ideally want to rent to learn the area before deciding if buying makes sense. Adults are familiar with DC because of work travel, but that’s vastly different than living in an area.

Capitol Hill itself. Eastern Market, library, museums, metro to downtown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fairlington.

Good recommendation! I'd check out Windgate in Shirlington also.