Schools cause PoP to leave Petworth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is so silly. He could have entered the lotteries for next year when his child is actually 3. See what happens. Every first child has their best chance for charter admission at PK3. Then, if the child didn't get in anywhere, or anywhere acceptable, pay for day care another year and try it again. There's no guarantee for PK4 even at a WOTP school. seems like such an uninformed decision.

You're assuming he wanted a charter.

No-one is assuming, that was obvious. He didn't get the highly-desired charter, so he sold his house to get the next best thing: DCPS in Upper NW.

Why do we have to pretend there isn't an elephant in the room?

Wait, he didn't even apply to the lottery yet--his kid isn't old enough.

[Anonymous]

Maybe he sold because he realized that Petworth is at the height of the market now. Cash out, plain and simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe he sold because he realized that Petworth is at the height of the market now. Cash out, plain and simple.

Correct, PoP bought in 2003 for 207k. Sold for 700k. Sitting on about a half-mil in profit.

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4110-4th-St-NW-W...shington-DC-20011/485208_zpid/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is an eye-opening read for me. I commented on the PoP post about his decision to move, simply suggesting that if I were in his position I'd go a step further and move either to North Arlington or Bethesda because he's essentially moving to the suburbs for schools and the schools in North Arlington and Bethesda are better, especially after elementary schools. Others may disagree, but this is hardly a rude or acerbic observation.

He deleted the post.

Now I understand why every comment on his post about moving was so supportive . . . really pathetic, if you ask me. He lost this reader.

why do car-less rowhouse dwellers persist with this baloney? Does it threaten your own authentic bonafides to accept that a lot of Red Line Ward 3 is as close to downtown as Petworth is, with far more walkable commerce and -- because of apartments -- greater population density?

Or maybe you guys have just never left your neighborhood. That is also possible.

Ya like the grit, till you realize that it's nothing but black dirt and you don't like the way it sticks to your feet. What is his job again? Sigh, so much irony that someone makes a living by blogging on PoP. Glad folks are calling him out on it though - he deserves it, but you gotta do what you gotta do!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an eye-opening read for me. I commented on the PoP post about his decision to move, simply suggesting that if I were in his position I'd go a step further and move either to North Arlington or Bethesda because he's essentially moving to the suburbs for schools and the schools in North Arlington and Bethesda are better, especially after elementary schools. Others may disagree, but this is hardly a rude or acerbic observation.

He deleted the post.

Now I understand why every comment on his post about moving was so supportive . . . really pathetic, if you ask me. He lost this reader.

why do car-less rowhouse dwellers persist with this baloney? Does it threaten your own authentic bonafides to accept that a lot of Red Line Ward 3 is as close to downtown as Petworth is, with far more walkable commerce and -- because of apartments -- greater population density?

Or maybe you guys have just never left your neighborhood. That is also possible.

+ a million.

I posted earlier about how I am much more accessible to my job, commerce, and my kids' school in Van Ness than I was in Petworth. It's actually just this attitude that drove me out of Petworth. The reverse-snobbiness was ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Maybe he just decided, like I did, that he wanted his kids to be able to walk to school for 14 years. And newsflash-- you can still hang out in Petworth, even if you don't live there! Just because you move to Cleveland Park doesn't mean you have to spend every Friday night in Cactus Cantina.

Or maybe he's just tired of hypocritical people in Petworth talking nonstop about how soul-less upper NW is, but then drive across town every day to take their kids to school with said soulless families.

Or maybe it's none of our business. If you don't like him or his website, then stop reading it and move on with your lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an eye-opening read for me. I commented on the PoP post about his decision to move, simply suggesting that if I were in his position I'd go a step further and move either to North Arlington or Bethesda because he's essentially moving to the suburbs for schools and the schools in North Arlington and Bethesda are better, especially after elementary schools. Others may disagree, but this is hardly a rude or acerbic observation.

He deleted the post.

Now I understand why every comment on his post about moving was so supportive . . . really pathetic, if you ask me. He lost this reader.

why do car-less rowhouse dwellers persist with this baloney? Does it threaten your own authentic bonafides to accept that a lot of Red Line Ward 3 is as close to downtown as Petworth is, with far more walkable commerce and -- because of apartments -- greater population density?

Or maybe you guys have just never left your neighborhood. That is also possible.

+ a million.

I posted earlier about how I am much more accessible to my job, commerce, and my kids' school in Van Ness than I was in Petworth. It's actually just this attitude that drove me out of Petworth. The reverse-snobbiness was ridiculous.

I live in Petworth because I can afford to, but certainly not because it's near anything! In fact my biggest complaint is that it isn't!

[Anonymous]

You'll all missing my point. As I said, you can disagree with my view that he might as well have moved to N. Arlington/Bethesda. But to delete the post? Really? Lame as fuck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You'll all missing my point. As I said, you can disagree with my view that he might as well have moved to N. Arlington/Bethesda. But to delete the post? Really? Lame as fuck.

Right, and that's what we are doing, disagreeing with your view. Are we not allowed to do that?

I don't care what he chooses to delete from his own website. I do care when people spread biased and inaccurate views about my neighborhood just to prove your own hipness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if you hadn't gotten into a good charter?

NP. In a hot immersion charter. Live in CH (zoned for Tubman). We'd have moved, but for the charter. Guess what. We're still moving. Charters aren't the saviors y'all think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What if you hadn't gotten into a good charter?

NP. In a hot immersion charter. Live in CH (zoned for Tubman). We'd have moved, but for the charter. Guess what. We're still moving. Charters aren't the saviors y'all think.

This could be my wife, but for the unfortunate "y'all." My kids spent 5 years in an excellent charter, but as middle school approaches, we needed to make a change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You'll all missing my point. As I said, you can disagree with my view that he might as well have moved to N. Arlington/Bethesda. But to delete the post? Really? Lame as fuck.

Right, and that's what we are doing, disagreeing with your view. Are we not allowed to do that?

I don't care what he chooses to delete from his own website. I do care when people spread biased and inaccurate views about my neighborhood just to prove your own hipness.

I totally care that he deletes posts that merely disagree with his opinion. For the casual reader, it gives a completely skewed sense of "the community"'s feelings and point of view.

He tries to pretend he's a "journalist," but he relies a whole hell of a lot on just posting press releases--and skewing the comments to be in line with his point of view is selling false pretenses.

I wish more people would see behind the curtain on him. But I am guessing that, despite his efforts, his move to the Van Ness area--one of the most soulless parts of the city, even for upper NW--is the beginning of the end of PoPville, even if it takes a while. (Two little kids will eventually get in the way, too.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You'll all missing my point. As I said, you can disagree with my view that he might as well have moved to N. Arlington/Bethesda. But to delete the post? Really? Lame as fuck.

Right, and that's what we are doing, disagreeing with your view. Are we not allowed to do that?

I don't care what he chooses to delete from his own website. I do care when people spread biased and inaccurate views about my neighborhood just to prove your own hipness.

I totally care that he deletes posts that merely disagree with his opinion. For the casual reader, it gives a completely skewed sense of "the community"'s feelings and point of view.

He tries to pretend he's a "journalist," but he relies a whole hell of a lot on just posting press releases--and skewing the comments to be in line with his point of view is selling false pretenses.

I wish more people would see behind the curtain on him. But I am guessing that, despite his efforts, his move to the Van Ness area--one of the most soulless parts of the city, even for upper NW--is the beginning of the end of PoPville, even if it takes a while. (Two little kids will eventually get in the way, too.)

What's the viewership for a detailed documentary on a relevant topic? What's the viewership of Friends? I don't have high hopes of it going anywhere...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You'll all missing my point. As I said, you can disagree with my view that he might as well have moved to N. Arlington/Bethesda. But to delete the post? Really? Lame as fuck.

GYOFB! I don't blame him one bit. You don't have to like it. Stay in the suburbs. Why do you care?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe he sold because he realized that Petworth is at the height of the market now. Cash out, plain and simple.

Correct, PoP bought in 2003 for 207k. Sold for 700k. Sitting on about a half-mil in profit.

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4110-4th-St-NW-W...shington-DC-20011/485208_zpid/

You don't seriously think that 12 years of depreciation and inflation results in a true 1/2 mil in profit? If so, I have some timeshares in Fl. I'd like to sell you.