Union Market DC

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not family friendly. It's well known as a neighborhood among the younger set where you move if you're single and want to "clap some cheeks" after a night out having cocktails / wine / whatever.

What does that mean?

It’s like sex but you face away from each other and bump butts. It’s a Covid thing.

Not what I was expecting to learn on this board!

Union Market/NOMA could be fun with kids until the school issues arise.

School issues in NOMA/Union Market are not much different than a lot of neighborhoods along H Street and on Capitol Hill. Not great IB options but quite a few OOB options nearby plus a lot of charters within short commutes. A nice thing about Union Market area is that you are walking distance to Two Rivers, JO Wilson, Ludlow Taylor, and CHML, but just a short drive to Langley, ITDS, and a lot of the Brookland charters. In some ways Union Market is better situated for schools than much of CH because of access to charters in Brookland/Edgwood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not family friendly. It's well known as a neighborhood among the younger set where you move if you're single and want to "clap some cheeks" after a night out having cocktails / wine / whatever.

What does that mean?

It’s like sex but you face away from each other and bump butts. It’s a Covid thing.

This forum is usually very unfunny but this is very funny

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Union Market is a fine place to take your kids in the day time and I have done so myself. In my opinion, it is not a fine place for my kids to be at night. It is not just the nightlife, it also has a sort of “edgy” feel about it because it is a gentrifying area and comes with all of the externalities that brings.

I like it fine, my s/o lives in that area. “Edgy”? Only if you consider a lot of brand new high rise luxury rentals as “edgy.” Maybe it’s the food halls. Anyway I’m an older white subrbanite and don’t feel “edged” out there by any “externalities” in the slightest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not family friendly. It's well known as a neighborhood among the younger set where you move if you're single and want to "clap some cheeks" after a night out having cocktails / wine / whatever.

I'm in my early 30s and my SO lives near Union Market and I'm dying @ the fact that you phrased this this way lmfao. No one talks like this!!

Also I wouldn't say it's where you go to "clap cheek" it's just not super family friendly i.e. few parks, kid-friendly attractions, etc. I also personally don't find it very safe and want my boyfriend to come join me in NW DC but he thinks he gets a better bargain renting in NE (which is probably true; I pay a couple hundred dollars more for about the same amount of space and have no amenities while he has a gym, w/d in unit, lots of storage space/closets, etc). There's like one neighborhood bar that I'm aware of, so, again, not really the spot to hoe out like PP claims it is. If I wanted to clap cheek I reckon I'd head to Navy Yard or Shaw before NOMA.

[Anonymous]

Check the crime stats. I would for my $ go West of the 16th St, and be careful even there. Look up Alan Henney on Twitter.

I would avoid Brookland incl b/c the traffic but honestly the crime and the noise have been bad in the areas you mention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not family friendly. It's well known as a neighborhood among the younger set where you move if you're single and want to "clap some cheeks" after a night out having cocktails / wine / whatever.

I'm in my early 30s and my SO lives near Union Market and I'm dying @ the fact that you phrased this this way lmfao. No one talks like this!!

Also I wouldn't say it's where you go to "clap cheek" it's just not super family friendly i.e. few parks, kid-friendly attractions, etc. I also personally don't find it very safe and want my boyfriend to come join me in NW DC but he thinks he gets a better bargain renting in NE (which is probably true; I pay a couple hundred dollars more for about the same amount of space and have no amenities while he has a gym, w/d in unit, lots of storage space/closets, etc). There's like one neighborhood bar that I'm aware of, so, again, not really the spot to hoe out like PP claims it is. If I wanted to clap cheek I reckon I'd head to Navy Yard or Shaw before NOMA.

You should go visit your boyfriend more… there’s a lot more than “like one neighborhood bar” in Union Market.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check the crime stats. I would for my $ go West of the 16th St, and be careful even there. Look up Alan Henney on Twitter.

I would avoid Brookland incl b/c the traffic but honestly the crime and the noise have been bad in the areas you mention.

How can you live like this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check the crime stats. I would for my $ go West of the 16th St, and be careful even there. Look up Alan Henney on Twitter.

I would avoid Brookland incl b/c the traffic but honestly the crime and the noise have been bad in the areas you mention.

How can you live like this?

Living great and not even WOTP. Why would I purposefully put myself in a place where I’d be at a risk of violence, crime, traffic jams, and no schools?
It seems irrational to ignore these things?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not family friendly. It's well known as a neighborhood among the younger set where you move if you're single and want to "clap some cheeks" after a night out having cocktails / wine / whatever.

I'm in my early 30s and my SO lives near Union Market and I'm dying @ the fact that you phrased this this way lmfao. No one talks like this!!

Also I wouldn't say it's where you go to "clap cheek" it's just not super family friendly i.e. few parks, kid-friendly attractions, etc. I also personally don't find it very safe and want my boyfriend to come join me in NW DC but he thinks he gets a better bargain renting in NE (which is probably true; I pay a couple hundred dollars more for about the same amount of space and have no amenities while he has a gym, w/d in unit, lots of storage space/closets, etc). There's like one neighborhood bar that I'm aware of, so, again, not really the spot to hoe out like PP claims it is. If I wanted to clap cheek I reckon I'd head to Navy Yard or Shaw before NOMA.

You should go visit your boyfriend more… there’s a lot more than “like one neighborhood bar” in Union Market.

I'm referring to a neighborhood bar as opposed to a bar. One is where you grab a drink after work, the other is where you go to...well, what you referred to in your original post. I just don't think people know each other well enough to have a singles scene in NOMA.

[Anonymous]

I think it really depends where you are coming from. If you are used to having a big backyard and driving your kids to a bunch of activities and doing your shopping at big box stores, Union Market is not going to feel like that at all.

If apartment living suits your needs and you like the schools (I think JO Wilson and Stuart Hobson are perfectly fine, if not the best DC has to offer...and it wouldn't be hard to get to other schools if you get a seat through the lottery) it could definitely work, and you can do activities like sports on the hill, swimming at gallaudet or rumsey pool, DCYOP is an easy ride on the red line to Takoma, dance at Atlas, etc.

[Anonymous]

I prefer Eastern Market for living and Union Market for occasional visits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not family friendly. It's well known as a neighborhood among the younger set where you move if you're single and want to "clap some cheeks" after a night out having cocktails / wine / whatever.

Uh... what?

OP, we live just south of Union Market, near H Street NE. The housing right around Union Market is all large condo/apartment buildings, and therefore not as family focused (Though we do know some families who live in them, mostly with babies/toddlers). But Union Market itself is very family friendly, and we go there all the time with our kids. Also La Cosecha nearby. A lot of the restaurants there are also pretty welcoming to kids -- we like St. Anselm and Stellina Pizzeria for sit down meals, and lots of the stalls at both markets. Sometimes there are events for kids at the markets. We also like having the Politics & Prose up there, though we are spoiled for bookstores in our neighborhood with Solid State and East City Books and Capitol Hill Books not far away either.

There are also events and spots in the neighborhood that are not for kids, which is of course fine. We like having the Angelika pop up nearby for date nights and plenty of bars and more adult-focused restaurants. To us it's the best of both worlds.

Sure, but do you “clap cheeks”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check the crime stats. I would for my $ go West of the 16th St, and be careful even there. Look up Alan Henney on Twitter.

I would avoid Brookland incl b/c the traffic but honestly the crime and the noise have been bad in the areas you mention.

How can you live like this?

Living great and not even WOTP. Why would I purposefully put myself in a place where I’d be at a risk of violence, crime, traffic jams, and no schools?
It seems irrational to ignore these things?

you think there are no schools in/near Union Market?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Union Market is a fine place to take your kids in the day time and I have done so myself. In my opinion, it is not a fine place for my kids to be at night. It is not just the nightlife, it also has a sort of “edgy” feel about it because it is a gentrifying area and comes with all of the externalities that brings.

I like it fine, my s/o lives in that area. “Edgy”? Only if you consider a lot of brand new high rise luxury rentals as “edgy.” Maybe it’s the food halls. Anyway I’m an older white subrbanite and don’t feel “edged” out there by any “externalities” in the slightest.

So you don’t have young kids? I’m not sure why you think your opinion is relevant then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it really depends where you are coming from. If you are used to having a big backyard and driving your kids to a bunch of activities and doing your shopping at big box stores, Union Market is not going to feel like that at all.

If apartment living suits your needs and you like the schools (I think JO Wilson and Stuart Hobson are perfectly fine, if not the best DC has to offer...and it wouldn't be hard to get to other schools if you get a seat through the lottery) it could definitely work, and you can do activities like sports on the hill, swimming at gallaudet or rumsey pool, DCYOP is an easy ride on the red line to Takoma, dance at Atlas, etc.

How about I lived in Manhattan? So apartment living suits me and city living suits me, but rampant crime doesn’t suit me?