Moving off Capitol Hill, where to go for great schools and walkability?
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Anonymous
Neighborhoods- but they are not walkable to anything. North Arlington people are delusional- really in north Arlington the walkable areas are along the metro orange line. South Arlington Columbia pike is their walkable zone. So if look a mile (or whatever your threshold for walkable is) in any direction from this two landmarks you will be fine. 1.8 will go farther in s Arlington than north. |
Anonymous
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Takoma Park—right off the redline (depending on where in TKPK you are), very walkable downtown, easy to bike in (though there are hills), schools are good with a great magnet program, and crime is 1000 times less than where I was previously in DC (you could get less crime if you moved to the more insulated parts of bethesda but then you also sacrifice commute and walkability)
Good luck! The good news is that with your budget you should be able to find something that fits the bill. |
Anonymous
| Somerset is walkable to friendship heights metro and also Bethesda. Great, family friendly neighborhood. |
Anonymous
For walkability? Perhaps in a few select areas, but not so much. |
Anonymous
Palisades, though they are without a grocery store, Tenley/AU Park, Chevy Chase DC, Chevy Chase MD - you can get houses for your budget and good walkable neighborhood with a strong school option. |
Anonymous
+1. great schools, reasonable taxes, green areas, walkability |
Anonymous
The main Orange line corridor, Mt Vernon Ave , Alexandria and parts of Reston are walkable. The rest of NVa is a suburban wasteland that doesn't check OP's boxes. |
Anonymous
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As much as Arlington is overrated if you want to bike/metro to dc that is your only option in va. Biking into the city regularly you want to be courthouse, rosslyn or crystal city area. Metro to dc anything out to ballston and it is a few mile bike ride into dc that may not be a daily commute option for biking.
For 1.8m it may be tight in n Arlington. Nicer homes close to metro are 2m and up. Maybe in Arlington forest or bluemont you could get something decent for 1.8; but that is a solid 15 -20 minute walk to metro/ballston. Maryland may be a better option if you do not care about in state colleges. |
Anonymous
+1 We're in Ashton Heights/Lyon Park neighborhood and I know a number of people who regularly bike to jobs in DC. My husband used to bike when he worked in Georgetown. have a short walk to the VA Square metro. Updated homes are generally $2M+ but sometimes you can find something lower, e.g. https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/131-N-Irving-St-22201/home/11256873 https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/415-N-Monroe-St-22201/home/11256588 |
Anonymous
When you want to sell your Capitol Hill home, please post here. We are very interested in moving there. |
Anonymous
Those were all listed with walkability in mind. Let’s let the OP view and decide. |
Anonymous
22201 is what you are looking for. |
Anonymous
Show me a good school in Arlington that has walkability / close to metro. Yes, good schools means test scores. |
Anonymous
| North Arlington near the orange line, or MoCo near the North Bethesda or Twinbrook metros. If you're willing to take a step down in school quality, Woodside/Woodside Park or Tenleytown. Or go to Hyattsville/Riverdale Park/College Park and spend your money on private school. A lot depends on what you want to be walkable to, where downtown you're commuting, how big of a house you want (can you do a 2-3 bedroom condo?) how old your kid is, and how you define a "great school." |
Anonymous
I do not get this. If you live in north Arlington schools are not a factor. I think the train has left the station on APS and private is really the question. How long is your commute to the PRIVATE school you are sending you kids to? No one should be moving to Arlington for the school system. It is about the location and not being in dc. APS is highly average, at best. |