Differences Amongst NW DC Neighborhoods

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone chooses to live in any of these neighborhoods in Upper Caucasia, to be honest. You’re basically paying top dollar to live in what are essentially suburbs - except you’re stuck with city services and city schools and can’t walk anywhere. Why bother? It’s the worst of both worlds.

Gimme a break. I live EOTP but if you think people who live in Kent and Wesley Heights are "stuck with city schools" you're thick in the head. Nobody with a $3.5M budget is worrying about neighborhood schools.

But they’re still stuck with city services. And most of them don’t have school aged kids anyway.

I just don’t get it. Those neighborhoods are BORING.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone chooses to live in any of these neighborhoods in Upper Caucasia, to be honest. You’re basically paying top dollar to live in what are essentially suburbs - except you’re stuck with city services and city schools and can’t walk anywhere. Why bother? It’s the worst of both worlds.

Gimme a break. I live EOTP but if you think people who live in Kent and Wesley Heights are "stuck with city schools" you're thick in the head. Nobody with a $3.5M budget is worrying about neighborhood schools.

But they’re still stuck with city services. And most of them don’t have school aged kids anyway.

I just don’t get it. Those neighborhoods are BORING.

I live in WH and don't care about schools or "city services" - bluntly, we can pay for better services privately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone chooses to live in any of these neighborhoods in Upper Caucasia, to be honest. You’re basically paying top dollar to live in what are essentially suburbs - except you’re stuck with city services and city schools and can’t walk anywhere. Why bother? It’s the worst of both worlds.

Gimme a break. I live EOTP but if you think people who live in Kent and Wesley Heights are "stuck with city schools" you're thick in the head. Nobody with a $3.5M budget is worrying about neighborhood schools.

But they’re still stuck with city services. And most of them don’t have school aged kids anyway.

I just don’t get it. Those neighborhoods are BORING.

Beautiful large houses, quiet leafy streets, nice parks, and in some cases big enough lots for yards with pools or even (in one case I know of) a freaking ice hockey rink, all in the city and for some of these neighborhoods even walkable to RCP. You get to a point where you don't care as much about walkability to bars. Enjoy your excitement and stop trying to pathologize people for having different priorities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone chooses to live in any of these neighborhoods in Upper Caucasia, to be honest. You’re basically paying top dollar to live in what are essentially suburbs - except you’re stuck with city services and city schools and can’t walk anywhere. Why bother? It’s the worst of both worlds.

Gimme a break. I live EOTP but if you think people who live in Kent and Wesley Heights are "stuck with city schools" you're thick in the head. Nobody with a $3.5M budget is worrying about neighborhood schools.

But they’re still stuck with city services. And most of them don’t have school aged kids anyway.

I just don’t get it. Those neighborhoods are BORING.

Maybe that's the appeal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone chooses to live in any of these neighborhoods in Upper Caucasia, to be honest. You’re basically paying top dollar to live in what are essentially suburbs - except you’re stuck with city services and city schools and can’t walk anywhere. Why bother? It’s the worst of both worlds.

Gimme a break. I live EOTP but if you think people who live in Kent and Wesley Heights are "stuck with city schools" you're thick in the head. Nobody with a $3.5M budget is worrying about neighborhood schools.

But they’re still stuck with city services. And most of them don’t have school aged kids anyway.

I just don’t get it. Those neighborhoods are BORING.

I live in WH and don't care about schools or "city services" - bluntly, we can pay for better services privately.

PP is just throwing around buzzwords. Once you can afford private school, the “city services” that you care about dwindle pretty quickly. Heck I’m EOTP and I can’t even figure out what “city services” I’m supposed to be disappointed in…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone chooses to live in any of these neighborhoods in Upper Caucasia, to be honest. You’re basically paying top dollar to live in what are essentially suburbs - except you’re stuck with city services and city schools and can’t walk anywhere. Why bother? It’s the worst of both worlds.

Gimme a break. I live EOTP but if you think people who live in Kent and Wesley Heights are "stuck with city schools" you're thick in the head. Nobody with a $3.5M budget is worrying about neighborhood schools.

But they’re still stuck with city services. And most of them don’t have school aged kids anyway.

I just don’t get it. Those neighborhoods are BORING.

I live in WH and don't care about schools or "city services" - bluntly, we can pay for better services privately.

You can’t pay for a different mayor, different police department, different water company, etc. Nice try.

I’m not impressed with your money.

And you’re neighborhood is BORING.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are considering a few different DC neighborhoods but I am curious from folks who live there what the vibe is. I'd really love my kids (5 and 7) to make friends with other kids on the street and have a community feeling (think street parties for big holidays, neighbors helping each other, kids trick or treating, etc.)

-Palisades
-AU Park
-Kent
-Wesley Heights
-Berkley

Thank you!

As a mom of 3 kids under 8 that lives WOTP... the only one of these neighborhoods I would move to is AU Park (and even then I mean specifically closer to Tenleytown, in the Janney school district). The others are fine, but they absolutely won't have " neighborhood kids riding bikes in the alley" vibes. Its more "look at my big house and old money" vibes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are considering a few different DC neighborhoods but I am curious from folks who live there what the vibe is. I'd really love my kids (5 and 7) to make friends with other kids on the street and have a community feeling (think street parties for big holidays, neighbors helping each other, kids trick or treating, etc.)

-Palisades
-AU Park
-Kent
-Wesley Heights
-Berkley

Thank you!

As a mom of 3 kids under 8 that lives WOTP... the only one of these neighborhoods I would move to is AU Park (and even then I mean specifically closer to Tenleytown, in the Janney school district). The others are fine, but they absolutely won't have " neighborhood kids riding bikes in the alley" vibes. Its more "look at my big house and old money" vibes.

+1. Wesley Heights is beautiful but you’re more likely to find empty-nesters than young families. AU Park is the only one of these options where you’re virtually guaranteed to have tons of kids.

And I’ll take boring over dealing with the crime and constant pot smell you find in edgier neighborhoods any day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone chooses to live in any of these neighborhoods in Upper Caucasia, to be honest. You’re basically paying top dollar to live in what are essentially suburbs - except you’re stuck with city services and city schools and can’t walk anywhere. Why bother? It’s the worst of both worlds.

Please let us know where you live. Must be an edgy neighborhood based on the not-at-all-tired "Upper Caucasia" mention.

I live near Logan Circle. In the actual city. If I wanted to live in the suburbs I’d actually live in the suburbs.

Someone who lives in Logan Circle -- majority white and getting whiter every day -- mocking the whiteness of Upper NW is hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone chooses to live in any of these neighborhoods in Upper Caucasia, to be honest. You’re basically paying top dollar to live in what are essentially suburbs - except you’re stuck with city services and city schools and can’t walk anywhere. Why bother? It’s the worst of both worlds.

Gimme a break. I live EOTP but if you think people who live in Kent and Wesley Heights are "stuck with city schools" you're thick in the head. Nobody with a $3.5M budget is worrying about neighborhood schools.

But they’re still stuck with city services. And most of them don’t have school aged kids anyway.

I just don’t get it. Those neighborhoods are BORING.

Come on, PP. I live in Shaw and have no plans to move, so I guess i meet your standards, but even I understand why many people might want to live in "upper NW" and I have plenty of friends there and they are normal people. there are pros and cons (proximity to city stuff -- con. more freedom for your kids to wander around the neighborhood at a younger age -- pro, etc.). I feel that animosity is kind of getting tired. Can we all let it go?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone chooses to live in any of these neighborhoods in Upper Caucasia, to be honest. You’re basically paying top dollar to live in what are essentially suburbs - except you’re stuck with city services and city schools and can’t walk anywhere. Why bother? It’s the worst of both worlds.

Gimme a break. I live EOTP but if you think people who live in Kent and Wesley Heights are "stuck with city schools" you're thick in the head. Nobody with a $3.5M budget is worrying about neighborhood schools.

But they’re still stuck with city services. And most of them don’t have school aged kids anyway.

I just don’t get it. Those neighborhoods are BORING.

I live in WH and don't care about schools or "city services" - bluntly, we can pay for better services privately.

You can’t pay for a different mayor, different police department, different water company, etc. Nice try.

I’m not impressed with your money.

And you’re neighborhood is BORING.

Ah yes, I lose sleep over WSSC.

You are very immature if you can’t rationalize why one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the city, maybe even in the entire DC area, isn’t a fantastic place to live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone chooses to live in any of these neighborhoods in Upper Caucasia, to be honest. You’re basically paying top dollar to live in what are essentially suburbs - except you’re stuck with city services and city schools and can’t walk anywhere. Why bother? It’s the worst of both worlds.

Gimme a break. I live EOTP but if you think people who live in Kent and Wesley Heights are "stuck with city schools" you're thick in the head. Nobody with a $3.5M budget is worrying about neighborhood schools.

But they’re still stuck with city services. And most of them don’t have school aged kids anyway.

I just don’t get it. Those neighborhoods are BORING.

I live in WH and don't care about schools or "city services" - bluntly, we can pay for better services privately.

You can’t pay for a different mayor, different police department, different water company, etc. Nice try.

I’m not impressed with your money.

And you’re neighborhood is BORING.

Boring is good. I don’t love carjackings and bullets.

[Anonymous]

Palisades has a ton of families with young kids, and Key Elementary is a great elementary school. Plus there's an amazing park with baseball and soccer fields, tennis/pickleball courts, and activities at the rec center. We have the best 4th of July parade and lots of other great community gatherings. Very easy access to downtown via Whitehurst Freeway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are considering a few different DC neighborhoods but I am curious from folks who live there what the vibe is. I'd really love my kids (5 and 7) to make friends with other kids on the street and have a community feeling (think street parties for big holidays, neighbors helping each other, kids trick or treating, etc.)

-Palisades
-AU Park
-Kent
-Wesley Heights
-Berkley

Thank you!

You want either of the first two. The last three are full of the ultra-wealthy who isolate themselves in mansions.

+1 Only 14% of the 20007 zip code, which is everything you list except Palisades and AU Park, is families with children under 18. In the 20016 zip code the population is 26% families with children under 18.

Zip code may not be the right metric. 20007 includes Georgetown - how much of it is university students and retirees that keep to themselves in Georgetown, a neighborhood OP isn’t interested in?

20016 includes AU so it's even.

[Anonymous]

OP given the ones you like, you might also want to look at Forest Hills.