Upper NW DC the "Suburbs"?

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Anonymous wrote:We live in Upper NW and it is definitely not the suburbs.

All of upper NW was built around street car lines and most neighborhoods are very walkable to both transit and retail.

And several of the commercial corridors in Upper NW (really all of them except Wisconsin Avenue) have some fairly dense residential areas though the residential side streets are obviously mostly single family homes but even there the houses are mostly on lots that are a fraction the size of suburban lots including the lots just across the line in MD.

BTW there are many similar neighborhoods across all 4 quadrants of DC (ok not really SW DC) with single family homes immediately adjacent to higher density corridors with commercial and multi-unit buildings so NW isn't really that different from much of DC except it only has some small pockets of blocks with rowhouses which are more common in other DC neighborhoods.

Cool. We have all of that and live in MoCo, outside the Beltway.

Really - which neighborhoods in MoCo outside the beltway have all of that? The faux urbanism of King Farm doesn't count because the transit there sucks and there really isn't that much density there either though it may feel like it because the traffic is still awful.

I really don't feel like naming where I live so that you can mock it. Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you live in a SFH with a yard? Yeah, that’s suburban.

Sure but idk why that's seen like a bad thing. A home with a yard in a major city? Where you can walk to some restaurants and the metro? Count me in.

Most of Chevy Chase isn't particularly walkable to the metro.

I guess if you are lazy - geographically about half of Chevy Chase DC is west of Connecticut and all of those homes are comfortably within walking distance of a Metro station. And technically some of the neighborhoods east of Connecticut are not even Chevy Chase.

What's your definition of comfortable walking distance?

Well for me 20 minutes but for most other people I'd say 10. And 10 minutes will get you from either the TT or FH Metro station to anyplace in CCDC west of CT.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you live in a SFH with a yard? Yeah, that’s suburban.

Sure but idk why that's seen like a bad thing. A home with a yard in a major city? Where you can walk to some restaurants and the metro? Count me in.

Most of Chevy Chase isn't particularly walkable to the metro.

I guess if you are lazy - geographically about half of Chevy Chase DC is west of Connecticut and all of those homes are comfortably within walking distance of a Metro station. And technically some of the neighborhoods east of Connecticut are not even Chevy Chase.

Is Chevy Chase MD the suburbs? Because it’s literally across the street.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you live in a SFH with a yard? Yeah, that’s suburban.

Sure but idk why that's seen like a bad thing. A home with a yard in a major city? Where you can walk to some restaurants and the metro? Count me in.

Most of Chevy Chase isn't particularly walkable to the metro.

I guess if you are lazy - geographically about half of Chevy Chase DC is west of Connecticut and all of those homes are comfortably within walking distance of a Metro station. And technically some of the neighborhoods east of Connecticut are not even Chevy Chase.

What's your definition of comfortable walking distance?

Well for me 20 minutes but for most other people I'd say 10. And 10 minutes will get you from either the TT or FH Metro station to anyplace in CCDC west of CT.

Which leaves the large part of Chevy Chase east of CT. Stop trying to pretend that that area is super accessible to the metro. It's not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We live in Upper NW and it is definitely not the suburbs.

All of upper NW was built around street car lines and most neighborhoods are very walkable to both transit and retail.

And several of the commercial corridors in Upper NW (really all of them except Wisconsin Avenue) have some fairly dense residential areas though the residential side streets are obviously mostly single family homes but even there the houses are mostly on lots that are a fraction the size of suburban lots including the lots just across the line in MD.

BTW there are many similar neighborhoods across all 4 quadrants of DC (ok not really SW DC) with single family homes immediately adjacent to higher density corridors with commercial and multi-unit buildings so NW isn't really that different from much of DC except it only has some small pockets of blocks with rowhouses which are more common in other DC neighborhoods.

Cool. We have all of that and live in MoCo, outside the Beltway.

Really - which neighborhoods in MoCo outside the beltway have all of that? The faux urbanism of King Farm doesn't count because the transit there sucks and there really isn't that much density there either though it may feel like it because the traffic is still awful.

I really don't feel like naming where I live so that you can mock it. Thanks.

Because it doesn't exist.

I know Montgomery County pretty well. The only two places that sort of come close would be close in to old town Rockville and if you count MARC service old town Gaithersburg.

If it exists then name it and it won't be mocked but as I pointed out faux urbanism doesn't count.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you live in a SFH with a yard? Yeah, that’s suburban.

Sure but idk why that's seen like a bad thing. A home with a yard in a major city? Where you can walk to some restaurants and the metro? Count me in.

Most of Chevy Chase isn't particularly walkable to the metro.

I guess if you are lazy - geographically about half of Chevy Chase DC is west of Connecticut and all of those homes are comfortably within walking distance of a Metro station. And technically some of the neighborhoods east of Connecticut are not even Chevy Chase.

What's your definition of comfortable walking distance?

Well we can't walk to the metro but we do walk 3 minutes to a gourmet grocery store and 15 minutes to a movie theater, several bars and restaurants, the library, the toy store, several coffee shops, and the supermarket. I don't care about the semantics but I don't think people in most of America's suburbs can do that (not to mention the fact that a 15 minute drive gets you to downtown DC).

[Anonymous]

I love how upset you are that people might think you’re not super cool for living in a DC neighborhood that could be copy pasted into Bethesda or Arlington. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying a SFH with space, but maybe time to accept that you ARE a boring suburban mom.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in Upper NW and it is definitely not the suburbs.

All of upper NW was built around street car lines and most neighborhoods are very walkable to both transit and retail.

And several of the commercial corridors in Upper NW (really all of them except Wisconsin Avenue) have some fairly dense residential areas though the residential side streets are obviously mostly single family homes but even there the houses are mostly on lots that are a fraction the size of suburban lots including the lots just across the line in MD.

BTW there are many similar neighborhoods across all 4 quadrants of DC (ok not really SW DC) with single family homes immediately adjacent to higher density corridors with commercial and multi-unit buildings so NW isn't really that different from much of DC except it only has some small pockets of blocks with rowhouses which are more common in other DC neighborhoods.

Cool. We have all of that and live in MoCo, outside the Beltway.

Really - which neighborhoods in MoCo outside the beltway have all of that? The faux urbanism of King Farm doesn't count because the transit there sucks and there really isn't that much density there either though it may feel like it because the traffic is still awful.

I really don't feel like naming where I live so that you can mock it. Thanks.

Because it doesn't exist.

I know Montgomery County pretty well. The only two places that sort of come close would be close in to old town Rockville and if you count MARC service old town Gaithersburg.

If it exists then name it and it won't be mocked but as I pointed out faux urbanism doesn't count.

What you call "faux urbanism" actually encompasses some really wonderful neighborhoods. You realize DC was planned as well, right? That's why there are so many similarities in terms of the type of architecture you see in particular neighborhoods; much of the city was done as part of subdivisions.

So stop acting like DC is this organic city. It's the product of urban planning, just like the "faux urbanism" neighborhoods you look down your nose at.

[Anonymous]

It's suburban compared to Adams Morgan. It's urban compared to Springfield. Like with most things in life, there is a spectrum and it depends on your frame of reference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love how upset you are that people might think you’re not super cool for living in a DC neighborhood that could be copy pasted into Bethesda or Arlington. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying a SFH with space, but maybe time to accept that you ARE a boring suburban mom.

Ha! I'm not upset. I love where I live and I'm not super cool. I just don't call it the suburbs. Maybe it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love how upset you are that people might think you’re not super cool for living in a DC neighborhood that could be copy pasted into Bethesda or Arlington. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying a SFH with space, but maybe time to accept that you ARE a boring suburban mom.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Do you live in a SFH with a yard? Yeah, that’s suburban.

Sure but idk why that's seen like a bad thing. A home with a yard in a major city? Where you can walk to some restaurants and the metro? Count me in.

Most of Chevy Chase isn't particularly walkable to the metro.

I guess if you are lazy - geographically about half of Chevy Chase DC is west of Connecticut and all of those homes are comfortably within walking distance of a Metro station. And technically some of the neighborhoods east of Connecticut are not even Chevy Chase.

What's your definition of comfortable walking distance?

Well for me 20 minutes but for most other people I'd say 10. And 10 minutes will get you from either the TT or FH Metro station to anyplace in CCDC west of CT.

Which leaves the large part of Chevy Chase east of CT. Stop trying to pretend that that area is super accessible to the metro. It's not.

I guess you have reading comprehension issues as my earlier post cited CT Ave as a dividing line. And you also must not know your geography because Chevy Chase doesn't get all the way to RCP and in different places hits Barnaby Woods & Wakefield.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you live in a SFH with a yard? Yeah, that’s suburban.

Sure but idk why that's seen like a bad thing. A home with a yard in a major city? Where you can walk to some restaurants and the metro? Count me in.

Most of Chevy Chase isn't particularly walkable to the metro.

I guess if you are lazy - geographically about half of Chevy Chase DC is west of Connecticut and all of those homes are comfortably within walking distance of a Metro station. And technically some of the neighborhoods east of Connecticut are not even Chevy Chase.

What's your definition of comfortable walking distance?

Well we can't walk to the metro but we do walk 3 minutes to a gourmet grocery store and 15 minutes to a movie theater, several bars and restaurants, the library, the toy store, several coffee shops, and the supermarket. I don't care about the semantics but I don't think people in most of America's suburbs can do that (not to mention the fact that a 15 minute drive gets you to downtown DC).

I live in the suburbs and have sidewalks on every single street in my neighborhood. My house is a 5 minute walk from:

- a movie theatre
- a bar
- a dozen restaurants
- a farmer's market
- a grocery store
- hair salons
- 2 dance studios
- the post office
- a coffee shop

We are a 5 minute drive from the library. We are a 30 minute metro ride to Woodley Park.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you live in a SFH with a yard? Yeah, that’s suburban.

Sure but idk why that's seen like a bad thing. A home with a yard in a major city? Where you can walk to some restaurants and the metro? Count me in.

Most of Chevy Chase isn't particularly walkable to the metro.

I guess if you are lazy - geographically about half of Chevy Chase DC is west of Connecticut and all of those homes are comfortably within walking distance of a Metro station. And technically some of the neighborhoods east of Connecticut are not even Chevy Chase.

What's your definition of comfortable walking distance?

Well for me 20 minutes but for most other people I'd say 10. And 10 minutes will get you from either the TT or FH Metro station to anyplace in CCDC west of CT.

Which leaves the large part of Chevy Chase east of CT. Stop trying to pretend that that area is super accessible to the metro. It's not.

I guess you have reading comprehension issues as my earlier post cited CT Ave as a dividing line. And you also must not know your geography because Chevy Chase doesn't get all the way to RCP and in different places hits Barnaby Woods & Wakefield.

Huh? When did I say anything about RCP?

[Anonymous]

would you call Brentwood LA or most of Toronto the suburbs? If you count SFS as suburbs, probably. But does it really matter? Some people want houses and space and some want apartments and walkability. Different strokes.