Clarendon

[Anonymous]

OP must be a troll, or a realtor. No one thinks this and, if they do, they are delusional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Yorktown pyramid wasn’t lily white?

It sure was, and we were ready for something different. Clarendon wash't it.

[Anonymous]

Wasn’t ther a thread once women of Clarendon s few weeks back?

[Anonymous]

I drove by Clarendon and didn't see it to be that bad, it's an urban area, very walkable and there were actually people on the streets compared with areas further out and Ballston. For families desiring SFH living with short walk to the most amenities and Metro it looks like a convenient place. You don't need world class restaurants or hip scene to make it a pleasant place to live, for families it's a great compromise to living the city core and for singles it's still a nice enough and convenient place, not any worse than any other suburban areas around Metro stops or NWDC commercial strips with condos. Honestly, most of DC is pretty residential, there isn't anything supremely more exciting in most parts of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Yorktown pyramid wasn’t lily white?

They weren’t saying it wasn’t. They specifically said they wanted “urban living” after living in Yorktown suburbia for 20 years. So their priorities changed - Clarendon, for many reasons including lack of real diversity, is not urban living.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Yorktown pyramid wasn’t lily white?

They weren’t saying it wasn’t. They specifically said they wanted “urban living” after living in Yorktown suburbia for 20 years. So their priorities changed - Clarendon, for many reasons including lack of real diversity, is not urban living.

Yeah, they only wanted to make sure their kids didn't go to school with the Browns at W-L.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Yorktown pyramid wasn’t lily white?

It sure was, and we were ready for something different. Clarendon wash't it.

So, if I understand, You only looked for something that wasn’t lily white after school was completed, no? Why not earlier?

[Anonymous]

It continues to be one of the most coveted places on earth, judging by housing prices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Yorktown pyramid wasn’t lily white?

They weren’t saying it wasn’t. They specifically said they wanted “urban living” after living in Yorktown suburbia for 20 years. So their priorities changed - Clarendon, for many reasons including lack of real diversity, is not urban living.

Yeah, they only wanted to make sure their kids didn't go to school with the Browns at W-L.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t ther a thread once women of Clarendon s few weeks back?

There is at least one nut job who hates Clarendon and regularly criticizes the area. Kinda sad that someone feels that much hate and tries to tear it down. Must be pretty miserable in his/her “oasis”.

[Anonymous]

Clarendon has way too many vacant businesses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It continues to be one of the most coveted places on earth, judging by housing prices.

I guess it’s a less ugly option in a sea of uglier options for those who have to live in the DMV. But if anyone thinks it is anything beyond that, then they haven’t traveled much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t ther a thread once women of Clarendon s few weeks back?

There is at least one nut job who hates Clarendon and regularly criticizes the area. Kinda sad that someone feels that much hate and tries to tear it down. Must be pretty miserable in his/her “oasis”.

They have a point. I live in Clarendon and it has gone steeply downhill in the past 5 years. It’s almost starting to look trashy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t ther a thread once women of Clarendon s few weeks back?

There is at least one nut job who hates Clarendon and regularly criticizes the area. Kinda sad that someone feels that much hate and tries to tear it down. Must be pretty miserable in his/her “oasis”.

They have a point. I live in Clarendon and it has gone steeply downhill in the past 5 years. It’s almost starting to look trashy.

I think the rents have gotten too high to support the frat-boy clientele there, so most places have been forced to shutdown. I think they’re going to re-do Clarendon like they did with Ballston and try to make it more high-end.

And one poster is correct, many of those frat college grads are now married and having kids so there is an abundance of strollers over in that area now. They’ll most likely transform that entire area soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Yorktown pyramid wasn’t lily white?

It sure was, and we were ready for something different. Clarendon wash't it.

So, if I understand, You only looked for something that wasn’t lily white after school was completed, no? Why not earlier?

Logan circle has been gentrified for 20 years, they are hardly striking out to a real urban neighborhood.