Moving to dc....

[Anonymous]

In addition to craigslist, check airbnb.com, especially for short term, furnished places. I have a basement apartment listed that is IB Brent and I know of two others.

[Anonymous]

How do you feel about dogs...?

That seems to be our waterloo, even more than the schools. I can find affordable houses and apartments in school districts I like. But at almost every turn the pets are what's killing the deal. They're pretty good pets, but they are still pets.

Tomorrow when we go down there, I will see if we can get somewhere in person. We have appointments to see a ton of places... and with most of them the pets thing is up in the air but not looking great.

Husband has also decided he wants to be in a place by May 1 so he can start work and have a home... even if we're still tying up stuff in new York for another month or so.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's a minority now. I'm totally okay with it. As long as the programs are good. Shepard really does look like a very solid school--probably a little similar to where she is now.

I would just be careful that your child is not an "only" whatever unless she is mixed and will be able to get in with one group or another. Parents have posted here about hostility directed toward very young children based on race - refusing to play with the kid, telling her to get her white ass out of there, etc. Most parents seem to agree that being a minority is ok, but being an only can be profoundly unpleasant.

The other thing that is going to be very hard to understand initially (I grew up here, but my husband, who is Latino, grew up in NYC and we lived there for a while) is that even though there is now a fairly large Latino population, the city is racially polarized along black and white lines and the haters do not seem to see that anything else exists. My husband says he has NEVER lived in such a segregated environment, and he grew up partially in the South Bronx and Spanish Harlem. And because the tradition is Black vs White, there is still a lot of hostility there from parents, especially now that the city is no longer majority AA and some feel they are being pushed out of THEIR city by white gentrifiers.

I don't remember the school names, but there is I think one principal who basically has said she does not want more white kids in her ES, and there is one PTA where it was revived by the new white parents on the block and they were all voted out by AA parents the following year and the kids left as well and the attitude of some on this board was better no PTA than a white PTA.

So in schools where the population is shifting radically if your kid is going into third grade and the third grade parents don't like the fact that there are a bunch of white folk in the younger grades, and pass that sentiment along to their kids, you and your kid may get some hostility if you are white (if you are mixed, Latino, or Asian, they might just ignore you, but being an only is dangerous).

Not to be negative, but my husband was shocked and when I came home I immediately noticed the differences on the subways and the buses and the neighborhoods that had been invisible to me before.

Can someone help me out here with the names? Coming from NYC this is a dynamic my husband was completely unfamiliar with............

Yes, I see this dynamic, the black people here sometimes seem to hate people who are not like them (I am black, but not from the area).

I think that was Tubman?

You are right about the racial tension in DC - it's even been the subject of several articles in the Washington Post recently. I have lived in several places and none as black/white segregated as DC. NYC is pretty segregated but DC is much worse.

[Anonymous]

At the moment I don't care about racial tension. Bah, humbug, I say. It can't be worse than seventies Philly where I grew up, or for that matter, the war-torn European city my husband's from.

But this pet thing... it's like hitting my head into a wall repeatedly. Maybe we can home school the child along with the dogs. It could be some kind of... pet-based learning program.

Sorry, ranting.

[Anonymous]

Pet-based expeditionary learning! You rock OP. Come to my neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Hearst Mom? I'm trying! But McClean gardens says they'll only take one dog,not two.

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Anonymous wrote:Hearst Mom? I'm trying! But McClean gardens says they'll only take one dog,not two.

Oh no! well.... what about that house on Rodman (I think it was Rodman) will they do dogs...?

there is a craigslist ad for a rental house - a little over $3000 but you may have to go higher to accomodate all the pets??

craigslist ID no.
4419803003

[Anonymous]

Email already sent for that one. Is that Hearst?

[Anonymous]

Also, this place wouldn't normally be my thing, but today I started panicking and it looks like they take all pets.... for money.

http://flatsatatlas.com/?ctd_ac=1081055&ctx_name=LocalOnlineDirectories&ctx_Ad%20Source=LocalOnlineDirectories&utm_source=googleplaces&utm_medium=listing&utm_campaign=localdirectories

I can't figure out what school this would be zoned for.

[Anonymous]

Update: Wheatly, I think. So I guess that's a no. Probably.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Email already sent for that one. Is that Hearst?

The rodman address is Hearst - walk across the park to school

The craigslist id no 44 something is not Hearst - janney or Murch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Update: Wheatly, I think. So I guess that's a no. Probably.

Wow, there are not many schools I've never seen mentioned on these boards, but Wheatley is one of them!

[Anonymous]

Regarding airbnb and pets, it is pretty easy to filter out so that you only see those that allow pets. I already have my place booked through July so I can't help out, but I'm sure you can find something great, at least for your husband. It's cheaper than a hotel AND you get the benefit of actually living in the neighborhood and the hosts can share advice about the schools, etc.

[Anonymous]

Here's a house in Crestwood that opened up 11 days ago, so I have no idea if it's still available. http://ecmullen4.wix.com/1439taylor

It's near Powell, but pets are welcome. And it's not that far from Hearst - maybe the principal has leeway for 3rd grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shepherd Park via CA poster here. It really depends on where the house is in SP, in terms of whether walkable to Silver Spring. Depends on your comfort level too. I'd probably be comfortable walking there during the day (I walk my dog on Georgia sometimes), just not late at night. There's probably a bus that'd take you up Georgia Ave. to Silver Spring metro.

We have two cars so not sure about the bus situation. Sorry, we're new here in DC too so don't yet have a great handle on public transit, etc.!

Hi, I was the earlier poster who mentioned walking to SS metro. We do live at the end of the neighborhood that is very close to the metro and more walkable. We just had 1 car our first two years here. I either took 16th street bus or walked to SS metro (5 min. for me) and took metro to the hill. Nice commute if you are on the union station side as it's just about 5 or 6 stops on red line, no transfer needed. We moved here from having lived in both Dupont Circle and U Street area. So, it was a bit of a change. But since then a lot more has come in.

There are some great restaurants that have opened near East-west highway & Blair mill rd. (about 2 blocks from me). Scion, NaiNai dumplings and noodles just opened this week, Ikko sushi is great. This summer a coffee place/wi-fi/vinyl record shop (yes all in one) will open on that corner as well. Also, Denzen's micro brew place also serving food will open in that block. Walking distance in SS is Jackies and Jackies side bar, Urban Buther, 8407, Olazzo plus the DTSS stuff.
So, lot's to walk to from this end of the 'hood. Hope that helps.