What is the most overrated area (neighborhood, town, etc) in the DC metropolitan area?

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Anonymous wrote:It seems to me that any place is fair game on a thread like this. The market reflects the actual consensus as to an area's value at any point in time, so all you're left with is a bunch of people expressing their personal views about places that didn't meet their expectations for one reason or another.

The real question is why the Pimmit Hills people go bat-shit crazy whenever someone points out why they don't like it. The reason why there are so many "haters" is that, whenever anyone compares it to another place in less than glowing terms, the Pimmit Hills posters declare all-out nuclear war on the other place. They seem to crave attention, but they also make enemies very quickly.

There is a ph hater troll that tries to get everyone worked up. The people that respectfully disagree don't get an aggressive attacking response.

I don't even live there and am objective enough to see that. Maybe he or she sock puppets . Dunno

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Anonymous wrote:To be fair, there was an office store (and probably still is - don't work there anymore) between Farragut North and Dupont Circle metro stops. I want to say it was on 18th?

I can't remember if it was Office Depot or Staples, but it was most definitely there because my co-worker and I would go there to buy supplies every month or so.

There is a Staples across from my building that is at 18th & M downtown.

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Anonymous wrote:To be fair, there was an office store (and probably still is - don't work there anymore) between Farragut North and Dupont Circle metro stops. I want to say it was on 18th?

I can't remember if it was Office Depot or Staples, but it was most definitely there because my co-worker and I would go there to buy supplies every month or so.

There is a Staples across from my building that is at 18th & M downtown.

THAT'S THE ONE

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Anonymous wrote:I get tired of stay-at-home Ms. Pimmit hijacking every thread.

We are tired of you, and your hate for your ex-husband and his trailer. Back off, loser.

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Pimmit Hills has great potential- it has all the pieces (most important of which is location) and the one thing missing is a planning commission that has a minimum level of architectual authority. It is a prime example of what happens when there is no planning or oversight.

Short of completely rewriting permitting or zoning rules, what sort of oversight are you expecting to be feasible in a neighborhood that has exclusively SFHs and no HOA?

I said nothing about feasibility, just what was lacking.

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Anonymous wrote:Hah del ray wanna be chevy chase md with shit schools

Piimit Hills keeping it classy again. What a bunch of losers.

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Anonymous wrote:Hah del ray wanna be chevy chase md with shit schools

Piimit Hills keeping it classy again. What a bunch of losers.

Right every troll is from pimmit hills

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Not only is the use of the terms "divorcee" and "spinster" rather unusual, but there seems to be an assumption by the P who used those terms, that no divorced or single women have children. Or that if they do, they ignore them and go to a bar.

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Anonymous wrote:I would have to say Pimmit Hills. From what I had read on DCUM, I was expecting a slightly less charming version of Del Ray. When we visited to scout out the area, we were, quite frankly, disappointed. The older homes look like they could be in a trailer park and the new houses look like what you'd find in a middle-class subdivision in Anywhere USA. On the plus side, there are sidewalks, but they didn't seem to lead anywhere. It really does look like the type of neighborhood in Kansas City or Memphis you see on Cops (my husband and I burst out laughing realizing we were both humming the "Bad Boys" song as we drove around).

You have no idea how wonderfully located we are in Pimmit Hills. We are in the middle of EVERYTHING. And I can walk to tons of shops and more parks than I can count. And soon the metro (or I can drive there in 5 minutes or less - and the bus is in front of my house).

But you got me with the "Bad Boys" song from cops LMAO!! I guess I can see how the tiny houses and chain link fences here, like in a photo without any pretext about where we are, could give that impression.

Look, I don't know Fairfax that well, but we drove around long enough to know Pimmit Hills is not in the middle of anything except some major highways. I think we would have come across anything similar to Mount Vernon Ave. but it just was not there.

Ever heard of Tysons Corner? It's sort of like a city with, you know, as much retail as Manhattan (including all the high end shops), as many office buildings as a major city like San Diego. Plus all the conveniences - we have nearby Walmart, Staples, Office Dept, Home Depot, Best Buy, Sports Authority, Giant, Traders, Whole Foods, various organic and specialty food markets (way too many to name), you know, like every store known to mankind from Chanel to Walmart. What does DC have? um, not much. I cannot think of anything I would want to go downtown for. Ever.

Omg - there is an Office Depot in Tyson's?!?? I'm moving out there STAT!!

I'm not the PP but....

Ever go into a city and find all these cool little places then realize you need something simple and can't find it anywhere, because the area is filled with cool little places? And then getting across the city to the practical area takes freakin' forever because of traffic? Or you have to hop on a bus or other form of transportation to get there?

That's why places like Office Depot are important.

Lol. I guess you haven't driven in Tyson's? The traffic there is worse than downtown.

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Anonymous wrote:Hah del ray wanna be chevy chase md with shit schools

Piimit Hills keeping it classy again. What a bunch of losers.

Right every troll is from pimmit hills

They're not?!

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Anonymous wrote:It seems to me that any place is fair game on a thread like this. The market reflects the actual consensus as to an area's value at any point in time, so all you're left with is a bunch of people expressing their personal views about places that didn't meet their expectations for one reason or another.

The real question is why the Pimmit Hills people go bat-shit crazy whenever someone points out why they don't like it. The reason why there are so many "haters" is that, whenever anyone compares it to another place in less than glowing terms, the Pimmit Hills posters declare all-out nuclear war on the other place. They seem to crave attention, but they also make enemies very quickly.

There aren't any "Pimmit Hills" posters as a group. There are just people expressing their point of view. I live in PH. Every time I get asked about the neighborhood, or every time I comment here, I list what I think are its good qualities, and I usually point out it isn't uniformly pretty or manicured. I think people like me feel compelled to chime in when someone calls the neighborhood a dump or a shitshack central. I don't think that's an unreasonable reaction.

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Anonymous wrote:Chevy chase, MD and DC

CC, MD used to be nice (speaking as a third gen. resident of Martin's Additions). Now there's constant construction, no old trees and it's inhabited by undesirables that all think they're going to be on Meet the Press this Sunday. The small town feel of the neighborhood is pretty much gone and has been replaced with garage-front Ryan-ish homes that end up being for sale every few years.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems to me that any place is fair game on a thread like this. The market reflects the actual consensus as to an area's value at any point in time, so all you're left with is a bunch of people expressing their personal views about places that didn't meet their expectations for one reason or another.

The real question is why the Pimmit Hills people go bat-shit crazy whenever someone points out why they don't like it. The reason why there are so many "haters" is that, whenever anyone compares it to another place in less than glowing terms, the Pimmit Hills posters declare all-out nuclear war on the other place. They seem to crave attention, but they also make enemies very quickly.

There aren't any "Pimmit Hills" posters as a group. There are just people expressing their point of view. I live in PH. Every time I get asked about the neighborhood, or every time I comment here, I list what I think are its good qualities, and I usually point out it isn't uniformly pretty or manicured. I think people like me feel compelled to chime in when someone calls the neighborhood a dump or a shitshack central. I don't think that's an unreasonable reaction.

They are jealous of the insane appreciation you're going to realize.

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Anonymous wrote:Chevy chase, MD and DC

CC, MD used to be nice (speaking as a third gen. resident of Martin's Additions). Now there's constant construction, no old trees and it's inhabited by undesirables that all think they're going to be on Meet the Press this Sunday. The small town feel of the neighborhood is pretty much gone and has been replaced with garage-front Ryan-ish homes that end up being for sale every few years.

Sounds like an improvement.

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Anonymous wrote:Chevy chase, MD and DC

CC, MD used to be nice (speaking as a third gen. resident of Martin's Additions). Now there's constant construction, no old trees and it's inhabited by undesirables that all think they're going to be on Meet the Press this Sunday. The small town feel of the neighborhood is pretty much gone and has been replaced with garage-front Ryan-ish homes that end up being for sale every few years.

Yes - why do people in lovely old neighborhoods keeping cutting down the trees!?!