Capitol Hill families - If you moved to NW or burbs for school, do you have any regrets?

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Someone in this thread is an absolutely unhinged about Takoma apparently because many of the residents have those dumb yard signs like 75% of DC (and much of MoCo & Arlington) doesn’t display those?? Also why are we fully off topic?

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Anonymous wrote:And watch them try to shut down this thread because someone called out the racist folks in Takoma DC. If they don’t like being called out, maybe they shouldn’t be racist toward black folks.

The only racists in this thread are the ones calling a middle/working class black neighborhood a dump

Nah, the vast majority of the people living in Takoma DC are racist toward black people.

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Anonymous wrote:And watch them try to shut down this thread because someone called out the racist folks in Takoma DC. If they don’t like being called out, maybe they shouldn’t be racist toward black folks.

The only racists in this thread are the ones calling a middle/working class black neighborhood a dump

Hm plenty of poor whites living there. Sorry!

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Anonymous wrote:And watch them try to shut down this thread because someone called out the racist folks in Takoma DC. If they don’t like being called out, maybe they shouldn’t be racist toward black folks.

The only racists in this thread are the ones calling a middle/working class black neighborhood a dump

Hm plenty of poor whites living there. Sorry!

Wut

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Anonymous wrote:Someone in this thread is an absolutely unhinged about Takoma apparently because many of the residents have those dumb yard signs like 75% of DC (and much of MoCo & Arlington) doesn’t display those?? Also why are we fully off topic?

I think people all around just dislike the neighborhood and someone (you?) was very upset about it!

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This thread is fascinating

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Anonymous wrote:Someone in this thread is an absolutely unhinged about Takoma apparently because many of the residents have those dumb yard signs like 75% of DC (and much of MoCo & Arlington) doesn’t display those?? Also why are we fully off topic?

This isn’t just about yard signs. This is about how blatantly racist the white residents in Takoma DC act toward black families. Yard signs don’t have anything to do with this.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is fascinating

Are you not entertained

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is fascinating

Are you not entertained

Mostly just confused. And like, slightly concerned about some people’s mental health.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids went to our local DCPS school through 5th grade. They've won music/academic scholarships to a private school we can afford with the fi aid. We know that there are other great DC neighborhoods, but we're not moving 25 years into our life on the Hill just for schools. We can't stand the idea of taking care of a yard, having to walk more than 10 mins to a Metro station, or starting over socially. To each her own.

We don't walk more than ten minutes to the metro, or the supermarket, or one of 5 coffee shops, or our great middle school here in Arlington. We didn't really start over socially, we kept our old friends and made new ones. We have a yard and pay about $1000/year for someone else to take care of it (we save at least that much in taxes). Sounds like the Hill worked for you because of the scholarships, but honestly I do think some people assume that life outside of the Hill is some kind of suburban hellscape, when it can still be very walkable and pleasant. Our kids are in the car much less since we moved than they were before. And yes, real estate near a metro stop is expensive - but so is the Hill.

I live 2 blocks from Eastern Market, so it’s pleasant, but if I lived in Hill East like so many young families do these days, I’d have moved years ago. So much of the Hill is near nothing and is very inconvenient.

It is adorable how old timers on the Hill think Eastern Market is the epicenter of area amenities.

I actually think near NE in the LT zone is the sweet spot for amenities. Eastern Market, west side of Lincoln Park, or south of Capitol South within easy walking distance to WF/pretty close to Navy Yard are the other good spots. Near Potomac Ave metro/the Roost/new Safeway also not bad. But Hill East (14th/15th & East) slightly farther north/Maury zone is actually pretty inconvenient to any amenities. Maury is a great school, but that part of the Hill really isn’t very walkable.

We bid on a row house literally opposite the Maury playground but we were outbid. Is that not a good location?

It’s a fantastic location. You can walk to h street and Lincoln park. In my opinion the LT area is a dump. There is a lot of crime, lots of public housing, and the houses are too small, and you are not near that many parks except for the LT park and Sherwood rec. Ludlow isn’t great and there aren’t any middle schools on the hill worth attending.

LOL what? The housing stock IB for Maury and IB for LT is the same, and the LT neighborhood is closer to transit, shops and a bunch of parks. Are you even from DC?

It is so funny to me that you seem to actually believe that the falling down Victorian worker housing in the ludlow Taylor area is similar to the gorgeous Victorians around Lincoln park and eastern market. Sure. Okay!

I hate to contribute to this discussion, but I think you must be confusing Maury for a different school.

LT: https://www.redfin.com/school/159511/DC/Washington-DC/Ludlow-Taylor-Elementary-School

Maury: https://www.redfin.com/school/118348/DC/Washington-DC/Maury-Elementary-School

So they basically share a border for the more expensive part of the Maury zone, while LT extends west and Maury extends east from there. LT zone is pretty small and has multiple houses going for over $2 million currently. It goes no further north than H and no further east than 12th. Most of it is only a few blocks to Stanton Park or a few blocks to Lincoln Park. Where is the magic part of it that's a green space deprived dump? I think the Western part of the Maury zone is very nice and well-located, but there's way more of the Maury zone that's near nothing and not very nice than the LT zone. They seem to be equidistant to Eastern Market.

Yeah, you’re 2.5 bedroom home with no basement is identical to the Maury zone around Lincoln park. Sure. Definitely!! And everyone knows ludlow Taylor is on par with Brent and Maury too. And by the way, there are so many parks, no housing projects and no crime.

As an amendment to my previous comments, add “delusional people” to reasons why the ludlow Taylor district is undesirable.

What are you talking about? A quick search on Redfin suggests no difference in the frequency of basements in the LT and Maury zones nor in the size of the houses (in fact, in houses for sale now at the above links, the average LT zone house is bigger). I think everyone agrees that the streets right around LP are very nice, but that’s the most expensive corner of the Maury zone and the houses on the South side of LP aren’t even IB for Maury. Maury is a fantastic school, but the average house in its IB is less nice & well located that in the LT IB because it stretches way East. People move to the Maury zone for Maury; not because 16th & C NE has a lot to recommend it housing stock or location wise.

[Anonymous]

You all are so ridiculous and out of touch, insulting neighborhoods with absurdly expensive real estate that most people can't afford.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is fascinating

Are you not entertained

It’s a lot of trolling/sock puppeting. Not much to glean here, except how much time some people seem to have (and how pathetic they are to be trolling a school forum).

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is fascinating

Are you not entertained

It’s a lot of trolling/sock puppeting. Not much to glean here, except how much time some people seem to have (and how pathetic they are to be trolling a school forum).

This is the most pathetic post of all.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids went to our local DCPS school through 5th grade. They've won music/academic scholarships to a private school we can afford with the fi aid. We know that there are other great DC neighborhoods, but we're not moving 25 years into our life on the Hill just for schools. We can't stand the idea of taking care of a yard, having to walk more than 10 mins to a Metro station, or starting over socially. To each her own.

We don't walk more than ten minutes to the metro, or the supermarket, or one of 5 coffee shops, or our great middle school here in Arlington. We didn't really start over socially, we kept our old friends and made new ones. We have a yard and pay about $1000/year for someone else to take care of it (we save at least that much in taxes). Sounds like the Hill worked for you because of the scholarships, but honestly I do think some people assume that life outside of the Hill is some kind of suburban hellscape, when it can still be very walkable and pleasant. Our kids are in the car much less since we moved than they were before. And yes, real estate near a metro stop is expensive - but so is the Hill.

I live 2 blocks from Eastern Market, so it’s pleasant, but if I lived in Hill East like so many young families do these days, I’d have moved years ago. So much of the Hill is near nothing and is very inconvenient.

It is adorable how old timers on the Hill think Eastern Market is the epicenter of area amenities.

I actually think near NE in the LT zone is the sweet spot for amenities. Eastern Market, west side of Lincoln Park, or south of Capitol South within easy walking distance to WF/pretty close to Navy Yard are the other good spots. Near Potomac Ave metro/the Roost/new Safeway also not bad. But Hill East (14th/15th & East) slightly farther north/Maury zone is actually pretty inconvenient to any amenities. Maury is a great school, but that part of the Hill really isn’t very walkable.

We bid on a row house literally opposite the Maury playground but we were outbid. Is that not a good location?

It’s a fantastic location. You can walk to h street and Lincoln park. In my opinion the LT area is a dump. There is a lot of crime, lots of public housing, and the houses are too small, and you are not near that many parks except for the LT park and Sherwood rec. Ludlow isn’t great and there aren’t any middle schools on the hill worth attending.

LOL what? The housing stock IB for Maury and IB for LT is the same, and the LT neighborhood is closer to transit, shops and a bunch of parks. Are you even from DC?

It is so funny to me that you seem to actually believe that the falling down Victorian worker housing in the ludlow Taylor area is similar to the gorgeous Victorians around Lincoln park and eastern market. Sure. Okay!

I hate to contribute to this discussion, but I think you must be confusing Maury for a different school.

LT: https://www.redfin.com/school/159511/DC/Washington-DC/Ludlow-Taylor-Elementary-School

Maury: https://www.redfin.com/school/118348/DC/Washington-DC/Maury-Elementary-School

So they basically share a border for the more expensive part of the Maury zone, while LT extends west and Maury extends east from there. LT zone is pretty small and has multiple houses going for over $2 million currently. It goes no further north than H and no further east than 12th. Most of it is only a few blocks to Stanton Park or a few blocks to Lincoln Park. Where is the magic part of it that's a green space deprived dump? I think the Western part of the Maury zone is very nice and well-located, but there's way more of the Maury zone that's near nothing and not very nice than the LT zone. They seem to be equidistant to Eastern Market.

Yeah, you’re 2.5 bedroom home with no basement is identical to the Maury zone around Lincoln park. Sure. Definitely!! And everyone knows ludlow Taylor is on par with Brent and Maury too. And by the way, there are so many parks, no housing projects and no crime.

As an amendment to my previous comments, add “delusional people” to reasons why the ludlow Taylor district is undesirable.

What are you talking about? A quick search on Redfin suggests no difference in the frequency of basements in the LT and Maury zones nor in the size of the houses (in fact, in houses for sale now at the above links, the average LT zone house is bigger). I think everyone agrees that the streets right around LP are very nice, but that’s the most expensive corner of the Maury zone and the houses on the South side of LP aren’t even IB for Maury. Maury is a fantastic school, but the average house in its IB is less nice & well located that in the LT IB because it stretches way East. People move to the Maury zone for Maury; not because 16th & C NE has a lot to recommend it housing stock or location wise.

Get. A. Life.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is fascinating

Are you not entertained

Mostly just confused. And like, slightly concerned about some people’s mental health.

I’m concerned about your intellectual prowess.