DC Area Rankings

[Anonymous]

Capitol Hill
Logan circle
Shaw
Kalorama
Columbia Heights

Admittedly, Kalorama is the one place I have not lived and do not know as well. I have lived in every other neighborhood listed. I would’ve put Logan circle and Shaw at #1 and #2 pre-kids, post-kids, Capitol Hill is the best.

[Anonymous]

Logan
Cap Hill
Col Heights
Kalorama
Shaw

Columbia Heights probably has the best blend of stores and restaurants you use on a daily basis - Target, soon Lidl, and a great selection of reasonably priced restaurants serving a wide cross-section of people.

[Anonymous]

Columbia Heights has a plethora of issues making it unappealing for most.

[Anonymous]

Would Kalorama or Capitol Hill work for 20 something young professional female who works near US Botanic Gardens?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would Kalorama or Capitol Hill work for 20 something young professional female who works near US Botanic Gardens?

Kalorama -> Botanic Gardens is easy by bus and/or metro. I am over that way pretty often w/my kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would Kalorama or Capitol Hill work for 20 something young professional female who works near US Botanic Gardens?

Yes, either neighborhood would work for a boring 20 something young professional female looking to live with neighbors who are a decade or two her senior and have kids. A fun-loving 20 something young professional female would want to live in any of the other neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kalorama is walking distance from Dupont Circle metro, restaurants and shopping, and part of it also walkable from Woodley Park metro and restaurants.

If you're a gazelle, maybe. It's not like Logan, where it's all right out your front door.

In fact Kalorama is about 10 minutes from DuPont Circle, less if you’re going to restaurants north of the metro. It’s another 10 minutes to Woodley Park, and maybe 20 to Adams Morgan. My mom used to live on Connecticut and Kalorama and it’s a great location. And no, I’m not a gazelle.

That posters are arguing with a straight face that Logan and Kalorama are equally or even close to equally walkable is just plain laughable. Do you think the election was stolen as well?

[Anonymous]

Just a few years ago, my friend and I decided against an apartment on Logan circle because of all the drug dealing in the park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kalorama is walking distance from Dupont Circle metro, restaurants and shopping, and part of it also walkable from Woodley Park metro and restaurants.

If you're a gazelle, maybe. It's not like Logan, where it's all right out your front door.

In fact Kalorama is about 10 minutes from DuPont Circle, less if you’re going to restaurants north of the metro. It’s another 10 minutes to Woodley Park, and maybe 20 to Adams Morgan. My mom used to live on Connecticut and Kalorama and it’s a great location. And no, I’m not a gazelle.

That posters are arguing with a straight face that Logan and Kalorama are equally or even close to equally walkable is just plain laughable. Do you think the election was stolen as well?

Hell no the election wasn’t stolen. But if you think a 10-minute walk to restaurants is too far, and you can only do 5-minute walks, you seriously need to rethink your physical fitness regime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just a few years ago, my friend and I decided against an apartment on Logan circle because of all the drug dealing in the park.

Ok, grandmom.

For every drug dealer I've ever seen in the park I've seen 1000 blond white girls with designer dogs.

It's 2022.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kalorama is walking distance from Dupont Circle metro, restaurants and shopping, and part of it also walkable from Woodley Park metro and restaurants.

If you're a gazelle, maybe. It's not like Logan, where it's all right out your front door.

In fact Kalorama is about 10 minutes from DuPont Circle, less if you’re going to restaurants north of the metro. It’s another 10 minutes to Woodley Park, and maybe 20 to Adams Morgan. My mom used to live on Connecticut and Kalorama and it’s a great location. And no, I’m not a gazelle.

That posters are arguing with a straight face that Logan and Kalorama are equally or even close to equally walkable is just plain laughable. Do you think the election was stolen as well?

Hell no the election wasn’t stolen. But if you think a 10-minute walk to restaurants is too far, and you can only do 5-minute walks, you seriously need to rethink your physical fitness regime.

There are a few restaurants on Connecticut Avenue within 10 minutes of the edge of Kalorama, yes. How about bars, grocery stores, pharmacies, post offices, hair salons, hardware stores, banks, take out joints, music venues, etc.?

Last I checked, there's more to a walkable neighborhood than a few expensive restaurants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kalorama is walking distance from Dupont Circle metro, restaurants and shopping, and part of it also walkable from Woodley Park metro and restaurants.

If you're a gazelle, maybe. It's not like Logan, where it's all right out your front door.

In fact Kalorama is about 10 minutes from DuPont Circle, less if you’re going to restaurants north of the metro. It’s another 10 minutes to Woodley Park, and maybe 20 to Adams Morgan. My mom used to live on Connecticut and Kalorama and it’s a great location. And no, I’m not a gazelle.

That posters are arguing with a straight face that Logan and Kalorama are equally or even close to equally walkable is just plain laughable. Do you think the election was stolen as well?

Hell no the election wasn’t stolen. But if you think a 10-minute walk to restaurants is too far, and you can only do 5-minute walks, you seriously need to rethink your physical fitness regime.

There are a few restaurants on Connecticut Avenue within 10 minutes of the edge of Kalorama, yes. How about bars, grocery stores, pharmacies, post offices, hair salons, hardware stores, banks, take out joints, music venues, etc.?

Last I checked, there's more to a walkable neighborhood than a few expensive restaurants.

+1.

[Anonymous]

What’s there in eastern market?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would Kalorama or Capitol Hill work for 20 something young professional female who works near US Botanic Gardens?

Yes, either neighborhood would work for a boring 20 something young professional female looking to live with neighbors who are a decade or two her senior and have kids. A fun-loving 20 something young professional female would want to live in any of the other neighborhoods.

What familiarity to you have with Capitol Hill? There are definitely a lot of families, but a good chunk of the neighborhood is also comprised of younger people who work on the Hill or downtown.

OP, another option to consider might be Navy Yard. That is easily accessible to the Botanic Gardens area, has a lot of apartments full of younger people and has a lot of other stuff going on.

Logan Circle and Shaw are also fine. Nothing against them, but I get the impression that some of the people posting on here have little familiarity with anything other than Shaw or Logan Circle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s there in eastern market?

For restaurants:

Newland
Duck & Peach
La Collina
Radici
Joselito
La Casina
Some bar type places, like Tunnicliff's
The Eastern (really more of a wine bar than a restaurant)

There is also a peregrine coffee shop, a bagel shop, an Orange Theory, a Trader Joe's and a Sephora.

More stuff if you go to Pennsylvania (Beuchert's, Fight Club, etc) or Barrack's Row.