DC neighborhood that reminds you of NYC?

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Anonymous wrote:DC housing prices continue to increase as transplanted New Yorkers seek a more affordable city and, because they are used to astronomical housing prices, are willing to pay the slightly inflated asking prices here.

Wow. Off topic.

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Anonymous wrote:DC housing prices continue to increase as transplanted New Yorkers seek a more affordable city and, because they are used to astronomical housing prices, are willing to pay the slightly inflated asking prices here.

I am pretty sure most transplants coming to DC are from the midwest and south, and even California, not NYC in particular. And most people moving here come for jobs. And while this area is more reasonable than NYC, its not quite astronimical vs slightly inflated. Depending on your taste for riding an express subway line vs walking/biking/driving to work, and your taste for quiet streets vs gritty. If you like gritty but lively neighborhoods, and you like riding express subways, NYC has some pretty good options.

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As a DC native who lived in NYC for 5 years and am up there weekly, I think about this too much. Here's my best approximation.

Capitol Hill/Eastern Market = Brooklyn Heights (Strollerati)
H Street = Alphabet City
U Street = Chelsea (too new for the Village)
Georgetown = Hudson Street (far West Village)
Baltimore = Williamsburg (cooler coffee, beer & food)
Rehoboth = West Hamptons/Fire Island
Bethesda/Potomac = Westchester / MTA North line
Virginia = New Jersey

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OP- there are NO places in D.C. that remind me, or anyone I know, of NYC. Period.

Don't try to replicate even a smidgen of NYC, you will be severely disappointed each and every time. Just except the fact that DC is DC and there is no place like NYC so if you want to scratch that itch, just go up for a weekend and enjoy it. It's never going to happen here.

Signed,

Former NYC'er.

[Anonymous]

OP- there are NO places in D.C. that remind me, or anyone I know, of NYC. Period.

Don't try to replicate even a smidgen of NYC, you will be severely disappointed each and every time. Just except the fact that DC is DC and there is no place like NYC so if you want to scratch that itch, just go up for a weekend and enjoy it. It's never going to happen here.

Signed,

Former NYC'er.

Agree. Why don't we compare DC to Paris while we're at it? Absurd exercise.

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Anonymous wrote:Bloomingdale = Park Slope? Seriously? Have you ever been to Park Slope?

Have you ever been to Bloomingdale?

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No. None of them. Only a non-NYer would ever see similarities.

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Agree. Why don't we compare DC to Paris while we're at it? Absurd exercise.

DC was modeled after Paris, not saying the cities are anything alike these days, but historically there is a connection in terms of how the older streets are laid out spirally out of downtown.

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Anonymous wrote:

Agree. Why don't we compare DC to Paris while we're at it? Absurd exercise.

DC was modeled after Paris, not saying the cities are anything alike these days, but historically there is a connection in terms of how the older streets are laid out spirally out of downtown.

Uh... check your facts. L'Enfant laid out the District of Columbia far before Haussmann renovated and modernized Paris' plan. So, if anything, Haussmann was inspired by L'Enfant. Before the renovation, Paris was just a medieval patchwork of streets. It didn't have a grid and spoke plan at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_Paris

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Anonymous wrote:

Agree. Why don't we compare DC to Paris while we're at it? Absurd exercise.

DC was modeled after Paris, not saying the cities are anything alike these days, but historically there is a connection in terms of how the older streets are laid out spirally out of downtown.

actually DC was modeled more after Versailles - which PS L'Enfant was intimately familiar with. DC is nothing at all like Paris circa 1800 which had a medieval layout of haphazard narrow streets. To the extent it share the wide boulevards, thats because Paris was rebuilt by Haussman in the late 19th C. Also the height limit makes some blocks of DC have a more Parisian feel than other US cities. So it is a bit like Paris, but for different reasons.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh God, I hope the NYC is so much better folks don't come on here again. No one compares the two cities except New Yorkers. DC is DC, it doesn't want to be New York. Why not compare it to Miami or Morgantown, WV. Just enjoy it for what it is or move where you would be happier.

Agreed. I think that many people have chosen Washington over New York. I lived in NYC for a few years and enjoy visiting, but much prefer it here. I love the green spaces, the quiet neighborhoods, the free museums and galleries, the park-like settings downtown, the light and spacious feeling from the height limit, the fact that the Potomac is a wild river 3 miles upstream and the fact that it is somewhat less expensive to live here compared to New York. NYC is a better managed city that DC (unless DiBlasio screws it up and returns to the 1970s), is cleaner than it used to be. However, I don't understand why some want Washington to be much more like New York -- it's a free country, and if NYC is what gives you a buzz, why not move to Gotham?

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Anonymous wrote:Bloomingdale = Park Slope? Seriously? Have you ever been to Park Slope?

Have you ever been to Bloomingdale?

Bdale has some similar houses, I guess, so some blocks are comparable. The intenisty of retail life, and the amount of multifamily housing sets PS apart I think. Just in physical form. Its also of course a very established neighborhood - began to gentrify in the late 1960's.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh God, I hope the NYC is so much better folks don't come on here again. No one compares the two cities except New Yorkers. DC is DC, it doesn't want to be New York. Why not compare it to Miami or Morgantown, WV. Just enjoy it for what it is or move where you would be happier.

+1. This always happens and I don't get it. Why would you compare a city of 650,000 to a city of millions anyway? Also, DC is hamstrung by the bastards in Congress, whereas New York City is part of the powerhouse "Empire" state of New York. About the only thing they have in common is that they are both old cities on the East Coast. Apparently just that is compelling enough for comparison for many. DC has its own charms. It's not for everyone, but I've come to love it (lived here since 1994). NYC is a huge metropolis that compares with the greatest cities of the world (London, Berlin, Paris). Give it a break, people.

This.

[Anonymous]

some blocks of DC have a more Parisian feel than other US cities.

Snort! If I squint really hard the Old Executive Office Building looks just like the Palais Garnier!
Girl, please.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh God, I hope the NYC is so much better folks don't come on here again. No one compares the two cities except New Yorkers. DC is DC, it doesn't want to be New York. Why not compare it to Miami or Morgantown, WV. Just enjoy it for what it is or move where you would be happier.

Agreed. I think that many people have chosen Washington over New York. I lived in NYC for a few years and enjoy visiting, but much prefer it here. I love the green spaces, the quiet neighborhoods, the free museums and galleries, the park-like settings downtown, the light and spacious feeling from the height limit, the fact that the Potomac is a wild river 3 miles upstream and the fact that it is somewhat less expensive to live here compared to New York. NYC is a better managed city that DC (unless DiBlasio screws it up and returns to the 1970s), is cleaner than it used to be. However, I don't understand why some want Washington to be much more like New York -- it's a free country, and if NYC is what gives you a buzz, why not move to Gotham?

I could not do the work I currently do in NYC.

Also the biggest advantage I have for DC over NYC is its lower cost of housing - an advantage it is steadily losing due to the many limits on development in the more urban parts of the metro area, not excluding the height limit. Though that won't really bite till places like NoMa and Navy Yard are built out.