Glover Park (DC)--love it? Hate it?

[Anonymous]

I always pronounced it Glow-ver. I've never heard it like Danny Glover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm also African American and lived in Glover Park for a year when I was in school. The neighborhood was very homogenous but I never got strange stares or cold shoulders. I wouldn't choose to live there again for a number of reasons, but lack of diversity wouldn't be near the top of my list.

Curious about what the reasons are that you wouldn't want to live there again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here...thanks for the insights! I don't think I realized how racially homogenous the area is. For some reason I thought the school at least was more diverse than the JKLMM set?? We're not white and a lack of diversity does concern me.

It's diverse. I see many colors of people at the Whole Foods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm also African American and lived in Glover Park for a year when I was in school. The neighborhood was very homogenous but I never got strange stares or cold shoulders. I wouldn't choose to live there again for a number of reasons, but lack of diversity wouldn't be near the top of my list.

Curious about what the reasons are that you wouldn't want to live there again?

Used to live there. The creepy guys who parked on the back streets to slink over to the strip clubs gave me the willies.

[Anonymous]

Car culture runs deep in glover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm also African American and lived in Glover Park for a year when I was in school. The neighborhood was very homogenous but I never got strange stares or cold shoulders. I wouldn't choose to live there again for a number of reasons, but lack of diversity wouldn't be near the top of my list.

Curious about what the reasons are that you wouldn't want to live there again?

I'm the poster you quoted, not sure about 8:06's comments I never noticed creepy guys hanging around. The biggest reason I wouldn't move back is becasue I wasn't a fan of the housing stock. And like another poster I also felt there was a lack of good retail within a short walking distance. I didn't like driving in GP and I hated taking the 30s bus line to get around Wisconsin Avenue. Also there were a lot of group homes on my street when I lived there, not sure if that's changed, but now that I'm older with kids I'd prefer neighbors who aren't moving in and out as frequently and throwing so many parties.

[Anonymous]

I like Glover a lot for the reasons mentioned - lots of young families and kids, community feel, good and close elementary school, easy walk to some decent (though not trendy by any means) retail and food, tons of parks and trails. Affordable compared to other close in NW neighborhoods and to the western portion of Capitol Hill.

You give up some things of course - the houses are smallish and largely homogenous. If you don't like the basic concept of a three story rowhouse, there's not a lot you can do about it. And obviously it lacks a metro, though as I've told myself if it had a metro there's no chance I could afford a house. Bus lines are okay but it really depends on your specific commute. Proximity to the Rock Creek means it's pretty easy to get downtown or across the river except of course during rush hour.

For diversity, it's certainly heavily white, but on my block we have a bunch of african-american and asian and multi-racial families and it's not an issue. Less diverse than the Hill or neighborhoods EOTP, but I suspect equal or more diverse to neighborhoods like AU Park.

Also, there are still some of the college or new grad group house thing going, but not as much as it used to be with the rising prices in the neighborhood. I think on my block there's one house that's rented to a bunch of kids. They throw the occasional party, but they're Georgetown grad students - not exactly an all night rager crowd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For diversity, it's certainly heavily white, but on my block we have a bunch of african-american and asian and multi-racial families and it's not an issue. Less diverse than the Hill or neighborhoods EOTP, but I suspect equal or more diverse to neighborhoods like AU Park.

You're marginally right, but it is so minimal (a few hundred fewer whites), it probably doesn't matter. They look pretty much the same.

http://www.neighborhoodinfodc.org/nclusters/nbr_prof_clus14.html

Cathedral Heights, McLean Gardens, Glover Park
% white non-Hispanic, 2010 : 76%
% black non-Hispanic, 2010 5.9%
% Hispanic, 2010 9.0%
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010 8.5%
% foreign born, 2008-12 18

http://www.neighborhoodinfodc.org/nclusters/nbr_prof_clus11.html
Friendship Heights, American University Park, Tenleytown

% white non-Hispanic, 2010 80%
% black non-Hispanic, 2010 5.6%
% Hispanic, 2010 6.7%
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010 7.6%
% foreign born, 2008-12 16%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Glover a lot for the reasons mentioned - lots of young families and kids, community feel, good and close elementary school, easy walk to some decent (though not trendy by any means) retail and food, tons of parks and trails. Affordable compared to other close in NW neighborhoods and to the western portion of Capitol Hill.

You give up some things of course - the houses are smallish and largely homogenous. If you don't like the basic concept of a three story rowhouse, there's not a lot you can do about it. And obviously it lacks a metro, though as I've told myself if it had a metro there's no chance I could afford a house. Bus lines are okay but it really depends on your specific commute. Proximity to the Rock Creek means it's pretty easy to get downtown or across the river except of course during rush hour.

For diversity, it's certainly heavily white, but on my block we have a bunch of african-american and asian and multi-racial families and it's not an issue. Less diverse than the Hill or neighborhoods EOTP, but I suspect equal or more diverse to neighborhoods like AU Park.

Also, there are still some of the college or new grad group house thing going, but not as much as it used to be with the rising prices in the neighborhood. I think on my block there's one house that's rented to a bunch of kids. They throw the occasional party, but they're Georgetown grad students - not exactly an all night rager crowd.

On the plus side, by comparison there's much less crime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like Glover a lot for the reasons mentioned - lots of young families and kids, community feel, good and close elementary school, easy walk to some decent (though not trendy by any means) retail and food, tons of parks and trails. Affordable compared to other close in NW neighborhoods and to the western portion of Capitol Hill.

You give up some things of course - the houses are smallish and largely homogenous. If you don't like the basic concept of a three story rowhouse, there's not a lot you can do about it. And obviously it lacks a metro, though as I've told myself if it had a metro there's no chance I could afford a house. Bus lines are okay but it really depends on your specific commute. Proximity to the Rock Creek means it's pretty easy to get downtown or across the river except of course during rush hour.

For diversity, it's certainly heavily white, but on my block we have a bunch of african-american and asian and multi-racial families and it's not an issue. Less diverse than the Hill or neighborhoods EOTP, but I suspect equal or more diverse to neighborhoods like AU Park.

Also, there are still some of the college or new grad group house thing going, but not as much as it used to be with the rising prices in the neighborhood. I think on my block there's one house that's rented to a bunch of kids. They throw the occasional party, but they're Georgetown grad students - not exactly an all night rager crowd.

On the plus side, by comparison there's much less crime.

Much less? According to crime rates, Glover Park has about the same crime as Shepherd Park and Takoma Park (EOTP). It's best not to make sweeping statements.