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

[Anonymous]

Rockville, Bristow, great falls

[Anonymous]

I think it all depends where you are in your life. I'm in my mid 30s and Capitol a hill is THE best neighborhood for me. There are tons of restaurants and things to do, and there is an amazing community feel here. For example, Fragers burned down and the whole community rallied to keep them in business raising hundreds of thousands. How awesome is that? I live near the Capitol, so I'm a blocks to the restaurants in Penn Ave (Sonoma, Bernaise, BeuchertS) a 1/2 a mile to eastern market, Barracks Row, and H St, and about a mile from Archives/Penn quarter. We walk everywhere and I love the architecture here. Similar to Georgetown and Old town. I think there's tons of room for house appreciation here, versus other more establish neighborhoods like G-town.

Going back to my original point, in my mid 30s the hill is the place is want to be, regardless of price. Georgetown is too inconvenient for me, but Beautiful. However, if I was in my mid 20s I would probably think the hill is boring because it's far from nightclubs, and that's why I don't see any rowdy frat boys or the Adams Morgan drunks here and I love it. It's a great place for people that have graduated from the night club scene. In my mid 20s I may prefer to live in Logan/U St, where apartments and condos abound, and the party goes on until 4AM. Columbia Heights doesn't do it for me though, too many chains. If I were in my 60s then maybe Georgetown would be appealing, who knows, but so far in my career, I need the Metro.

Having lived in Rockville for 18 years, the one thing I know is that I am not going back to the burbs! If you live in the burbs and have been bashing DC on this blog, it's because you have not experienced how great it is to live in the city right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it all depends where you are in your life. I'm in my mid 30s and Capitol a hill is THE best neighborhood for me. There are tons of restaurants and things to do, and there is an amazing community feel here. For example, Fragers burned down and the whole community rallied to keep them in business raising hundreds of thousands. How awesome is that? I live near the Capitol, so I'm a blocks to the restaurants in Penn Ave (Sonoma, Bernaise, BeuchertS) a 1/2 a mile to eastern market, Barracks Row, and H St, and about a mile from Archives/Penn quarter. We walk everywhere and I love the architecture here. Similar to Georgetown and Old town. I think there's tons of room for house appreciation here, versus other more establish neighborhoods like G-town.

Going back to my original point, in my mid 30s the hill is the place is want to be, regardless of price. Georgetown is too inconvenient for me, but Beautiful. However, if I was in my mid 20s I would probably think the hill is boring because it's far from nightclubs, and that's why I don't see any rowdy frat boys or the Adams Morgan drunks here and I love it. It's a great place for people that have graduated from the night club scene. In my mid 20s I may prefer to live in Logan/U St, where apartments and condos abound, and the party goes on until 4AM. Columbia Heights doesn't do it for me though, too many chains. If I were in my 60s then maybe Georgetown would be appealing, who knows, but so far in my career, I need the Metro.

Having lived in Rockville for 18 years, the one thing I know is that I am not going back to the burbs! If you live in the burbs and have been bashing DC on this blog, it's because you have not experienced how great it is to live in the city right now.

The main thing I've learned from this post is that the Hill may be a good place for people in their mid-30s who want to pass themselves off as teens. G-town, really? The only cliche you left out was YOLO.

Meanwhile most adults who care about their children will continue to avoid the Hill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it all depends where you are in your life. I'm in my mid 30s and Capitol a hill is THE best neighborhood for me. There are tons of restaurants and things to do, and there is an amazing community feel here. For example, Fragers burned down and the whole community rallied to keep them in business raising hundreds of thousands. How awesome is that? I live near the Capitol, so I'm a blocks to the restaurants in Penn Ave (Sonoma, Bernaise, BeuchertS) a 1/2 a mile to eastern market, Barracks Row, and H St, and about a mile from Archives/Penn quarter. We walk everywhere and I love the architecture here. Similar to Georgetown and Old town. I think there's tons of room for house appreciation here, versus other more establish neighborhoods like G-town.

Going back to my original point, in my mid 30s the hill is the place is want to be, regardless of price. Georgetown is too inconvenient for me, but Beautiful. However, if I was in my mid 20s I would probably think the hill is boring because it's far from nightclubs, and that's why I don't see any rowdy frat boys or the Adams Morgan drunks here and I love it. It's a great place for people that have graduated from the night club scene. In my mid 20s I may prefer to live in Logan/U St, where apartments and condos abound, and the party goes on until 4AM. Columbia Heights doesn't do it for me though, too many chains. If I were in my 60s then maybe Georgetown would be appealing, who knows, but so far in my career, I need the Metro.

Having lived in Rockville for 18 years, the one thing I know is that I am not going back to the burbs! If you live in the burbs and have been bashing DC on this blog, it's because you have not experienced how great it is to live in the city right now.

The main thing I've learned from this post is that the Hill may be a good place for people in their mid-30s who want to pass themselves off as teens. G-town, really? The only cliche you left out was YOLO.

[b]Meanwhile most adults who care about their children will continue to avoid the Hill[/b].

Typical DCUM BS.
I am not pp but all of my friends who are raising family on the Hill love it.
Lots of them are European, grew up in large walkable cities and enjoyed it. They want their kids to experience something similar.
As others said to each its own.
I would only disagree with PPP about the fact that there is ton of room for house appreciation on the Hill. It is already very expensive to live there because it is not DC best keep secret.

[Anonymous]

Actually the biggest BS on DCUM is claiming that an area is full of Europeans, or World Bank/State Department employees.

Capitol Hill has more in common with tres Americain West Baltimore than London or Paris.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually the biggest BS on DCUM is claiming that an area is full of Europeans, or World Bank/State Department employees.

Capitol Hill has more in common with tres Americain West Baltimore than London or Paris.

Haha! Quote of the day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it all depends where you are in your life. I'm in my mid 30s and Capitol a hill is THE best neighborhood for me. There are tons of restaurants and things to do, and there is an amazing community feel here. For example, Fragers burned down and the whole community rallied to keep them in business raising hundreds of thousands. How awesome is that? I live near the Capitol, so I'm a blocks to the restaurants in Penn Ave (Sonoma, Bernaise, BeuchertS) a 1/2 a mile to eastern market, Barracks Row, and H St, and about a mile from Archives/Penn quarter. We walk everywhere and I love the architecture here. Similar to Georgetown and Old town. I think there's tons of room for house appreciation here, versus other more establish neighborhoods like G-town.

Going back to my original point, in my mid 30s the hill is the place is want to be, regardless of price. Georgetown is too inconvenient for me, but Beautiful. However, if I was in my mid 20s I would probably think the hill is boring because it's far from nightclubs, and that's why I don't see any rowdy frat boys or the Adams Morgan drunks here and I love it. It's a great place for people that have graduated from the night club scene. In my mid 20s I may prefer to live in Logan/U St, where apartments and condos abound, and the party goes on until 4AM. Columbia Heights doesn't do it for me though, too many chains. If I were in my 60s then maybe Georgetown would be appealing, who knows, but so far in my career, I need the Metro.

Having lived in Rockville for 18 years, the one thing I know is that I am not going back to the burbs! If you live in the burbs and have been bashing DC on this blog, it's because you have not experienced how great it is to live in the city right now.

Judging from this post and the recent elementary school shooting I am going to say capital hill aka capital kill.