Best DC Neighborhood For US

[Anonymous]

I’m also white with an Asian husband and there are not a ton of us in Upper NW. we drive out to VA all the time for food, shopping, and language school. Is your DH Chinese, Japanese or Korean? There’s more Chinese and Japanese communities in MoCo but Koreans are definitely more in the VA burbs.

[Anonymous]

Rough conversion from Bay Area to DC transplant

Kalorama = Sea Cliff/Presidio (for prestige)
Georgetown = Marina
Wharf = SoMa-ish (newer development, pain to get to SFH areas deep in city)
Upper NW/Cleveland Park = Noe Valley
Chevy Chase/Bethesda = Marin
McLean/Great Falls = Atherton
Annandale = Santa Clara (Korean population)
Arlington = Burlingame

On the plus side, you get SO MUCH for your real estate dollar here. Best of luck with your move!

[Anonymous]

Capitol Hill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rough conversion from Bay Area to DC transplant

Kalorama = Sea Cliff/Presidio (for prestige)
Georgetown = Marina
Wharf = SoMa-ish (newer development, pain to get to SFH areas deep in city)
Upper NW/Cleveland Park = Noe Valley
Chevy Chase/Bethesda = Marin
McLean/Great Falls = Atherton
Annandale = Santa Clara (Korean population)
Arlington = Burlingame

On the plus side, you get SO MUCH for your real estate dollar here. Best of luck with your move!

Bwahaha, Bethesda/CC = Marin; in your dreams…
The most prestigious area of DC is Woodland

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rough conversion from Bay Area to DC transplant

Kalorama = Sea Cliff/Presidio (for prestige)
Georgetown = Marina
Wharf = SoMa-ish (newer development, pain to get to SFH areas deep in city)
Upper NW/Cleveland Park = Noe Valley
Chevy Chase/Bethesda = Marin
McLean/Great Falls = Atherton
Annandale = Santa Clara (Korean population)
Arlington = Burlingame

On the plus side, you get SO MUCH for your real estate dollar here. Best of luck with your move!

Prices are frankly not dissimilar in terms of what you get at $2.3m. Unlike in SF, for that price you get a mound of dirt in your basement with crickets for free (indoor crawl space), mold, living under a flight path, ATVs illegally racing in the burbs and EOTP and so much mold you smell musty for the rest over your time here. Also, nerve gasses in a good chunk of DC.

Suburbs are bland and boring.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a mixed Asian American family and my husband works at Georgetown. We live in McLean with our 3 kids.

I personally would recommend Arlington or Bethesda. If DC, I personally would pick Georgetown or Palisades.

Not sure how important it is to you but all the Asian restaurants and stores are in Virginia and Maryland.

I just looked at the map and I would say Arlington. Arlington is very kid and dog friendly plus should be a decent commute for both of you.

Why would anyone moving to DC now that traffic is as bad as LA move outside of DC when both parents live in DC?
Also some new home buyers in Arlington only just dug themselves out from 2008 purchases. Traffic is worse, planes are worse, VA is Republican. Who would want to deal with that?

Ditto for sketchy crime stat neighborhoods. Avoid planes, trains, automobiles, crime buy in NW WOTP minus Palisades

You are CLUELESS. The home values in Arlington have only increased the past 13 years. There was a minor dip of 5-10% from 2008. I am swimming in equity on my house and condo, that is a rental property. My neighborhood has no inventory and prices climbed an overall average of 17% in Arlington in 2021. The Amazon effect has yet to take place, that will give the DMV another bump adding 25,000 corporate jobs to Crystal City. VA has had a democratic governor the past 3 elections, before this one. It’s a purple state that leans blue. The traffic is not LA levels. You can revisit that when the feds go back downtown to work. The Key Bridge into G’town is super easy to drive across these days. All bets are off when society returns to in office work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a mixed Asian American family and my husband works at Georgetown. We live in McLean with our 3 kids.

I personally would recommend Arlington or Bethesda. If DC, I personally would pick Georgetown or Palisades.

Not sure how important it is to you but all the Asian restaurants and stores are in Virginia and Maryland.

I just looked at the map and I would say Arlington. Arlington is very kid and dog friendly plus should be a decent commute for both of you.

Why would anyone moving to DC now that traffic is as bad as LA move outside of DC when both parents live in DC?
Also some new home buyers in Arlington only just dug themselves out from 2008 purchases. Traffic is worse, planes are worse, VA is Republican. Who would want to deal with that?

Ditto for sketchy crime stat neighborhoods. Avoid planes, trains, automobiles, crime buy in NW WOTP minus Palisades

Enjoy. You’re seeing nothing like Cleveland Park etc and good luck over the coming period!

You are CLUELESS. The home values in Arlington have only increased the past 13 years. There was a minor dip of 5-10% from 2008. I am swimming in equity on my house and condo, that is a rental property. My neighborhood has no inventory and prices climbed an overall average of 17% in Arlington in 2021. The Amazon effect has yet to take place, that will give the DMV another bump adding 25,000 corporate jobs to Crystal City. VA has had a democratic governor the past 3 elections, before this one. It’s a purple state that leans blue. The traffic is not LA levels. You can revisit that when the feds go back downtown to work. The Key Bridge into G’town is super easy to drive across these days. All bets are off when society returns to in office work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a mixed Asian American family and my husband works at Georgetown. We live in McLean with our 3 kids.

I personally would recommend Arlington or Bethesda. If DC, I personally would pick Georgetown or Palisades.

Not sure how important it is to you but all the Asian restaurants and stores are in Virginia and Maryland.

I just looked at the map and I would say Arlington. Arlington is very kid and dog friendly plus should be a decent commute for both of you.

Why would anyone moving to DC now that traffic is as bad as LA move outside of DC when both parents live in DC?
Also some new home buyers in Arlington only just dug themselves out from 2008 purchases. Traffic is worse, planes are worse, VA is Republican. Who would want to deal with that?

Ditto for sketchy crime stat neighborhoods. Avoid planes, trains, automobiles, crime buy in NW WOTP minus Palisades

Enjoy. You’re seeing nothing like Cleveland Park etc and good luck over the coming period!

You are CLUELESS. The home values in Arlington have only increased the past 13 years. There was a minor dip of 5-10% from 2008. I am swimming in equity on my house and condo, that is a rental property. My neighborhood has no inventory and prices climbed an overall average of 17% in Arlington in 2021. The Amazon effect has yet to take place, that will give the DMV another bump adding 25,000 corporate jobs to Crystal City. VA has had a democratic governor the past 3 elections, before this one. It’s a purple state that leans blue. The traffic is not LA levels. You can revisit that when the feds go back downtown to work. The Key Bridge into G’town is super easy to drive across these days. All bets are off when society returns to in office work.

Enjoy. You’re seeing nothing like Cleveland Park etc and good luck over the coming period!

[Anonymous]

Key Bridge traffic sucks.

The D.C. roadway with the highest congestion index is the Key Bridge heading into D.C. with an index of 3.66. That means it takes drivers more than three and a half times as long to traverse during the evening rush compared to other times. Traffic slows to only 8 mph on the bridge during that time, compared to 26 mph under light traffic condition, the study said.

[Anonymous]

Jan 2022 news:

The average and median price of a single-family home in Arlington increased in 2021 by 6.2% and 7.2%, respectively. Excellent appreciation for any homeowner, but not the double-digit appreciation other regional and national markets experienced last year.

[Anonymous]

Easy:
20007
20008
20016 (but NOT the Palisades or Spring Valley)

No double yellow. Done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spring valley or Wesley Heights

It’s a beautiful place to live. Both neighborhoods have walkability to stores and restaurants, a car is most likely necessary for many trips, and it’s incredibly safe.

I’ve never once seen anything bad happen In my 10 years of living in Wesley Heights (will get a little more for your $ in SV)

Wesley Heights, yes. SV, no. Mustard gas (google it) and can't walk to much unless you are close to Mass Ave. And there isn't much to walk to even then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d look at Georgetown, Palisades and perhaps Cleveland Park. Cleveland Park would be best for when you have kids and is closest to many private schools.

The commute from Capitol Hill is awful, plus you should read all the threads on the crime there (we lived on the Hill but moved due to quality of life/crime issues). Logan Circle isn’t a good suggestion either, as you have to drive through town to get to Georgetown.

+1. You will outgrow Capitol Hill. You have the budget now… just go to NW to start with. Palisades, Burleith, Cleveland park, AU park.

+1 And if you want public school, you will need to narrow it even further.

I'd add in Woodley Park to the mix, as well as Foxhall Village. Maybe West End if you want a fancy condo (but not public school).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a mixed Asian American family and my husband works at Georgetown. We live in McLean with our 3 kids.

I personally would recommend Arlington or Bethesda. If DC, I personally would pick Georgetown or Palisades.

Not sure how important it is to you but all the Asian restaurants and stores are in Virginia and Maryland.

I just looked at the map and I would say Arlington. Arlington is very kid and dog friendly plus should be a decent commute for both of you.

Why would anyone moving to DC now that traffic is as bad as LA move outside of DC when both parents live in DC?
Also some new home buyers in Arlington only just dug themselves out from 2008 purchases. Traffic is worse, planes are worse, VA is Republican. Who would want to deal with that?

Ditto for sketchy crime stat neighborhoods. Avoid planes, trains, automobiles, crime buy in NW WOTP minus Palisades

+1 Moving to Arlington from SF would be a huge disappointment IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rough conversion from Bay Area to DC transplant

Kalorama = Sea Cliff/Presidio (for prestige)
Georgetown = Marina
Wharf = SoMa-ish (newer development, pain to get to SFH areas deep in city)
Upper NW/Cleveland Park = Noe Valley
Chevy Chase/Bethesda = Marin
McLean/Great Falls = Atherton
Annandale = Santa Clara (Korean population)
Arlington = Burlingame

On the plus side, you get SO MUCH for your real estate dollar here. Best of luck with your move!

Bwahaha, Bethesda/CC = Marin; in your dreams…
The most prestigious area of DC is Woodland

+1 Woodland Normanstone for the win.