DC Area Rankings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Forgot that there are also a couple of hair salons, a nail salon, a CVS, two bookstores (if you include both East City and Capitol Hill Books), an ice cream shop, a cake shop, a public library and Eastern Market itself.

There is more if you are willing to venture a few blocks further into the neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Forgot that there are also a couple of hair salons, a nail salon, a CVS, two bookstores (if you include both East City and Capitol Hill Books), an ice cream shop, a cake shop, a public library and Eastern Market itself.

There is more if you are willing to venture a few blocks further into the neighborhood.

yeah we're near eastern market and love it. it has everything you regularly need (food, medical, shopping, transit close by), so we don't really need to leave to get anything done.

i will say that we don't have tons of cool restaurants like shaw/14th. i do miss living over there sometimes. but day-to-day, it's great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is a little project, if you may. Please rank these areas according to best deal for safety, walkability, metro access, prestige, shopping and dinning.

Kalorama, Columbia Heights, Capitol Hill, Logan Circle, Shaw

Who is both able to buy in Kalorama and considering Columbia Heights. I'm trying to picture that buyer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a little project, if you may. Please rank these areas according to best deal for safety, walkability, metro access, prestige, shopping and dinning.

Kalorama, Columbia Heights, Capitol Hill, Logan Circle, Shaw

Who is both able to buy in Kalorama and considering Columbia Heights. I'm trying to picture that buyer

Kalorama went to @#% when Jared and Ivanka moved in - so maybe people looking for greener pastures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a little project, if you may. Please rank these areas according to best deal for safety, walkability, metro access, prestige, shopping and dinning.

Kalorama, Columbia Heights, Capitol Hill, Logan Circle, Shaw

Who is both able to buy in Kalorama and considering Columbia Heights. I'm trying to picture that buyer

May be not buyer himself but realtor trying to make him buy something if there aren’t many properties within his budget. Realtor just wants to close the deal and earn the commission. Why wait when you can lure him towards Columbia Heights. Realtor doesn’t have to live there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a little project, if you may. Please rank these areas according to best deal for safety, walkability, metro access, prestige, shopping and dinning.

Kalorama, Columbia Heights, Capitol Hill, Logan Circle, Shaw

Who is both able to buy in Kalorama and considering Columbia Heights. I'm trying to picture that buyer

Kalorama went to @#% when Jared and Ivanka moved in - so maybe people looking for greener pastures.

The Obamas were still there during Jared and Ivanka times. Also Bezos bought a place there a year or two ago.

[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.

You don’t know Kalorama or Dupont Circle, do you? There’s a pharmacy at Conn and Florida—2 blocks away, or just outside your doorstep depending on where you live in Kalorama. Plenty of banks and bars and hair and nail salons and such on DuPont Circle.

And who wants to live next door to, or right above, a bar anyway? All this bragging about “steps to bars” isn’t a selling point for people who like to sleep after midnight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

We settled on Logan/U Street as empty nesters. We actually looked hard at Capital Hill first, though. It's pretty and quaint and does offer things to walk to -- but you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting a toddler or a stroller, and it seemed to us that that was all the neighborhood catered to. And considering that poster after poster here is saying "yea, with kids you gotta go with Capital Hill" I don't think we were off base. I realize that H Street has decent offerings for the non-mommy crowd, but the question of where H Street would fit in wasn't asked by OP -- and if it was Logan would trump it anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Forgot that there are also a couple of hair salons, a nail salon, a CVS, two bookstores (if you include both East City and Capitol Hill Books), an ice cream shop, a cake shop, a public library and Eastern Market itself.

There is more if you are willing to venture a few blocks further into the neighborhood.

All true, but also all spread out over a much wider area than Logan -- which, by definition, makes Logan much more walkable and explains why Logan's walk score is 97 and Capital Hill's is 88.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

You don’t know Kalorama or Dupont Circle, do you? There’s a pharmacy at Conn and Florida—2 blocks away, or just outside your doorstep depending on where you live in Kalorama. Plenty of banks and bars and hair and nail salons and such on DuPont Circle.

And who wants to live next door to, or right above, a bar anyway? All this bragging about “steps to bars” isn’t a selling point for people who like to sleep after midnight.

Dupont isn't Kalorama. And I gave a long list of amenities that included bars, yes, but only after another poster tried to extol Kalorama's walkability by talking about restaurants and literally nothing else. Oh, and most people living in Logan don't live next to or on top of a bar.

[Anonymous]

Areas with families tend to be safer, which is always a plus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

You don’t know Kalorama or Dupont Circle, do you? There’s a pharmacy at Conn and Florida—2 blocks away, or just outside your doorstep depending on where you live in Kalorama. Plenty of banks and bars and hair and nail salons and such on DuPont Circle.

And who wants to live next door to, or right above, a bar anyway? All this bragging about “steps to bars” isn’t a selling point for people who like to sleep after midnight.

Dupont isn't Kalorama. And I gave a long list of amenities that included bars, yes, but only after another poster tried to extol Kalorama's walkability by talking about restaurants and literally nothing else. Oh, and most people living in Logan don't live next to or on top of a bar.

You’re pushing Logan because it’s supposedly steps to everything. Which is it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

You don’t know Kalorama or Dupont Circle, do you? There’s a pharmacy at Conn and Florida—2 blocks away, or just outside your doorstep depending on where you live in Kalorama. Plenty of banks and bars and hair and nail salons and such on DuPont Circle.

And who wants to live next door to, or right above, a bar anyway? All this bragging about “steps to bars” isn’t a selling point for people who like to sleep after midnight.

Dupont isn't Kalorama. And I gave a long list of amenities that included bars, yes, but only after another poster tried to extol Kalorama's walkability by talking about restaurants and literally nothing else. Oh, and most people living in Logan don't live next to or on top of a bar.

You’re pushing Logan because it’s supposedly steps to everything. Which is it?

Steps, yes. On top of or next to, no. You must be obtuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

You don’t know Kalorama or Dupont Circle, do you? There’s a pharmacy at Conn and Florida—2 blocks away, or just outside your doorstep depending on where you live in Kalorama. Plenty of banks and bars and hair and nail salons and such on DuPont Circle.

And who wants to live next door to, or right above, a bar anyway? All this bragging about “steps to bars” isn’t a selling point for people who like to sleep after midnight.

Dupont isn't Kalorama. And I gave a long list of amenities that included bars, yes, but only after another poster tried to extol Kalorama's walkability by talking about restaurants and literally nothing else. Oh, and most people living in Logan don't live next to or on top of a bar.

You’re pushing Logan because it’s supposedly steps to everything. Which is it?

Steps, yes. On top of or next to, no. You must be obtuse.

Steps to==next to. Keep your story straight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

You don’t know Kalorama or Dupont Circle, do you? There’s a pharmacy at Conn and Florida—2 blocks away, or just outside your doorstep depending on where you live in Kalorama. Plenty of banks and bars and hair and nail salons and such on DuPont Circle.

And who wants to live next door to, or right above, a bar anyway? All this bragging about “steps to bars” isn’t a selling point for people who like to sleep after midnight.

Dupont isn't Kalorama. And I gave a long list of amenities that included bars, yes, but only after another poster tried to extol Kalorama's walkability by talking about restaurants and literally nothing else. Oh, and most people living in Logan don't live next to or on top of a bar.

You’re pushing Logan because it’s supposedly steps to everything. Which is it?

Steps, yes. On top of or next to, no. You must be obtuse.

Steps to==next to. Keep your story straight.

You're getting desperate.