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Where to look around DC? Please help with neighborhoods!
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Anonymous
But it wasn't overpriced because someone was very willing to pay the price. |
Anonymous
I don't understand why you are so bitter about people living in DC. For some of us, it has nothing to do with social climbing, but rather, being able to walk to parks, shops and restaurants and having a short commute so we can spend more time with our kids. And yes, telework is great, but not everyone can/wants to telework. Even if the commute is not a factor, some people prefer a more urban lifestyle. Why does this disturb you so much? |
Anonymous
It's a "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" question. Were the city dwellers putting down the suburbs first (referring to it as "slumburbia" and telling those in the suburbs to "go enjoy Wal-Mart and Applebees") or were the suburbanites putting down the city dwellers first (referring to them as "social climbers" and making fun of both DCPS and the private schools some DC residents send their kids to)? Personally, as one suburbanite, I'm certainly not "bitter" about anyone who chooses to live in DC. Did it for years and, had the city been more hospitable to families in the 90s, we would have stayed. Instead, we got Marion Barry, the crack epidemic and related gang violence, the race riots in Mount Pleasant, drug-dealing neighbors, and the nutcase who drove around Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights shooting people in the face with a sawed-off rifle until he was caught on Sherman Avenue. Some current city residents seem not to have any appreciation of how bad things used to be, or any sense that conditions in DC could deteriorate if funds cease to flow to the federal government in such large quantities. Others hesitate not a moment in proclaiming the superiority of their choices (or, as they like to say, their "values") and claiming that everyone would live in a neighborhood as "walkable" as their own, if only they had a choice. I don't doubt, however, that there's a suburban version of this type of discourse that celebrates larger lots, bigger houses, and the ethnic diversity that exists in many DC suburbs compared to DC. If people could just keep the adage "different strokes for different folks" in mind, threads would undoubtedly be more civil. |
Anonymous
You talk about different strokes but then you start by bashing DC. You're talking about things that are 20yrs old. There are no race riots now. There are no crackheads in Chevy Chase DC (except the loser trustfunders) but all I see is highly educated Ivy Leaguers. Secondly if funds stop flowing from the government its the relatively poor government workers that live in Fairfax County and elsewhere that will be hurt first. You think the people buying $900k homes in CCDC are toiling at some Department? No it's you middle class suburbanites with your 4hr commutes. And you can get lots just as big as any suburb in DC if you could afford it (which you obviously couldn't). Don't knock it just because you cant afford it. |
Anonymous
Your post could be more troll-like, but it's rather hard to imagine how. My experience was almost 20 years ago, and it wasn't a bash of DC. It was context for why I'm personally not "bitter" about where people live and understand why people move in different directions and favor different locations. If it makes you feel better, I'll readily agree that some people may move to DC as soon as they can afford it, whether to shorten their commute, live within walking distance of a favorite restaurant, or for other reasons. We could afford Chevy Chase, Forest Hills, Spring Valley and just about any neighborhood in DC other than, perhaps, Kalorama. Don't really want to live in the city right now, and my 20-45 minute commute doesn't bother me. By the way, if all you see in DC are "highly educated Ivy Leaguers," you ought to get out more. That sounds pretty depressing. |