Main diff. between Cleveland Park/Forest Hills & Chevy Chase?

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Anonymous wrote:Forest Hills and Cleveland Park have stately houses, Chevy Chase DC really doesn't have the same caliber of house (however, the little area on the side near Friendshipheights does have some gorgeous properties). Also, Forest Hills lots are incredible, very big, quite a few parts that are extremely walkable, not as isolated as Chevy Chase DC. All three areas are lovely, just depends on what you like. Many parts of Cleveland park are more heavily trafficked and congested that the other two neighborhoods as well.

But what is forest hills walkable to? Are they getting any new retail? Seems odd to me there's so little in that strip.

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One end of Forest Hills, the upper end, Politics and Pros, dry cleaners, liquor store, gas station, several very good restaurants, bank, nail place, cvs, a bit more of a hike-2o minute walk but tenley town is very doable, very walkable to Murch and the Forest hills playgrounds, depending on where in Forest Hills, ie the lower end, you are you can walk to the Vaness/UDC metro station, Bread Furst, Zips, more restaurants etc. various farmers markets. I'm sure I'm missing some things but you get the idea. Now, Forest Hills is quite a large neighborhood, hence the mega lots and houses, and the closer you get to the park obviously the less walkability you have. My point is that compared to some neighborhoods there are quite a few homes in Forest Hills that are very walkable, have metro and bus access, and easy access to down town via the parkway or Connecticut ave. Plus, right within the neighborhood are great trails, ie the Soapstone Valley trail.

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Anonymous wrote:Beware of "North Cleveland Park" - it's a dead zone between Cleveland Park and AU Park west of Connecticut Avenue full of ugly houses.

It's also the fastest appreciating neighborhood in DC -- 75% appreciation since 2014. Most buyers obviously don't think it's an ugly dead zone.

I'd have happily bought in North Cleveland Park--one of the most walkable areas in upper NW, with a wide range of houses. We ended up in a walkable part of Forest Hills, but it was not our first choice.

Do you like where you bought? I also really like Cleveland park and north Cleveland park but there's been so little inventory so thinking of expanding the search to include forest hills.

Yes, very happy. Nice house, tons of Murch families, close to the P&P strip (but I'm a different forest hills poster from the one immediately above). Never want to move again.

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Anonymous wrote:Transit. Cleveland Park & Forest Hills are on the metro line. Chevy Chase is not.

this is news to me, as a Chevy Chase resident who is a 7 minute walk to the Friendship Hts metro.

most of chevy chase is not close to metro. yes, the part near/in friendship heights is but more than 80% of CCDC is at least a 15-20 minute walk from it. But same can be said for Forest Hills - there are large parts that are not that close to metro. Whereas almost all of CP is no more than a 10 minute walk from metro.

Still no. Everything west of Connecticut in ccdc is 10 mins or less from friendship heights station. Meanwhile, evidently unbeknownst to geography-challenged you, a lot of actual, historic Cleveland Park is along Wisconsin ave and ~macomb and a real hike to the CP station

How about this? Some of ccdc is walkable to metro (meaning 10 min walk or less) but most is not. Most of CP is walkable to metro but some is not. That is certainly true. And most people think of ccdc as the large part of it that's east of ct Ave. even though the western part is technically ccdc most think of it as friendship heights. and most people think of CP as the parts around CT ave not the small part west of Wisconsin which most people think of as the cathedral area even though it's technically in cp.

That's because Cleveland Park doesn't extend west of Wisconsin Ave. That area is variously known as McLean Gardens, Cathedral Heights or "Cathedral Commons" (yuck )

Sure it does. Check the boundaries for the Cleveland park swim club

That's the anomaly, for reasons particular to the club's history (founded when McLean Gardens was an estate). And the CPC site notes that the club membership area includes Cleveland Park and parts of McLean Gardens, Woodley Park and North Cleveland Park.

The boundaries of the Cleveland Park Historic District, the CP Citizens Association and Wikipedia's write up (for what's that's worth) don't extend west of Wisconsin.

http://www.clevelandparkhistoricalsociety.org/historic-district/

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/DC_neighborhoods_map.png

http://www.cpcadc.org/boundaries/

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NP. Love Forest Hills. Highly walkable on the south end, and very excited about the new retail coming in with the new buildings on Connecticut.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Love Forest Hills. Highly walkable on the south end, and very excited about the new retail coming in with the new buildings on Connecticut.

PP again. I think the north end of FH is actually the best relative bargain in terms of location and price. Lacks a walkable grocery store or Metro access though, which is its biggest drawback. But if you're comfortable with Peapod as primary grocery, and don't need metro, I'd look there.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Love Forest Hills. Highly walkable on the south end, and very excited about the new retail coming in with the new buildings on Connecticut.

True. But the UDC presence and the ugly buildings are a downer for the neighborhood.