Clarendon

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Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Yorktown pyramid wasn’t lily white?

It sure was, and we were ready for something different. Clarendon wash't it.

So, if I understand, You only looked for something that wasn’t lily white after school was completed, no? Why not earlier?

Logan circle has been gentrified for 20 years, they are hardly striking out to a real urban neighborhood.

Wow. So many haters out there. Why all the anger/jealousy?

Here's our story. We moved to North Arlington from outside of the DC area many years ago, before our oldest started first grade. We didn't choose where we lived for the lily white schools. In fact, we didn't do a whole lot of research on schools. Our oldest went to kindergarten at a majority minority school and we didn't think anything of it. We chose North Arlington because there was a nice (enough) house available for rent in the area that was very close to metro and I was going to be commuting into DC for work.

Then we just settled into Arlington, buying a larger house on a cul de sac further from the metro and I started to have to drive. Twenty or so lily white years later, our youngest left for college and we decided we wanted to downside into walkable living and public transportation. Because we were so used to Arlington, the obvious place we looked at first was Clarendon. It didn't do it for us at all. Expensive for what you get, and yes, too white. So we starting looking in town and saw lots of options in the Logan/U Street area. This was over ten years ago, and the block we settled on wasn't nearly as gentrified as it is today. And, yes, even today the Logan Circle area is way, way more diverse than Clarendon in every conceivable way, including race. Our neighbors on both sides of us (we're all in rowhomes) are black. How often do you see that in Clarendon?

If the Logan Circle neighborhood isn't "urban," then nowhere in the entire DC area is. It's the most densely population neighborhood in the city. Unless your definition of "urban" means poor?

I doubt many people are jealous of living in Logan Circle, dear.

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So much jealousy and anger here.

Guess not everyone can be pretty and popular.

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Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Racist much?

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Anonymous wrote:Wasn’t ther a thread once women of Clarendon s few weeks back?

There is at least one nut job who hates Clarendon and regularly criticizes the area. Kinda sad that someone feels that much hate and tries to tear it down. Must be pretty miserable in his/her “oasis”.

They have a point. I live in Clarendon and it has gone steeply downhill in the past 5 years. It’s almost starting to look trashy.

Guess you are new to the area.

I heard they might put a Sears there.

Or a big empty parking lot. Or a bunch of used car lots.

You may have heard wrong. 96 of them are closing. https://www.businessinsider.com/sears-to-close-96-more-stores-kmart-list-sears-transformco-2019-11

Woosh

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Anonymous wrote:Clarendon was where young Republicans lived because they thought DC was “sketchy” but I guess those people live at the Navy Yard now and the older ones live in Clarendon now with babies and range rovers.

That's quite the leap! They moved from Clarendon / Glover Park to Navy Yard?!

DP. I don't know if they came from Clarendon but Navy Yard is where for sure the young Trumpster are living. It's in the guide book that the Trumpsters gave out.

Wow, that's the last place I would have pictured them -- seems rather inconvenient to the WH, with the station transfer and all.

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I think Ballston is probably better rated than Clarendon but both are played out in 2020. The cool spots got killed to make way for overpriced luxury condos surrounded in a sea of old 1940s shacks.

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Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Yorktown pyramid wasn’t lily white?

It sure was, and we were ready for something different. Clarendon wash't it.

So, if I understand, You only looked for something that wasn’t lily white after school was completed, no? Why not earlier?

Logan circle has been gentrified for 20 years, they are hardly striking out to a real urban neighborhood.

Wow. So many haters out there. Why all the anger/jealousy?

Here's our story. We moved to North Arlington from outside of the DC area many years ago, before our oldest started first grade. We didn't choose where we lived for the lily white schools. In fact, we didn't do a whole lot of research on schools. Our oldest went to kindergarten at a majority minority school and we didn't think anything of it. We chose North Arlington because there was a nice (enough) house available for rent in the area that was very close to metro and I was going to be commuting into DC for work.

Then we just settled into Arlington, buying a larger house on a cul de sac further from the metro and I started to have to drive. Twenty or so lily white years later, our youngest left for college and we decided we wanted to downside into walkable living and public transportation. Because we were so used to Arlington, the obvious place we looked at first was Clarendon. It didn't do it for us at all. Expensive for what you get, and yes, too white. So we starting looking in town and saw lots of options in the Logan/U Street area. This was over ten years ago, and the block we settled on wasn't nearly as gentrified as it is today. And, yes, even today the Logan Circle area is way, way more diverse than Clarendon in every conceivable way, including race. Our neighbors on both sides of us (we're all in rowhomes) are black. How often do you see that in Clarendon?

If the Logan Circle neighborhood isn't "urban," then nowhere in the entire DC area is. It's the most densely population neighborhood in the city. Unless your definition of "urban" means poor?

You sound old to be on a parenting website.

LOL I'm younger than many of the parents on here with teenagers, that's for sure. Not all of us were foolish enough to wait until our late 30s and 40s to have kids.

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Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Racist much?

It's kinda hard not to have issues with white folks these days. Two out of three white men in this country is a Trump supporter.

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Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Yorktown pyramid wasn’t lily white?

It sure was, and we were ready for something different. Clarendon wash't it.

So, if I understand, You only looked for something that wasn’t lily white after school was completed, no? Why not earlier?

Logan circle has been gentrified for 20 years, they are hardly striking out to a real urban neighborhood.

Wow. So many haters out there. Why all the anger/jealousy?

Here's our story. We moved to North Arlington from outside of the DC area many years ago, before our oldest started first grade. We didn't choose where we lived for the lily white schools. In fact, we didn't do a whole lot of research on schools. Our oldest went to kindergarten at a majority minority school and we didn't think anything of it. We chose North Arlington because there was a nice (enough) house available for rent in the area that was very close to metro and I was going to be commuting into DC for work.

Then we just settled into Arlington, buying a larger house on a cul de sac further from the metro and I started to have to drive. Twenty or so lily white years later, our youngest left for college and we decided we wanted to downside into walkable living and public transportation. Because we were so used to Arlington, the obvious place we looked at first was Clarendon. It didn't do it for us at all. Expensive for what you get, and yes, too white. So we starting looking in town and saw lots of options in the Logan/U Street area. This was over ten years ago, and the block we settled on wasn't nearly as gentrified as it is today. And, yes, even today the Logan Circle area is way, way more diverse than Clarendon in every conceivable way, including race. Our neighbors on both sides of us (we're all in rowhomes) are black. How often do you see that in Clarendon?

If the Logan Circle neighborhood isn't "urban," then nowhere in the entire DC area is. It's the most densely population neighborhood in the city. Unless your definition of "urban" means poor?

You sound old to be on a parenting website.

LOL I'm younger than many of the parents on here with teenagers, that's for sure. Not all of us were foolish enough to wait until our late 30s and 40s to have kids.

Ok but they still have teenagers to parent...your youngest kid is late 20s?

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Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Yorktown pyramid wasn’t lily white?

It sure was, and we were ready for something different. Clarendon wash't it.

So, if I understand, You only looked for something that wasn’t lily white after school was completed, no? Why not earlier?

Logan circle has been gentrified for 20 years, they are hardly striking out to a real urban neighborhood.

Wow. So many haters out there. Why all the anger/jealousy?

Here's our story. We moved to North Arlington from outside of the DC area many years ago, before our oldest started first grade. We didn't choose where we lived for the lily white schools. In fact, we didn't do a whole lot of research on schools. Our oldest went to kindergarten at a majority minority school and we didn't think anything of it. We chose North Arlington because there was a nice (enough) house available for rent in the area that was very close to metro and I was going to be commuting into DC for work.

Then we just settled into Arlington, buying a larger house on a cul de sac further from the metro and I started to have to drive. Twenty or so lily white years later, our youngest left for college and we decided we wanted to downside into walkable living and public transportation. Because we were so used to Arlington, the obvious place we looked at first was Clarendon. It didn't do it for us at all. Expensive for what you get, and yes, too white. So we starting looking in town and saw lots of options in the Logan/U Street area. This was over ten years ago, and the block we settled on wasn't nearly as gentrified as it is today. And, yes, even today the Logan Circle area is way, way more diverse than Clarendon in every conceivable way, including race. Our neighbors on both sides of us (we're all in rowhomes) are black. How often do you see that in Clarendon?

If the Logan Circle neighborhood isn't "urban," then nowhere in the entire DC area is. It's the most densely population neighborhood in the city. Unless your definition of "urban" means poor?

I doubt many people are jealous of living in Logan Circle, dear.

I'm sure you're right. It's the most densely populated part of DC with higher per square foot real estate prices than anywhere else because nobody wants to live here.

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Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Yorktown pyramid wasn’t lily white?

It sure was, and we were ready for something different. Clarendon wash't it.

So, if I understand, You only looked for something that wasn’t lily white after school was completed, no? Why not earlier?

Logan circle has been gentrified for 20 years, they are hardly striking out to a real urban neighborhood.

Wow. So many haters out there. Why all the anger/jealousy?

Here's our story. We moved to North Arlington from outside of the DC area many years ago, before our oldest started first grade. We didn't choose where we lived for the lily white schools. In fact, we didn't do a whole lot of research on schools. Our oldest went to kindergarten at a majority minority school and we didn't think anything of it. We chose North Arlington because there was a nice (enough) house available for rent in the area that was very close to metro and I was going to be commuting into DC for work.

Then we just settled into Arlington, buying a larger house on a cul de sac further from the metro and I started to have to drive. Twenty or so lily white years later, our youngest left for college and we decided we wanted to downside into walkable living and public transportation. Because we were so used to Arlington, the obvious place we looked at first was Clarendon. It didn't do it for us at all. Expensive for what you get, and yes, too white. So we starting looking in town and saw lots of options in the Logan/U Street area. This was over ten years ago, and the block we settled on wasn't nearly as gentrified as it is today. And, yes, even today the Logan Circle area is way, way more diverse than Clarendon in every conceivable way, including race. Our neighbors on both sides of us (we're all in rowhomes) are black. How often do you see that in Clarendon?

If the Logan Circle neighborhood isn't "urban," then nowhere in the entire DC area is. It's the most densely population neighborhood in the city. Unless your definition of "urban" means poor?

I doubt many people are jealous of living in Logan Circle, dear.

I'm sure you're right. It's the most densely populated part of DC with higher per square foot real estate prices than anywhere else because nobody wants to live here.

If you even bothered to read this thread, most people don’t even want to live in DC.

But sure, sweetie, keep thinking we’re jealous of you.

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Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Yorktown pyramid wasn’t lily white?

It sure was, and we were ready for something different. Clarendon wash't it.

So, if I understand, You only looked for something that wasn’t lily white after school was completed, no? Why not earlier?

Logan circle has been gentrified for 20 years, they are hardly striking out to a real urban neighborhood.

Wow. So many haters out there. Why all the anger/jealousy?

Here's our story. We moved to North Arlington from outside of the DC area many years ago, before our oldest started first grade. We didn't choose where we lived for the lily white schools. In fact, we didn't do a whole lot of research on schools. Our oldest went to kindergarten at a majority minority school and we didn't think anything of it. We chose North Arlington because there was a nice (enough) house available for rent in the area that was very close to metro and I was going to be commuting into DC for work.

Then we just settled into Arlington, buying a larger house on a cul de sac further from the metro and I started to have to drive. Twenty or so lily white years later, our youngest left for college and we decided we wanted to downside into walkable living and public transportation. Because we were so used to Arlington, the obvious place we looked at first was Clarendon. It didn't do it for us at all. Expensive for what you get, and yes, too white. So we starting looking in town and saw lots of options in the Logan/U Street area. This was over ten years ago, and the block we settled on wasn't nearly as gentrified as it is today. And, yes, even today the Logan Circle area is way, way more diverse than Clarendon in every conceivable way, including race. Our neighbors on both sides of us (we're all in rowhomes) are black. How often do you see that in Clarendon?

If the Logan Circle neighborhood isn't "urban," then nowhere in the entire DC area is. It's the most densely population neighborhood in the city. Unless your definition of "urban" means poor?

You sound old to be on a parenting website.

LOL I'm younger than many of the parents on here with teenagers, that's for sure. Not all of us were foolish enough to wait until our late 30s and 40s to have kids.

Ok but they still have teenagers to parent...your youngest kid is late 20s?

We are actively involved grandparents, ok? What's your point, exactly? That you have to be a rich white self-centered working mom to be allowed to be on this website?

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tons of great people from all backgrounds

It's really amazing, isn't it? Where else could you find bros from William & Mary AND bros from UVA, all drinking together in the same place? Plus there's the mix of full-time MBAs and executive MBAs, combined with JDs to add a little exotic flavor. Some kids ski in Utah, while others prefer Colorado, and some prefer to go to Europe for spring break. It's a great way for them to learn about different strokes for different folks.

I know! I see ALL SHADES of white people in Clarendon!

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Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Yorktown pyramid wasn’t lily white?

It sure was, and we were ready for something different. Clarendon wash't it.

So, if I understand, You only looked for something that wasn’t lily white after school was completed, no? Why not earlier?

Logan circle has been gentrified for 20 years, they are hardly striking out to a real urban neighborhood.

Wow. So many haters out there. Why all the anger/jealousy?

Here's our story. We moved to North Arlington from outside of the DC area many years ago, before our oldest started first grade. We didn't choose where we lived for the lily white schools. In fact, we didn't do a whole lot of research on schools. Our oldest went to kindergarten at a majority minority school and we didn't think anything of it. We chose North Arlington because there was a nice (enough) house available for rent in the area that was very close to metro and I was going to be commuting into DC for work.

Then we just settled into Arlington, buying a larger house on a cul de sac further from the metro and I started to have to drive. Twenty or so lily white years later, our youngest left for college and we decided we wanted to downside into walkable living and public transportation. Because we were so used to Arlington, the obvious place we looked at first was Clarendon. It didn't do it for us at all. Expensive for what you get, and yes, too white. So we starting looking in town and saw lots of options in the Logan/U Street area. This was over ten years ago, and the block we settled on wasn't nearly as gentrified as it is today. And, yes, even today the Logan Circle area is way, way more diverse than Clarendon in every conceivable way, including race. Our neighbors on both sides of us (we're all in rowhomes) are black. How often do you see that in Clarendon?

If the Logan Circle neighborhood isn't "urban," then nowhere in the entire DC area is. It's the most densely population neighborhood in the city. Unless your definition of "urban" means poor?

I doubt many people are jealous of living in Logan Circle, dear.

I'm sure you're right. It's the most densely populated part of DC with higher per square foot real estate prices than anywhere else because nobody wants to live here.

If you even bothered to read this thread, most people don’t even want to live in DC.

But sure, sweetie, keep thinking we’re jealous of you.

Really? Because all I'm reading on this thread is that nobody wants to live in Clarendon!

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Anonymous wrote:We lived in a leafy neighborhood in Arlington in a Yorktown pyramid for many years. When our kids graduated high school we looked at Clarendon as a reasonable substitute for walkable urban living, but the housing stock sucked and was overpriced and the neighborhood too lily white. We ended up moving to Logan Circle and are glad we did.

Yorktown pyramid wasn’t lily white?

It sure was, and we were ready for something different. Clarendon wash't it.

So, if I understand, You only looked for something that wasn’t lily white after school was completed, no? Why not earlier?

Logan circle has been gentrified for 20 years, they are hardly striking out to a real urban neighborhood.

Wow. So many haters out there. Why all the anger/jealousy?

Here's our story. We moved to North Arlington from outside of the DC area many years ago, before our oldest started first grade. We didn't choose where we lived for the lily white schools. In fact, we didn't do a whole lot of research on schools. Our oldest went to kindergarten at a majority minority school and we didn't think anything of it. We chose North Arlington because there was a nice (enough) house available for rent in the area that was very close to metro and I was going to be commuting into DC for work.

Then we just settled into Arlington, buying a larger house on a cul de sac further from the metro and I started to have to drive. Twenty or so lily white years later, our youngest left for college and we decided we wanted to downside into walkable living and public transportation. Because we were so used to Arlington, the obvious place we looked at first was Clarendon. It didn't do it for us at all. Expensive for what you get, and yes, too white. So we starting looking in town and saw lots of options in the Logan/U Street area. This was over ten years ago, and the block we settled on wasn't nearly as gentrified as it is today. And, yes, even today the Logan Circle area is way, way more diverse than Clarendon in every conceivable way, including race. Our neighbors on both sides of us (we're all in rowhomes) are black. How often do you see that in Clarendon?

If the Logan Circle neighborhood isn't "urban," then nowhere in the entire DC area is. It's the most densely population neighborhood in the city. Unless your definition of "urban" means poor?

I doubt many people are jealous of living in Logan Circle, dear.

I'm sure you're right. It's the most densely populated part of DC with higher per square foot real estate prices than anywhere else because nobody wants to live here.

If you even bothered to read this thread, most people don’t even want to live in DC.

But sure, sweetie, keep thinking we’re jealous of you.

Really? Because all I'm reading on this thread is that nobody wants to live in Clarendon!

Lol you got me there! I got my threads mixed up. My bad.

See the DC suburb thread.