best community-feel neighborhoods in DC

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Anonymous wrote:Brookdale CCMD right over the line from DC

Does it actually feel neighborhoody though? Or is it full of boomers and empty nesters.

Every time we’ve walked through this neighborhood it’s been completely dead. Never saw a kid, only older folks walking dogs.

I’ve heard a lot about how family friendly this neighborhood is - anyone living there currently can chime in? what’s the percentage of young her families versus kids in ms/hs versus empty nesters?

What’s the neighborhood dynamic like? Are people friendly ? Nosy? Lots of frequent complainers over small inconveniences?

I live there with kids under 5. People are very friendly and help out with little things like watering plants and getting the mail when we're on vacation. But at the same time they're not nosy. A big highlight for us is there's no HOA and also there's no need for one if you know what i mean. The neighborhood has 3 fantastic parks / playgrounds (2 are just across the street from the neighborhood proper). We moved from DC, which is right across western, and for us it's the best blend of sub/urban

Meant to add there's a big kiddie social scene but maybe you need to hang out at the parks or go to the local schools to get into it. The neighbood association often holds holiday parties, parades and block parties. Come through for Halloween if you can!

Is this Brookdale or Westmoreland Hills?

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McLean Gardens

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Anonymous wrote:Brookdale CCMD right over the line from DC

Does it actually feel neighborhoody though? Or is it full of boomers and empty nesters.

Every time we’ve walked through this neighborhood it’s been completely dead. Never saw a kid, only older folks walking dogs.

I’ve heard a lot about how family friendly this neighborhood is - anyone living there currently can chime in? what’s the percentage of young her families versus kids in ms/hs versus empty nesters?

What’s the neighborhood dynamic like? Are people friendly ? Nosy? Lots of frequent complainers over small inconveniences?

I live there with kids under 5. People are very friendly and help out with little things like watering plants and getting the mail when we're on vacation. But at the same time they're not nosy. A big highlight for us is there's no HOA and also there's no need for one if you know what i mean. The neighborhood has 3 fantastic parks / playgrounds (2 are just across the street from the neighborhood proper). We moved from DC, which is right across western, and for us it's the best blend of sub/urban

Meant to add there's a big kiddie social scene but maybe you need to hang out at the parks or go to the local schools to get into it. The neighbood association often holds holiday parties, parades and block parties. Come through for Halloween if you can!

Is this Brookdale or Westmoreland Hills?

Brookdale. Idk about Westmoreland Hills but I heard it's nice too, just not as close-in and walkable

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Definitely Takoma DC or Takoma Park, MD

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Palisades

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Anonymous wrote:Glover Park!

Nah. It’s for college kids throwing keggers.

true for so long, but thank the pandemic for making GP one of the whitest, economically, and politically homogeneous neighborhoods in DC! It's like a mirror image of some HOA townhouse or SFH new build plat in Loudoun or Leesburg. Everyone gets along great, because it's the "urban" version of Mayberry! Everyone is out on their front porch, befriending everyone who is just like them, paid 1.3 million, and has a mortgage under 3 percent.

Translation: Community-feel.

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Anonymous wrote:Town of Somerset in Chevy Chase, MD has this. In neighborhood elementary MCPS, pool, swim team, tennis courts. 1/2 mile from Friendship Heights metro

+1 - the best.

Does Somerset include Brookdale? They seem to share the same zipcode.

No they are two distinct neighborhoods. Both awesome.

+1 Brookdale, Somerset, Westmoreland Hills, Westbrook. All have this but some variation street by street just depending on the specific families/ages.

Not all have sidewalks but much of Somerset does.

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Wakefield and North Cleveland Park (specifically between Reno and Wisconsin) and some blocks in Woodley Park.

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AU park, Glover park.

AU park in particular is great because everything you need is within a 1-mile walkable radius

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Anonymous wrote:Wakefield and North Cleveland Park (specifically between Reno and Wisconsin) and some blocks in Woodley Park.

Which parts of Woodley? Basically just the townhouse portion? We’re looking for a SFH/small yard.

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Anonymous wrote:Chevy Chase DC has this. Super family friendly, very neighborly. Lafayette Elementary really ties it together.

CCDC but Murch not Lafayette, which is full of Karens.

I will vouch that Chevy Chase DC (Lafayette side) is incredible for children and young families. People like the Murch side, too. Good luck if looking to buy in these areas though - inventory is well below demand.

Karens are everywhere but I haven't had many run-ins in my corner of CCDC in the years I've lived there.

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Anonymous wrote:Glover Park!

Nah. It’s for college kids throwing keggers.

true for so long, but thank the pandemic for making GP one of the whitest, economically, and politically homogeneous neighborhoods in DC! It's like a mirror image of some HOA townhouse or SFH new build plat in Loudoun or Leesburg. Everyone gets along great, because it's the "urban" version of Mayberry! Everyone is out on their front porch, befriending everyone who is just like them, paid 1.3 million, and has a mortgage under 3 percent.

Translation: Community-feel.

Thank the pandemic? GP was as you describe for many, many years before that.

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Anonymous wrote:Glover Park!

Nah. It’s for college kids throwing keggers.

true for so long, but thank the pandemic for making GP one of the whitest, economically, and politically homogeneous neighborhoods in DC! It's like a mirror image of some HOA townhouse or SFH new build plat in Loudoun or Leesburg. Everyone gets along great, because it's the "urban" version of Mayberry! Everyone is out on their front porch, befriending everyone who is just like them, paid 1.3 million, and has a mortgage under 3 percent.

Translation: Community-feel.

Ouch, as a Glover Parker, the truth stings.

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Anonymous wrote:Wakefield, the triangle formed by Connecticut, Nebraska, and Albemarle. Always kids walking to and from Murch/Deal/JR. Single-family homes and apartment buildings, so a range of housing options. Murch playground serves as a community meeting place. Lovely neighborhood.

Have you lived there awhile? We walk through here to go to the Sheridan School farmer’s market or Politics and Prose, and the people seems super unfriendly. Won’t even give the standard nod.

I live across Conn Ave in Forest Hills but am in Wakefield a lot and have never experienced what you’re describing.

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Why would anyone want to live in DC?