Which neighborhood do I want to live in?
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Anonymous
Woodley Park is a better option, given Oyster, especially if OP cares about bilingual ed. |
Anonymous
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Noe Valley.
Paris. oh, sorry, just answering for myself if I had that criteria. |
Anonymous
Paris is a good one, but I'd probably pick Barcelona. Noe Valley, like SF in general, doesn't have a good public school system. |
Anonymous
Those aren't great schools. Many would say not even good schools. |
Anonymous
No longer in DC area, but had same search criteria and Lyon Village was the one place that nailed #s 1-7 on OP's list. However, that is why it never meets #8. Inventory has been next to zero for a decade now and most get sold before they even hit the market. PPs mentioned some great neighborhoods, but none have all 7. |
Anonymous
While it is very difficult, it is not impossible to buy a house there. We lucked out earlier this year, very happy. |
Anonymous
The housing stock in Lyon Village is a mixed bag, regardless of what's on the market at any particular time. Some nice houses, but many ugly McMansions on small lots and some older homes that aren't very nice, either. |
Anonymous
Do you ever tire of posting this inflammatory accusation? I value diversity and my kids spend plenty of time with the children who attend J-H, because they play in the same public parks, and at the rec center, and other places around town. I think it's a travesty that some kids in this part of Old Town have to go to a school that cannot even meet state accreditation standards. It is by all accounts a failing school. |
Anonymous
Op here. We would not rule out anything based on budget, although I don't know that we really need to spend what we can afford or even close. If you must have an upper limit $5,000,000 or a bit more if there was some truly compelling property. |
Anonymous
Op here. I was just using walk score to stress how important walk ability is to me. I previously lived in a place that was a 100. There is a difference between 100 and low 90s. |
Anonymous
Op here. I cannot imagine anywhere sufficiently walkable would not have a metro. |
Anonymous
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OP, if you want public schools, I'd rule out NWDC. The school system remains corrupt - check out the recent massaging of test scores.
That leaves Bethesda & CC. Best for true 90s to 100 walk ability are FH/Somerset, FH/CC, Edgemoor, CC off Wisconsin close to Bethesda, downtown Bethesda if you will do a condo or townhouse (no single families except Edgemoor), or East Bethesda. Someone erroneously posted about FH shopping. There is a Giant & a Whole Foods. Most of these neighborhoods feed into BCC with exception of parts of Edgemoor, which go to Pyle. Pyle is much whiter than BCC. Look at stats on MCPS site. Edgemoor, while Democratic / liberal, also tends to be far snobbier than the other neighborhoods. Suggest you walk these neighborhoods for a feel. |
Anonymous
Also check out AC. Arlington County is tiny and they focus on their schools. Excellent schools while maintaining walkability in many neighborhoods. (Walk scores are some of the highest). Many walkable neighborhoods in Clarendon--trader joes, whole foods, movie theater at courthouse, tons of coffee shops, toy store, yogurt shops, gyms, restaurants (which aren't chains which DCUM likes to state). Huge changes in the last year. Close to Georgetown and Downtown. There are a zillion kids in this area. |
Anonymous
| If OP can afford 5 million, she can definitely afford CHDS and a nice place on East Capitol. I would not count the ability to walk to a Trader Joes or the outside mall that is now Clarendon a "walkable neighborhood" -- pretty generic and lame and surrounded by a lot of really busy roads. |
Anonymous
You might not like Clarendon, fine, but you clearly don't know what you're talking about. Clarendon is surrounded by Lyon Village, Lyon Park and Ashton Heights -- very quiet and extremely walkable neighborhoods. The Orange Line Corridor is one of the most walkable places in the DC area. |