What is the most overrated area (neighborhood, town, etc) in the DC metropolitan area?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entire city of dc
The entire area of Arlington
Anywhere that is not Potomac or Langley zoned McLean

Potomac is a private school. It's not "zoned"

Potomac is a city in Maryland, dumbass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PPs who think Georgetown is overrated are jealous. I worked in Georgetown for almost a year and LOVED it.

+1. I lived there for 4 years and it was fantastic...and quiet on the East side near Dupont. I plan to move back to my house once kids finish public school in NoVa.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Define overrated. I'll add georgetown.

+1. Ugh. Hate it.

I can see hating the corner of Wisconsin and M Streets. But there's much more to it than the shopping strip. And it's pretty wonderful.

yes, if you mean by 'wonderful', walking down the street, minding your own business when you encounter a gaggle of laxbros, one of whom puts his finger in his mouth to wet it and then slides it along your bicep/shoulder as they walk by. *assaultive?wonderful*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PPs who think Georgetown is overrated are jealous. I worked in Georgetown for almost a year and LOVED it.

+1. I lived there for 4 years and it was fantastic...and quiet on the East side near Dupont. I plan to move back to my house once kids finish public school in NoVa.

sure you do

[Anonymous]

I would say my area of McLean is overrated, but it would be greatly improved with a few changes. The Chesterbrook Soviet Safeway stinks, plus all the empty store fronts on the other side of its parking lot is depressing. No sidewalks on Old Dominion and spotty on Old Chesterbrook (come on its narrow and so close to HS- you could eliminate 2 buses buy sidewalking the rest of it). Can't wait for the sidewalk/trail to go in on Kirby. Plus we need a few more restaurants downtown - not fancy ones- just a few more good ones- I'd take Chicken Out back too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Define overrated. I'll add georgetown.

+1. Ugh. Hate it.

I can see hating the corner of Wisconsin and M Streets. But there's much more to it than the shopping strip. And it's pretty wonderful.

yes, if you mean by 'wonderful', walking down the street, minding your own business when you encounter a gaggle of laxbros, one of whom puts his finger in his mouth to wet it and then slides it along your bicep/shoulder as they walk by. *assaultive?wonderful*

I never walked down M or Wisconsin. The neighborhood streets and parks are glorious. We were up near Rose Park.

People that haven't lived there think solely if Harbor and people from McLean on the strip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PPs who think Georgetown is overrated are jealous. I worked in Georgetown for almost a year and LOVED it.

+1. I lived there for 4 years and it was fantastic...and quiet on the East side near Dupont. I plan to move back to my house once kids finish public school in NoVa.

sure you do

Why wouldn't i? The tenants have paid off my mortgage. I miss it!

[Anonymous]

This thread has been a good "come-to-jeebus" eye-opener for me. There are many bitter and childish people on this site, and the entire thread itself is a giant conceit to trolling.

I don't live in Georgetown; I wasn't happy with what I could afford there for 1.5m. But like many of the places listed on this thread, it is probably a wonderful place to live.

This appears to be a collection of people bemoaning areas they cannot afford. Plain-and-simple. Georgetown. Spring Valley. Cleveland Park. Mclean. Etc.

I hope the commenters and OP feel better about their meaningless existences upon having posted. (I don't feel any better about mine, but I wish you a better fate.)

[Anonymous]

Adams Morgan - unless you like drunks, grime and crime. It's like a time capsule out of the urban 1980s.

[Anonymous]

Lake barcroft

[Anonymous]

Georgetown. I really don't understand the appeal. Too much traffic. Too many students. Parking is awful. No metro access. Crime is pretty high for such an expenisve place. There are some beautiful houses, but I would not want to live there.

[Anonymous]

Spring Valley.

Looks like only dead people live there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the "walkable" suburbs. What a joke. You take your life in your hands just trying to get across the street because the car tyranny is so unused to pedestrians. You're a total anomaly and people stare at you like you're a freak from their car stopped at a red light.

Yeah, like pedestrians are never run over in the city!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entire city of dc
The entire area of Arlington
Anywhere that is not Potomac or Langley zoned McLean

Potomac is a private school. It's not "zoned"

Potomac is a city in Maryland, dumbass.

Potomac is NOT a city.

[Anonymous]

Potomac is an abberation. A lot of poor taste.