Gay freindly neighborhoods?

[Anonymous]

OP -- how old are your kids? According to the Post, Crestwood is the third gayest neighborhood in DC and currently IB for Deal and Wilson, and IB for Deal until a new MS gets built or the new mayor changes the DME boundary plan. Lots of lovely homes with nice yards, friendly community with many families, easy commute to downtown, and immediate proximity to Rock Creek Park. My family loves living here.

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Anonymous wrote:Shepherd Park in DC. Kinda crunchy, similar to Takoma Park (which, I've heard, has some good schools). Two same-sex couples on my block and more in the neighborhood. Many of these families have kids. Neighbors send their kids to Shepherd Elementary (good, and getting better), Lowell (private school in the neighborhood), or try their luck w/the lottery.

Agree. I also live in the neighborhood. There are many same sex couples (and a few single).

[Anonymous]

I love that this thread started to argue that TkPk or Old Town Alexandria are hip. I love you people. Thank you for the laugh!

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Anonymous wrote:Dupont has Ross School. Several same sex parents there and the school is great.

I would not call it great.
It's better than what it used to be a few years back, but the calibur of certain teachers does not compare with the better elementary schools just north of Dupont.

In the most recent DC-CAS results, Ross was ranked second in the city, behind only Mann.

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Anonymous wrote:Come to Falls Church City. You're welcome here!

Are you frigging kidding?

Nope. Several happy gay families in our neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Takoma Park ES has a significant testing disparity for black and brown kids, so it is not great for every one. The last year the school gave the test was 2012 but I wonder if things have changed much. If the OP is of color, there are other schools that do a better job, Veirs Mill being one of them.

[Anonymous]

OP, please stay out of Takoma Park. You may be gay, but you sound awfully narrow minded.

Maybe we could create a bumper sticker about you: "Narrow, Not Straight."

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Anonymous wrote:Okay - what the f%k is gay friendly? Is that equivalent to a particular percentage of area residents who are gay or is it discernible by a certain number of rainbow bumper stickers? What the hell constitutes a gay friendly neighborhood?

A neighborhood where parents don't teach their kids that kids with gay parents are not "normal" but we should accept them anyway.

Best proxy for that? Democratic election signs and no crosses burning on the lawn.

Kids with gay parents may be normal. Patents are not

Indeed, but they make the Carlyle area near Old Town, home of the PTO, so much hipper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you new to DC? It's a gay city, my entire neighborhood is gay couples, young families and old black grandmothers - I love it!

You know...this is actually pretty accurate lol.

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I think your attitude says it all. Maybe Bethesda.., where they are known for friendliness.

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Anonymous wrote:I know a few gay couples with kids at our elementary in No. Arlington and as far as I can tell they are treated just the same as everyone else. My kids know it's completely normal for kids to have two moms or two dads.

Fixed that for ya.

It's not normal (basic biology) but it is accepted. There's a difference.

What's "not normal?" Are adopted children by a straight couple "not normal?"

[Anonymous]

Capitol Hill is gay friendly with many homes occupied by gay couples, but it doesn't wear that on its sleeve -- people won't think "Oh, yeah, that gay neighborhood." Schools are a mixed bag -- public for the adventurous, charters for those less so, and a wide variety of private schools accessible on Metrorail's red, blue, orange, or silver lines.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you even looked at Takoma Park schools? Or are you referring to Takoma DC? Because Takoma Park schools are pretty good, and the Takoma EC in DC is also up and coming.

Not everyone wants to live in a tiny house in an area with poor schools, and be surrounded by a bunch of crunchy hippies. Just because someone is gay, doesn't mean they're a hippie. I looked in Takoma Park when I was buying, and I found the houses to be tiny, the yards sloppily maintained, and the driveways tiny or non-existent.

thanks, Takoma park pretty much sucks ass for modern sophisticated and tidy gay couples. People talk about it like it's amazing but in reality it's a piece of crap.

OP here-10 years ago we looked at Takoma park-the homes were tiny (and overpriced), Piney Branch (near Flower Ave) looked like a crowded 3rd world country, and it bordered some questionable looking neighborhoods-I know the schools have decent reps-TPES, TPMS and Blair-but it still does not seem so great to me. The hippies can be just as annoying as the snobs of Bethesda so a decent mix would be ok-ya know cause "diversity".

Wow, OP, for someone looking for a gay-friendly neighborhood, you don't seem to mind flying the flag for other kinds of bigotry.

[Anonymous]

Just because the OP is not drinking the TPK kool-aid, then she must be a bigot?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just because the OP is not drinking the TPK kool-aid, then she must be a bigot?

No, it's all the other stuff about 3rd world country and "diversity" that makes OP sound like a jerk.