Upper NW DC the "Suburbs"?
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Anonymous
| Definitely not. I grew up in suburban NJ. NWDC is not suburban. |
Anonymous
| The architects of neighborhood in Chevy Chase—parts of which do in fact border RCP near St. John’s and Tenple Sinai—meant to create a suburban feel in the city. Technically, we are urban, even if the neighborhood has a suburban aesthetic. |
Anonymous
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I live in AU park and grew up in CCDC. I consider these neighborhoods to be “suburban” but I don’t say I live in “the suburbs”.
Doesn’t really make sense, I know. 
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Anonymous
Brooklyn is literally called the 1st suburb in the US. It’s not about feel it’s about it being the suburb. |
Anonymous
It’s a copy of kentlands, which was one of the first new urbanism concepts in the country. I personally much prefer kentlands, but to each their own. |
Anonymous
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If you have to ask you are what you hope you’re not.
DC isn’t that big of a city and true urban areas are rare. You’re a suburban Washingtonian. That is better in the Braggy pecking order than suburban Arlington but not as cool as Capitol Hill, Georgetown, DuPont, Chinatown or any of the quintessential city parts. You’re like the moms who live on Rockville pike and claim (north) Bethesda. Yes you technically live in an area named Bethesda but that isn’t where people who think of Bethesda will think you live. It is called posturing or fronting. You are posturing you are urban because you have a DC address. Your not. If all your neighbors are white while you live in chocolate city, start to question if you really live in the city. If your street is above the letters, you’re not that urban Funny part of you simply claimed the burbs and then broke out where you lived people would defend you saying it isn’t burb hell there. By claiming city you just come of jonesy |
Anonymous
+1000. spot on. Upper Caucasia is not urban. |
Anonymous
I grew up in suburban Jersey as well and I agree it is very difference than NWDC. But Bethesda and Arlington are also very different from where I grew up. Would you consider them suburban? |
Anonymous
CCDC is more gridlike and has more sidewalks. I’m sure there are other differences, but those are the ones I’ve noticed. |
Anonymous
The grid is what marks the transition from urban to suburban. |
Anonymous
| It’s definitely the suburbs. Not a city. |
Anonymous
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Please define the boundaries of CCDC. Someone here said Barnaby Woods and neighborhoods bordering RCP/Oregon Avenue are not part of CCDC? That's not true.
Also that whole area is suburban but is not the suburbs. |
Anonymous
| DC isn’t “Chocolate City” anymore. The white and Asian population combines to be over 50 percent of the population. |
Anonymous
Brooklyn and Queens offer very mixed housing options. NWDC is definitely a lot more residential than either of them overall. There are areas of Brooklyn that are similar in density to NWDC, but they are still better covered by subway access, closer and more frequent subway stops, more commercial strips in closer walking distance than NWDC, not as car oriented, as commercial establishments don't offer parking for the most part. There are clearly suburban parts of Queens that are far from subway, but overall Brooklyn and Queens have large swaths of rowhouse/apartment building density that is closer in nature to DC core areas and not residential NWDC. DC itself is about as dense as Brooklyn and Queens, it's a mid rise and rowhouse density. NWDC has a more urban feel only around its main streets near metro stations, but metro stations are very far apart IMHO to make the entirety of this area feel urban. It's more like a denser suburb, then a city. |
Anonymous
| Once you get far enough north, it’s suburban enough whether west or east of the park. All the big houses with yards in Shepherd Pk north to the DC-MD line. Not as easy for some of you to criticize but equally as suburban. |