NWDC and safety

[Anonymous]

Woodley Park.

[Anonymous]

Why not Georgetown, Kalorama, Woolley Park? Those are the top neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

If you are coming from Boston to the DC area, I think you will be disappointed. Are you sure you want to make this move?

If so, then I would go suburban. DC is not nearly as nice of a city as Boston. I have lived in DC for 22 years, and Boston is just nicer.

The suburbs of DC can be quite pleasant though, especially if your budget is at least $1.5 million.

[Anonymous]

I think you will be happiest in north bethesda/Kensington/Garrett park. Yes they look/feel more sprawl-y than Cambridge (more akin to Somerville) but they still have walkability high end food stores etc. plus they are very safe with reliably good schools.

[Anonymous]

OMG. Visit these suburbs first. It’s saying a lot that most DC people have never gone there on purpose. What a terrible idea for your life quality and your $

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People referencing NWDC are usually talking about west of Rock Creek Park (“WOTP”). Chevy Chase is in that area. It’s very safe. There are some other areas of NW that are east of Rock Creek Park (“EOTP”) that are also safe but depending on where you are, the schools aren’t great. Then there are some areas of NW EOTP that I wouldn’t recommend if you’re worried about safety (fwiw I don’t necessarily consider them unsafe but if you’re worried about it, you may not be comfortable there)

which areas are those? (the NW EOTP ones you refer to)

NW EOTP is huge. Shepherd Park/Colonial Village (as a PP mentioned most similar to WOTP and best schools), Takoma, Brightwood, Manor Park, Brightwood Park, Petworth, Columbia Heights, 16th St Heights, Mount Pleasant, Crestwood (also skews wealthy), Adams Morgan.

Which ones are safest is probably subjective. Some more searching will reveal that Petworth, Columbia Heights, and Brightwood Park tend to be problem areas. I see a lot of complaints about rising crime in Adams Morgan lately but I don’t know anyone who lives there and can’t tell you much.

It's still 1000X safer than 20-30 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not Georgetown, Kalorama, Woolley Park? Those are the top neighborhoods.

but there's a lot of violent crime in those areas

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People referencing NWDC are usually talking about west of Rock Creek Park (“WOTP”). Chevy Chase is in that area. It’s very safe. There are some other areas of NW that are east of Rock Creek Park (“EOTP”) that are also safe but depending on where you are, the schools aren’t great. Then there are some areas of NW EOTP that I wouldn’t recommend if you’re worried about safety (fwiw I don’t necessarily consider them unsafe but if you’re worried about it, you may not be comfortable there)

which areas are those? (the NW EOTP ones you refer to)

NW EOTP is huge. Shepherd Park/Colonial Village (as a PP mentioned most similar to WOTP and best schools), Takoma, Brightwood, Manor Park, Brightwood Park, Petworth, Columbia Heights, 16th St Heights, Mount Pleasant, Crestwood (also skews wealthy), Adams Morgan.

Which ones are safest is probably subjective. Some more searching will reveal that Petworth, Columbia Heights, and Brightwood Park tend to be problem areas. I see a lot of complaints about rising crime in Adams Morgan lately but I don’t know anyone who lives there and can’t tell you much.

It's still 1000X safer than 20-30 years ago.

Is this a troll response? Nobody cares what DC was like 20-30 years ago. OP is asking what is safe now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s the bottom line. No neighborhood school pyramid (elementary, middle, high) is “strong” because no neighborhood middle or high school is “strong” compared to the top 1/3 or 1/2 in the suburbs. And no neighborhood offering this pyramid can be called “urban” with a straight face except Mount Pleasant. If I were OP, that’s where I’d look.

They may be losing feeder rights to Deal and JR, there is a thread about it. So, unless OP has money for private, bad advice. OP, talk to realtors, people here are not always well informed.

Still laughing at the suggestion that a couple of blowhards talked about this on a DCUM thread is being cited as actual evidence that Mt Pleasant is going to be zoned out of Jackson-Reed. Too funny.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not Georgetown, Kalorama, Woolley Park? Those are the top neighborhoods.

but there's a lot of violent crime in those areas

WTF??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not Georgetown, Kalorama, Woolley Park? Those are the top neighborhoods.

but there's a lot of violent crime in those areas

No, there's just not. 🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you will be happiest in north bethesda/Kensington/Garrett park. Yes they look/feel more sprawl-y than Cambridge (more akin to Somerville) but they still have walkability high end food stores etc. plus they are very safe with reliably good schools.

LOL, please disregard this person who has probably never set foot in Somerville. North Bethesda (AKA Rockville), Kensington, and Garrett Park are absolutely nothing like Somerville, they are significantly more suburban. That being said Garrett Park and the historic parts of Kensington are absolutely lovely and feel more like leafy New England suburbs than most of the sprawly suburban hellscape you find in this area. If I wanted to replicate a Cambridge lifestyle, I would look at Capitol Hill, Mount Pleasant, or Historic Takoma but honestly Boston and Cambridge are generally much safer than most of DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not Georgetown, Kalorama, Woolley Park? Those are the top neighborhoods.

but there's a lot of violent crime in those areas

No, there's just not. 🙄

[Anonymous]

Well don’t send them there. Send them to Georgetown, Glover Park, Observatory Circle, Woodley Park, Cleveland Park, Forest Hills and Chevy Chase DC.

If there’s a serious budget limit, maybe the places you said like Cap Hill but not Mt Pleasant and Takoma.