Brent vs JKLM

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Anonymous wrote:I would do WOTP for long term reasons. Also, Cap Hill is too isolated for me. If like to have access to Bethesda, SS, and Downtown.

I have never heard of anyone thinking of Capitol Hill as isolated. We have Barracks Row and nearby H Street. You can walk to Nationals Park, SE Waterfront/Navy Yard and National Mall/Smithsonian Museums. Holiday concerts and occasional sledding on the Capitol Grounds. Child-friendly programs at the Library of Congress. Arts programs at CHAW. Ballet at St. Marks. Skating at Canal Park. Yards Splash fountain. Marine Barracks or concerts at Yards Park on summer evenings. Sports on the Hill. Capitol Hill Little League. Bike to the Pirate Ship in Anacostis Park. Fort Dupont or Ballston for year-round indoor ice skating. Shopping at Eastern Market or nearby Union Market. Winter days at tbe Botanic Garden. Short drive to the National Arboretum and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.

Downtown in less than 15 minutes by Blue/Orange/Silver Line. Ten minutes by car to National Airport or Pentagon City Mall. Three Target stores within a 15 minute drive, if you don't take advantage of delivery services like Instacart. We seldom leave the Hill and couldn't think of a good reason to drive to Silver Spring or Bethesda. To each her own I guess.

Agree. Capitol Hill is closer to downtown, so that's silly, and thankfully we have no need to get to Bethesda or Silver Spring. Why would you? If you don't work there or live close by, those are not destinations. The Capitol Hill is isolated argument is oft-repeated on this site and it really shows a lack of knowledge about DC and the Hill in particular.

It's considered since most other neighborhoods with young families are across town. So if you have friends in Petworth, Tenleytown, Mt Pleasant, AU Park, Columbia Heights, Takoma Park, etc then Capitol Hill is completed isolated because it feels far away from all these neighborhoods, but all of these neighborhoods are relatively close to one another. If all your friends are on Capitol Hill then it's not isolated. I live in Petworth and most of my friends and colleagues are in the areas listed. Getting to Capitol Hill from any of these areas is a pain.

Please stop embarrassing yourself. Takoma Park is not relatively close to AU Park or Tenleytown. And I can drive from the Hill to Petworth via N. Capitol in non-rush hour traffic in less than 15 minutes, which is probably quicker than you can get from Petworth downtown or across town to AU Park. I'm glad Petworth works for you, but you seem to be geographically challenged. BTW, i can walk from Brent to the B/OzS line in less than five minutes . How long is your walk from Powell to the Green line?

This is just wrong. Getting from Capitol Hill to Petworth, like Grant Circle, on any given day takes 25-30 minutes, and if you go during rush hour it's 40. Getting from Petworth to Tenleytown is 15, from Petworth to Takoma Park is 10, to Mt Pleasant is 5, to Columbia Heights is 5.

[Anonymous]

what do Columbia Heights, Petworth, Mt. Pleasant, Takoma Park have to do with either JKLM schools or Brent?

I suspect the reason PP thinks that matters is because kids are in CHARTERS where everyone they know is scattered to the winds and doesn't live nearby. While we occasionally head to friends homes in NW, we just as often meet up somewhere central or host on the Hill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what do Columbia Heights, Petworth, Mt. Pleasant, Takoma Park have to do with either JKLM schools or Brent?

I suspect the reason PP thinks that matters is because kids are in CHARTERS where everyone they know is scattered to the winds and doesn't live nearby. While we occasionally head to friends homes in NW, we just as often meet up somewhere central or host on the Hill.

I think the point originally was that if you live in JKLM and your friends are in Columbia Heights, Petworth, etc. then you stay in NW and thus Capitol Hill feels a long way away, thus "isolated."

I would argue that it is more the fact that a number of people who live on the Hill tend to have this attitude (as evident in this post) that it is the greatest place ever, no one who lives anywhere else could possibly be as happy as they are, no one has it as good as they do, they don't ever have to leave the neighborhood, etc. etc. and thus that makes them isolationists in a way. They are kind of like New Yorkers who act like NYC is the center of the universe and living anywhere else pales in comparison, and if you don't agree then you are just an idiot. It gets pretty tiresome.

[Anonymous]

I agree with your post with one caveat. i would substitute WOTP for the Hill.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:what do Columbia Heights, Petworth, Mt. Pleasant, Takoma Park have to do with either JKLM schools or Brent?

I suspect the reason PP thinks that matters is because kids are in CHARTERS where everyone they know is scattered to the winds and doesn't live nearby. While we occasionally head to friends homes in NW, we just as often meet up somewhere central or host on the Hill.

I think the point originally was that if you live in JKLM and your friends are in Columbia Heights, Petworth, etc. then you stay in NW and thus Capitol Hill feels a long way away, thus "isolated."

I would argue that it is more the fact that a number of people who live on the Hill tend to have this attitude (as evident in this post) that it is the greatest place ever, no one who lives anywhere else could possibly be as happy as they are, no one has it as good as they do, they don't ever have to leave the neighborhood, etc. etc. and thus that makes them isolationists in a way. They are kind of like New Yorkers who act like NYC is the center of the universe and living anywhere else pales in comparison, and if you don't agree then you are just an idiot. It gets pretty tiresome.

I find tiresomes the dismissiveness of some of the JKLM crowd who know next to nothing about the Hill but make blanket statements about the Hill and its schools that vary from misguided to antagonistic.

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Oddly enough many, many, many JKLM families used to live on the Hill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I would do WOTP for long term reasons. Also, Cap Hill is too isolated for me. If like to have access to Bethesda, SS, and Downtown.

I have never heard of anyone thinking of Capitol Hill as isolated. We have Barracks Row and nearby H Street. You can walk to Nationals Park, SE Waterfront/Navy Yard and National Mall/Smithsonian Museums. Holiday concerts and occasional sledding on the Capitol Grounds. Child-friendly programs at the Library of Congress. Arts programs at CHAW. Ballet at St. Marks. Skating at Canal Park. Yards Splash fountain. Marine Barracks or concerts at Yards Park on summer evenings. Sports on the Hill. Capitol Hill Little League. Bike to the Pirate Ship in Anacostis Park. Fort Dupont or Ballston for year-round indoor ice skating. Shopping at Eastern Market or nearby Union Market. Winter days at tbe Botanic Garden. Short drive to the National Arboretum and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.

Downtown in less than 15 minutes by Blue/Orange/Silver Line. Ten minutes by car to National Airport or Pentagon City Mall. Three Target stores within a 15 minute drive, if you don't take advantage of delivery services like Instacart. We seldom leave the Hill and couldn't think of a good reason to drive to Silver Spring or Bethesda. To each her own I guess.

Agree. Capitol Hill is closer to downtown, so that's silly, and thankfully we have no need to get to Bethesda or Silver Spring. Why would you? If you don't work there or live close by, those are not destinations. The Capitol Hill is isolated argument is oft-repeated on this site and it really shows a lack of knowledge about DC and the Hill in particular.

It's considered since most other neighborhoods with young families are across town. So if you have friends in Petworth, Tenleytown, Mt Pleasant, AU Park, Columbia Heights, Takoma Park, etc then Capitol Hill is completed isolated because it feels far away from all these neighborhoods, but all of these neighborhoods are relatively close to one another. If all your friends are on Capitol Hill then it's not isolated. I live in Petworth and most of my friends and colleagues are in the areas listed. Getting to Capitol Hill from any of these areas is a pain.

Please stop embarrassing yourself. Takoma Park is not relatively close to AU Park or Tenleytown. And I can drive from the Hill to Petworth via N. Capitol in non-rush hour traffic in less than 15 minutes, which is probably quicker than you can get from Petworth downtown or across town to AU Park. I'm glad Petworth works for you, but you seem to be geographically challenged. BTW, i can walk from Brent to the B/OzS line in less than five minutes . How long is your walk from Powell to the Green line?

This is just wrong. Getting from Capitol Hill to Petworth, like Grant Circle, on any given day takes 25-30 minutes, and if you go during rush hour it's 40. Getting from Petworth to Tenleytown is 15, from Petworth to Takoma Park is 10, to Mt Pleasant is 5, to Columbia Heights is 5.

Google maps indicates that I can get to the middle of Grant Circle in 18 minutes.

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Columbia Heights Metro is 20 minutes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oddly enough many, many, many JKLM families used to live on the Hill.

back in the aughts or 90s

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Anonymous wrote:Oddly enough many, many, many JKLM families used to live on the Hill.

back in the aughts or 90s

I don't see all that much attition in our Hill cohort -- of the little we have seen there's at least as much movement to Falls Church as Upper Caucasia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with your post with one caveat. i would substitute WOTP for the Hill.

I have not seen one person in this thread say that living WOTP is the greatest in the world. It has only been the Hill people who have implied that they have everything you could possibly want in a neighborhood, and that people who move WOTP are "sacrificing" happiness for the sake of better schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oddly enough many, many, many JKLM families used to live on the Hill.

back in the aughts or 90s

80s or 90s?

Ha!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:what do Columbia Heights, Petworth, Mt. Pleasant, Takoma Park have to do with either JKLM schools or Brent?

I suspect the reason PP thinks that matters is because kids are in CHARTERS where everyone they know is scattered to the winds and doesn't live nearby. While we occasionally head to friends homes in NW, we just as often meet up somewhere central or host on the Hill.

I think the point originally was that if you live in JKLM and your friends are in Columbia Heights, Petworth, etc. then you stay in NW and thus Capitol Hill feels a long way away, thus "isolated."

I would argue that it is more the fact that a number of people who live on the Hill tend to have this attitude (as evident in this post) that it is the greatest place ever, no one who lives anywhere else could possibly be as happy as they are, no one has it as good as they do, they don't ever have to leave the neighborhood, etc. etc. and thus that makes them isolationists in a way. They are kind of like New Yorkers who act like NYC is the center of the universe and living anywhere else pales in comparison, and if you don't agree then you are just an idiot. It gets pretty tiresome.

I find tiresomes the dismissiveness of some of the JKLM crowd who know next to nothing about the Hill but make blanket statements about the Hill and its schools that vary from misguided to antagonistic.

I am the PP and I agree, it is wrong for JKLM parents to make blanket statements about the Hill and its schools. I live in NW (not a JKLM school) and I would never make any comment about Brent because I know nothing about it. The point is that if someone asked me if they should live in my neighborhood or the Hill, I would tell them what I like about my neighborhood and my school. End of story. I would not diminish life on the Hill to prove how great my neighborhood is.

[Anonymous]

Take that loser attitude elsewhere. Your kind is not welcome on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

I did not like NW DC, so I moved to the Hill. I made sure to live in both places in a rental before I decided to buy. The schools on the Hill are good but you should do your homework and visit them. I do not think Brent is the only school you should consider - Maury is wonderful here and there are lots of good privates.

I think it's absolutely a personal choice only you can answer for yourself. I came in with the mindset that Brent was the only school I would consider. I decided I loved Maury and am very happy here.

NW DC is great, but you need to like it for reasons other than the schools. If the schools are the only reason for you to live there you might as well move to MoCo or Arlington. Just check it out for yourself.