Differences Amongst NW DC Neighborhoods

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone chooses to live in any of these neighborhoods in Upper Caucasia, to be honest. You’re basically paying top dollar to live in what are essentially suburbs - except you’re stuck with city services and city schools and can’t walk anywhere. Why bother? It’s the worst of both worlds.

Gimme a break. I live EOTP but if you think people who live in Kent and Wesley Heights are "stuck with city schools" you're thick in the head. Nobody with a $3.5M budget is worrying about neighborhood schools.

But they’re still stuck with city services. And most of them don’t have school aged kids anyway.

I just don’t get it. Those neighborhoods are BORING.

I live in WH and don't care about schools or "city services" - bluntly, we can pay for better services privately.

PP is just throwing around buzzwords. Once you can afford private school, the “city services” that you care about dwindle pretty quickly. Heck I’m EOTP and I can’t even figure out what “city services” I’m supposed to be disappointed in…

Trash collection, both regular, and bulk, are the jewel in the DC city services crown. That’s basically all you need from the city if you don’t go to public school and live in Upper NW.

Yeah what are the bad city services compared to the rest of the DMV? They repaved all the sidewalks in my neighborhood last year. We had an emergency recently and the DC Fire response was immediate. Someone trashed the playground one weekend and the city cleaned it up by 9am the next morning. I've also taken advantage of other random services, like free water testing for lead.

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If I had that budget I'd move to Glover Park. Definitely that family block party, kids play in the alley vibe.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone chooses to live in any of these neighborhoods in Upper Caucasia, to be honest. You’re basically paying top dollar to live in what are essentially suburbs - except you’re stuck with city services and city schools and can’t walk anywhere. Why bother? It’s the worst of both worlds.

Gimme a break. I live EOTP but if you think people who live in Kent and Wesley Heights are "stuck with city schools" you're thick in the head. Nobody with a $3.5M budget is worrying about neighborhood schools.

But they’re still stuck with city services. And most of them don’t have school aged kids anyway.

I just don’t get it. Those neighborhoods are BORING.

I live in WH and don't care about schools or "city services" - bluntly, we can pay for better services privately.

PP is just throwing around buzzwords. Once you can afford private school, the “city services” that you care about dwindle pretty quickly. Heck I’m EOTP and I can’t even figure out what “city services” I’m supposed to be disappointed in…

Trash collection, both regular, and bulk, are the jewel in the DC city services crown. That’s basically all you need from the city if you don’t go to public school and live in Upper NW.

Yeah what are the bad city services compared to the rest of the DMV? They repaved all the sidewalks in my neighborhood last year. We had an emergency recently and the DC Fire response was immediate. Someone trashed the playground one weekend and the city cleaned it up by 9am the next morning. I've also taken advantage of other random services, like free water testing for lead.

I agree! Now that I live in NoVA, I really miss the amazing bulk trash collection— free! Dependable Christmas tree and Fall leaf pickup! Also, the Covid clinics were amazing! Maybe it’s different in different parts of the city, but I was always impressed with the city services and miss them now.

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Lol that idiot from Logan Circle simply sounds jealous of those who can afford to live in the nicer areas of DC. Which is not to say Logan Circle is bad, but that poster clearly has a chip on his/her shoulder...

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Come to boring McLean instead. 3.5 buys a lot.

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Kent hands down. It's idyllic with tons of young families. I lived in both Kent and Wesley Heights and I think New Mexico Ave stretch with apts makes Wesley Heights more unsightly, in my opinion, with more AU student foot traffic. It was amazing dont get me wrong, but given the choice I'd choose Kent. It had tons of young families like ours but it was just beautiful and serene and quiet. It's like the birds were always chirping there! We moved to another state and I really miss it.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you found a house yet? Where did you decide?

We did! The Palisades. Very excited.

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Anonymous wrote:Kent hands down. It's idyllic with tons of young families. I lived in both Kent and Wesley Heights and I think New Mexico Ave stretch with apts makes Wesley Heights more unsightly, in my opinion, with more AU student foot traffic. It was amazing dont get me wrong, but given the choice I'd choose Kent. It had tons of young families like ours but it was just beautiful and serene and quiet. It's like the birds were always chirping there! We moved to another state and I really miss it.

Glad to hear this! This is where we ended up (I called it the Palisades in another post but I do think technically it's Kent because it's northeast of MacArthur).

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone chooses to live in any of these neighborhoods in Upper Caucasia, to be honest. You’re basically paying top dollar to live in what are essentially suburbs - except you’re stuck with city services and city schools and can’t walk anywhere. Why bother? It’s the worst of both worlds.

Gimme a break. I live EOTP but if you think people who live in Kent and Wesley Heights are "stuck with city schools" you're thick in the head. Nobody with a $3.5M budget is worrying about neighborhood schools.

But they’re still stuck with city services. And most of them don’t have school aged kids anyway.

I just don’t get it. Those neighborhoods are BORING.

I live in WH and don't care about schools or "city services" - bluntly, we can pay for better services privately.

PP is just throwing around buzzwords. Once you can afford private school, the “city services” that you care about dwindle pretty quickly. Heck I’m EOTP and I can’t even figure out what “city services” I’m supposed to be disappointed in…

Trash collection, both regular, and bulk, are the jewel in the DC city services crown. That’s basically all you need from the city if you don’t go to public school and live in Upper NW.

Yeah what are the bad city services compared to the rest of the DMV? They repaved all the sidewalks in my neighborhood last year. We had an emergency recently and the DC Fire response was immediate. Someone trashed the playground one weekend and the city cleaned it up by 9am the next morning. I've also taken advantage of other random services, like free water testing for lead.

I think people who reference city services are longtimers who remember when trash pickup or snow plows in DC were a very sporadic thing. Agree that it's like night and day now.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you found a house yet? Where did you decide?

We did! The Palisades. Very excited.

Yay!! We lived in the Palisades for a long time before moving to NoVa a few years ago. You’ll love it!

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We love the playground over there and just tried a new Italian place that was fabulous (Claudio's Table). I wish they would open something like Black Coffee closer to us in NW. Congrats OP!

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone chooses to live in any of these neighborhoods in Upper Caucasia, to be honest. You’re basically paying top dollar to live in what are essentially suburbs - except you’re stuck with city services and city schools and can’t walk anywhere. Why bother? It’s the worst of both worlds.

We lived in upper Caucasia for 10+ years but now live in Bethesda - now it’s more clear how we weren’t living in a suburb in DC! If you can walk 2 blocks to a few restaurants and cafes it’s not a suburb. Now I have to drive everywhere.

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AU Park is where you pay way too much money for a super shitty house, but it’s pretty easy to get downtown and the neighborhood schools are good.

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There are many lovely homes in AU Park of varying sizes. Some of the newer builts are actually pretty big. Love the neighborhood.

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Love the walkability of AU park. Restaurants, shops, stores, parks. Good stuff