What is the most overrated area (neighborhood, town, etc) in the DC metropolitan area?

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PP here to elaborate: 3 days, meaning one way commute is 3 days!

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Anonymous wrote:PPs who think Georgetown is overrated are jealous. I worked in Georgetown for almost a year and LOVED it.

+1. I lived there for 4 years and it was fantastic...and quiet on the East side near Dupont. I plan to move back to my house once kids finish public school in NoVa.

I promise that I am not jealous. I really don't get what is so great about it. More power to you if you do. Different strokes. However, it oddly childish that people think other preferences are disguised jealousy. I love certain parts of DC, but not Georgetown.

I loved my walks all over that neighborhood. Gorgeous. I loved Montrose Park and the trails behind it. I loved the little shops in the neighborhood--not the big ones on M&Wisconsin. I loved the European feel---and that most of my neighbors were, in fact, European. I loved the Farmer's Markets. In Fall and Spring the place is absolutely gorgeous. The upper East Village was quieter than my current NoVa neighborhood. There was an energy there. We were married, kids were born and baptized all within 2 blocks. I miss Baked&Wired and my runs along the Canal or walking through Rock Creek to the Zoo with my kids. They loved the little rowboats on the canal and all of the ice cream shops. We often biked by the Kennedy Center to the Mall.

I am not a person that said anyone was jealous, btw. That was a different poster. We all have different preferences. I lived abroad for 3 years--Barcelona and Munich and for some reaon this place felt the most European in the DC area to me.

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Anonymous wrote:PPs who think Georgetown is overrated are jealous. I worked in Georgetown for almost a year and LOVED it.

+1. I lived there for 4 years and it was fantastic...and quiet on the East side near Dupont. I plan to move back to my house once kids finish public school in NoVa.

I promise that I am not jealous. I really don't get what is so great about it. More power to you if you do. Different strokes. However, it oddly childish that people think other preferences are disguised jealousy. I love certain parts of DC, but not Georgetown.

I loved my walks all over that neighborhood. Gorgeous. I loved Montrose Park and the trails behind it. I loved the little shops in the neighborhood--not the big ones on M&Wisconsin. I loved the European feel---and that most of my neighbors were, in fact, European. I loved the Farmer's Markets. In Fall and Spring the place is absolutely gorgeous. The upper East Village was quieter than my current NoVa neighborhood. There was an energy there. We were married, kids were born and baptized all within 2 blocks. I miss Baked&Wired and my runs along the Canal or walking through Rock Creek to the Zoo with my kids. They loved the little rowboats on the canal and all of the ice cream shops. We often biked by the Kennedy Center to the Mall.

I am not a person that said anyone was jealous, btw. That was a different poster. We all have different preferences. I lived abroad for 3 years--Barcelona and Munich and for some reaon this place felt the most European in the DC area to me.

Curious why you left if it was so great?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PPs who think Georgetown is overrated are jealous. I worked in Georgetown for almost a year and LOVED it.

+1. I lived there for 4 years and it was fantastic...and quiet on the East side near Dupont. I plan to move back to my house once kids finish public school in NoVa.

I promise that I am not jealous. I really don't get what is so great about it. More power to you if you do. Different strokes. However, it oddly childish that people think other preferences are disguised jealousy. I love certain parts of DC, but not Georgetown.

I loved my walks all over that neighborhood. Gorgeous. I loved Montrose Park and the trails behind it. I loved the little shops in the neighborhood--not the big ones on M&Wisconsin. I loved the European feel---and that most of my neighbors were, in fact, European. I loved the Farmer's Markets. In Fall and Spring the place is absolutely gorgeous. The upper East Village was quieter than my current NoVa neighborhood. There was an energy there. We were married, kids were born and baptized all within 2 blocks. I miss Baked&Wired and my runs along the Canal or walking through Rock Creek to the Zoo with my kids. They loved the little rowboats on the canal and all of the ice cream shops. We often biked by the Kennedy Center to the Mall.

I am not a person that said anyone was jealous, btw. That was a different poster. We all have different preferences. I lived abroad for 3 years--Barcelona and Munich and for some reaon this place felt the most European in the DC area to me.

Curious why you left if it was so great?

I wanted to send the kids to public school all the way through HS. We kept the house though and rent it out. I just couldn't fathom paying $60k/year when I think the quality of the public schools in neighboring NoVa/MoCo is similar to what I would have paid for a private.

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Anonymous wrote:Burke seems to get a good deal of over-love among DCUMers. Not sure what it has that Reston and Fairfax City don't.

I think people like Burke for the VRE access and the slug lines. Otherwise, it has nothing over Reston or Fairfax City.

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Anonymous wrote:Lake barcroft

+1 drove through this area and it looks frozen in time with old homes. Reminds me of an old grand pa talking about his old college days and past years of greatness with nothing new to offer.

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Anonymous wrote:Humble little Carlin Springs overrated? I think the opposite It is a lovely few streets with its own library and borders a huge park and Longbranch Nature Center

Let's be real here: No part of North Arlington, or really Arlington at all, is "humble."

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Anonymous wrote:Lake barcroft

+1 drove through this area and it looks frozen in time with old homes. Reminds me of an old grand pa talking about his old college days and past years of greatness with nothing new to offer.

-1. People seek it out for the lake and the mid-century homes. If you want to put up some McMansion in the middle of homes no one will miss, you can always move to Pimmit Hills.

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Anonymous wrote:Humble little Carlin Springs overrated? I think the opposite It is a lovely few streets with its own library and borders a huge park and Longbranch Nature Center

Let's be real here: No part of North Arlington, or really Arlington at all, is "humble."

Carlin Springs is in South Arlington. I'm really surprised it's "overrated" as I almost never see it mentioned on DCUM. Agree that the library and huge park are definite pluses.

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Georgetown
Bethesda
Arlington (all of it)

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I would totally live in Georgetown if I could afford it. Gorgeous!

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Anonymous wrote:Lake barcroft

+1 drove through this area and it looks frozen in time with old homes. Reminds me of an old grand pa talking about his old college days and past years of greatness with nothing new to offer.

-1. People seek it out for the lake and the mid-century homes. If you want to put up some McMansion in the middle of homes no one will miss, you can always move to Pimmit Hills.

No one lives in lake barcroft for the old run down homes, they live there because of the lake.

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Georgetown can be pretty and nice (it is!) and still be overrated (it is!).

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Anonymous wrote:Lake barcroft

+1 drove through this area and it looks frozen in time with old homes. Reminds me of an old grand pa talking about his old college days and past years of greatness with nothing new to offer.

-1. People seek it out for the lake and the mid-century homes. If you want to put up some McMansion in the middle of homes no one will miss, you can always move to Pimmit Hills.

No one lives in lake barcroft for the old run down homes, they live there because of the lake.

Both the MCM homes and the lake are appealing.

http://www.popville.com/2013/07/blurbs-from-the-burbs-lake-barcroft-community/

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The complaints about Georgetown sound like the sort of things people say who only come here to shop. Yeah, it's going to be difficult for you to find parking sometimes but your experience isn't comparable to being a resident here.

I have a two car garage and live fairly close to the university but I ENJOY the sound of student passing by. The energy is so great here. I don't see myself living anywhere else in D.C.

How can you say it's overrated if you have never lived here and cannot afford to do it?