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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I -think- I understand what you're saying.  I would fit in much better in Takoma Park, MD, and Mt. Rainier and Hyattsville I think, based on all the people I like who live there.

However, I happen to live in a much-more-convenient-to-downtown neighborhood along the Red Line.  It's also scads wealthier according to the 2010 Census and getting moreso.

I don't "connect" right away with my go-gettum' immediate neighbors who earn hundreds of thousands a year (yes, they do) as an equity partner of BL Swiper.  I do connect right away with everyone I meet in TP, Mt. Rainier, etc.

Still, I stay put for reasons PP have mentioned:  convenience, property values, in my case, supreme walkability / Metro access ... lower crime stats ....[/quote]

I'm the OP, and yes, you understand. I'm leaning towards staying here. Really, every time I walk out the door, I'm thinking "man, I love it here." But I don't really relate to my neighbors, and the little houses are being replaced by McMansions at an incredible rate. (I don't get those things at all. I want to say who wants that much house to clean, but I guess the homeowners aren't doing the cleaning. As the neighborhood switches to those things, people lose their privacy and you feel like you're in a townhouse community. (because the houses are built almost to the edges of the lot, so they look into each other's windows, decks and yards.)

To answer another PP, I guess I'm thinking about fitting in more both economically and socially. I guess my ideal place would have the spectrum of economic classes and racial groups equivalent to the demographics of the country (and to that other PP, yes, that would include some "illegals"). But I'd want it to be a place that still had good schools and be walkable and close to the metro. Since it's not possible to have everything, I'm asking which of my main two desires I should give more weight to. (I should add, where we are now, DH has a 15 minute [i]walk [/i]to work)[/quote]

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