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[quote=Anonymous]Way too far out to get the kind of ROI you are talking about (using H Street, Trinidad) as a contrast. The appeal of central neighborhoods is that they are very attractive to young professionals in DC. That's what has driven the gentrification in Logan, Shaw, near NE, even Brookland. It's people in their 30s who have money (lawyers, consultants, some feds, other white collar professionals) who want proximity to work and bars/restaurants. They are willing to live in neighborhoods with more crime or mediocre schools because walkability, short commute, and nightlife are bigger sells. Then some stay when they have kids, and the neighborhood starts to look more appealing to families, and it builds from there.

Congress Heights is a suburb. In order to attract that demographic of young professionals with money, you need proximity to their workplaces and places where they like to socialize. CH has neither (car commute in congested area, no nightlife at all nearby. No go.

That house is actually overpriced, TBH.[/quote]

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