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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with your comment as to the quality of the infill.  Some new houses are very nice; some additions look raggedy. That's true.

But a "bad rep" doesn't have to do with neighborhood aesthetics, does it? Bad neighborhood, in my eyes, is unsafe, inhabited with questionable characters, dirty, bad services and substandard schools.  PH has neither of these things.  Biker gangs were a factor in the 60s, true - before I was born.

The only significant downside to PH is a lack of uniform visual affluence.  Big new houses sit side-by-side with saltbox dwellings and chainlink fences.  New or better-looking housing is between 25% to 40% of the area, and new houses are coming up every day as I drive around. Other than that, PH has walkable streets (with sidewalks), two large parks, good schools in walking distance, and soon a new metro in walking distance to some of the 'hood. So I don't think you can call it a "bad" neighborhood in the sense that people associate with bad neighborhoods in DC area.  Mixed income, diverse, not always beautiful, yes. Bad - no.[/quote]

9:48 here - I agree with 95% of what you posted.  I'm just pointing out that an area's reputation includes what people who don't really know much about an area think.  If you ask some people (who may not have been in PH for years) what they associate with the neighborhood, you'll get the following: chain-link fences, homes no bigger than 1000 SF, sagging roofs, no basements, toys left in the front yard, and at least four months of Christmas every year.  That image takes a while to change, particularly if it still characterizes some properties.

I like PH.  It has many of the qualities that people often want and claim they can't find in the region.  The schools are very good.  And the parents of some of my kids' friends who live in PH are among the nicest people you will ever meet.

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