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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live on the hill with small kids and love it!  Having said that, I like being closer to 7th and 8th Streets (closer to Eastern Market and commerce).  Areas around Capitol Hill South and Eastern Market are very desirable and kid friendly (but more $$ like you mentioned).  Have you considered renting before buying?[/quote]

I've lived in both areas -- near Cap South as a young Hill staffer and further out with a husband and young child.  I agree that ideally it's better to be close to more stores and such, but it wouldn't be worth it to me to live in an unrenovated shoebox either.  The nice thing about the Hill is that you can park pretty easily anywhere near the restaurants/retail on Pennsylvania Avenue, 8th St., Harris Teeter, Safeway, etc., with the exception of the Eastern Market area on weekends, but that's a lovely walk anyway.  So it's not at all hard to live further out and just accept that you're going to hop in the car and take a 2-minute drive to buy groceries when you're pressed for time.  You can still walk when you have a bit more time, and the whole area is lovely for strolling.  It's definitely very much part of the Hill and the people who live there are largely the same people you find in the closer-in parts of the Hill.  My only reservation is that I would not live more than a 10-minute walk from the metro if I didn't have a car. [/quote]

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