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[quote=Anonymous]As PP notes, NW DC is a large swath of DC. The neighborhoods people are generally talking about, with family-sized houses and a scale that will remind you of some Boston suburbs, are basically west of Rock Creek Park from Woodley Park up to the District line (Western Ave.) The latter divides Chevy Chase, MD, from Chevy Chase, DC. Many locations among those are close to Red Line Metro stops and/or major bus routes and the businesses that cluster along Wisconsin and Connecticut Avenues, though some areas, especially west of Wisconsin over towards Mass. and east of Connecticut towards the park, can be quite far from walkable amenities.

All these places, all in Ward 3, are historically white, from when DC was much more (even more) segregated than it is now, and upper middle class, and the current profile of the public schools reflects that. Most of the top private schools are also in Ward 3.

East of Rock Creek Park in northern Ward 4, off 16th St. in the very northern tip of the District, are neighborhoods with a similar housing stock, family-friendliness, professional/UMC population, and a good elementary school: Shepherd Park and Colonial Village. This is a historically integrated part of the city and prices remain persistently somewhat lower. People who live there love it and it's worth a look, though houses don't turn over very often.

There has been an uptick in property crime and some increased level of disturbance in apartment buildings along Connecticut Avenue that used to be very, very quiet and staid. And there is more visible homelessness. These get a lot of attention, but from deep within Ward 3 as a lifelong resident I can report that these neighborhoods feel as safe as they always did for families walking around doing things.[/quote]

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