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[quote=Anonymous]Hi everyone,

I'm a 32M with primary custody of my 3 year old daughter and will be moving to DC in August to work at Washington Hospital Center. I anticipate living in DC for about 3 years. Salary range $250-$300k. I don't have much of a support system (ex-wife will be out of state), no family, and my schedule will be a bit random and not fixed (sometimes I'll be working one week on, one week off, other times I'll be working some weekends and half the week, and a third of the time I'll be working nights) so as a single parent I feel like I might want to be in a place where there are lots of families that I can create relationships with who can offer support? I'll know my schedule in advance though and it is flexible so can move things around. Don't know if I'll have any time to date but another consideration is not wanting to be in a place where it's me and just established families where I'm not really meeting other single people, but I feel like that might need to be a lower priority for now and I do want what's best for my daughter (she loves parks, super social, play dates etc). I'm trying to balance commute, family friendly community, and where other young professionals live.

Please help me figure out where to live as a single parent. I used to live in DC before so am relatively familiar with the area. I applied late post lottery for preK 3 and currently am waitlisted several places but have spots offered at Appletree Columbia Heights and Meridian Public Charter School, and also put us on the waitlist at Communikids and St Albans near McLean Gardens. Petworth? Brookland? McLean Gardens? Have been suggested these places before. I used to live in Noma, Columbia Heights, and Silver Spring (latter not an option because I'd like to take advantage of the free preK3/4). The absolute most convenient option for me would be to live around 14th St and Irving in Columbia Heights and place my daughter at Appletree, walk her there for before care and take the shuttle to work, they also have aftercare till 6, but I'm not sure if Columbia Heights is a safe/good option for us? Or could live in Brookland (have applied to schools there but waitlisted) - have been told to consider Monroe Street Market apartments. I don't know if living in McLean Gardens for the excellent schools is worth the commute (have heard it can easily be an hour??), especially since the likelihood of us staying beyond 1st or 2nd grade is low (not 0 though, but if that's the case I could always move to be inbound to Janney etc)? Hope I've given enough information, I'm new to single parenting so am a bit nervous about the move.[/quote]

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