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[quote=Anonymous]Hi moms,
I recently moved here from Boston and I think I finally want to pursue my long-time dream to open a baby store. The problem is that I am new to the area and still trying to figure out the changing demographics of this city. In Boston, there were MANY MORE urban families, many urban SAHMs and lots of baby stores, gyms, classes, etc. Here, so far I get the sense that, at least in the city, there are far fewer kids and people drive more, rely on bigger box stores, etc. So it's making it difficult for me to narrow down my list of target neighborhoods to explore for retail spaces. If you can help me by weighing in with your thoughts - it would be invaluable! I have 3 short questions below that you can answer in this forum or email me separately at milesta@ymail.com. THANK YOU so much! (This is just a starting point, obviously many factors will play into the decision, but I thought your insights would be great!)

1. Do you think a moderately priced baby store that carries high-end, unique, safe baby products imported from Europe (gear, toys, organic cotton clothes, leather shoes, etc) would be more successful in an urban/walkable area or in a suburban/drive-to-and-park area?

2. What would you say is the best area within to DC for something like that? (For example Georgetown is great, but expensive; Columbia Heights is booming, but lacks significant number of young families, etc) Please throw some thoughts from your experience...

3. If the store is eventually expanded to include classes, toy rentals (toy library) would that be enough of an incentive for you to visit the store, even if you don't live close to it?

THANK YOU SO, SO, SO MUCH in advance... 
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