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[quote=Anonymous]OP - I'm from Chicago.  I'm very urban :)

I live in Del Ray next to Old Town.  Like it a lot but don't LOVE IT but I don't think I'd love anything more than Chicago, SF or NYC.  DC is not truly a "city" - it's kinda like a city - people here want to believe it is but it's not.

Here, the suburbs are not really 'suburbs" - there's quite a lot of stuff going on in them.  Not that I would make it in Fairfax, Falls Church, Vienna and if I lived in Burke I'd probably die :) but there is a LOT there that you would not think would be convenient - the food sometimes is actually better scary to say.  The food here will never be really really good - so many chains.

Anyway - the other thing to understand is that the walkable urban places you want to be - the schools past Elementary may not be so good.  It's REALLY hard to find somewhere you are going to love meeting all your criteria and be able to stay for 20 years if you have kids and want to do public.  That being said, here are my suggestions in no particular order:

Dupont - for walkability urban this is it!
G'town - I've always been a fan of G'town but agree that in recent times, it's kinda fallen apart v. some of the hipper up and coming areas like H St corridor
Upper DC/MD border as mentioned ie Palisades - I like this area
Cleveland Park - for me it's not urban enough
Bethesda - although that traffic there is a nightmare beyond - I categorically will not live up there because of this although I really really like Bethesda
Old Town/Del Ray - this is where we are and while Alexandria public schools have a mixed rep - there's enough pvt schools that are options.  As well, you have in proximity, Old Town and Del Ray to each other + being so close to DC - I'm always in Dupont/G'town anyway.  Is it really urban?  No.  But it is convenient and it's what I call practical walkable in that if you have small children, the things you are wanting to walk to/for are around.  It's not perfect but for our budget it works - certainly less than $5M is what we had but for $1-2M - you will find the right location/house with some ease.  
Clarendon/Lyon Village - you need a long term strategy for finding the right house there - you pretty much have to wait for someone to die :) If they are in the right house, nobody leaves that area who has kids.  In NOVA, I think this would be my first choice

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