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[quote=Anonymous][quote]You make a great point- only issue is- if you want to buy ANYTHING WOTP the park today you have very little choice. Places just don't come up for sale very often- maybe because people like it so much and don't want to leave.

EOTP is the ONLY option for less than $800K- SERIOUSLY!

I agree, [i]I am just disputing the notion that WOTP is far from downtown and akin to living in the suburbs.[/i][/quote]

NP here.  I did the same thing a few hours ago and my post was deleted, I'm pretty sure.  Weird.

The upper NW = Poolesville posters are just bitter, I think. And don't know any better.

So in the interest of not having THIS post reported and deleted, let me stay on point.   I have a school-aged child who spends several days a month in the heart of Petworth and the rest of her time with me in Ward 3.    I have what may be a unique experience in this thread.

A huge difference between her time spent at her Petworth house and her time spent in my Ward 3 house is this:  she doesn't run around outdoors along Georgia Ave and play and go to the businesses there without an adult.  Ever.   Nor does she venture over to that park by herself on her bike, ever.    She does, however, go about her Ward 3 neighborhood by herself and with friends all the time  CVS, grocery store, library, etc.  Takeout restaurants.

Her other parent and I are not helicopter parents by any means (or else we wouldn't allow her pretty free reign along Connecticut Ave).  Stray bullets, however, are our limit.   Hopefully, in time, Petworth and similarly evolving neighborhoods will have less violent crime (assaults, armed robberies).  Not stolen bikes, but assaults.[/quote]

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