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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I lived in DC for over 15 years and recently relocated to PGC.  My commute is three metro stops further than before, which adds at most 12-13 minutes to my trip.  Since it's the end of the line, I always get a seat, unlike at the Brookland and RI stations. I'm boarding at a station (College Park) that feels 100x safer and more pleasant than my prior station (Brookland) did.  My walk home from the metro is super safe in terms of crime and in terms of traffic/lighting and it's along streets lined with beautiful trees and vegetation that are carefully groomed by the city.  We see more birds and wildlife here than I ever saw in DC.  I can walk to Whole Foods from home in about 5 minutes, and I do so often for a bite to eat, groceries, or flowers.  When I lived in DC I had to drive to PGC a couple of times a week for shopping.  And if I wanted to shop at a store with a location in DC and PGC, like Home Depot, I always preferred to go to PGC where there was better parking and better customer service.  DC has very few big box stores, so nobody in DC really can shop locally in their neighborhood.  As for diversity, there is a lot of racial diversity in my new neighborhood, but not much econ status diversity, which is the opposite of my DC neighborhood. My block here in PGC has APIs, Latinos, and Whites, but few African Americans.  All are college educated and almost all the houses have at least one person with a graduate degree.  I know of at least 5 individuals with PhDs on my one short block.  The kids of my neighbors seem to mainly be enrolled in top and second tier colleges, and the younger ones are at the "test-in" schools or at UP Elementary.  One set of friends have their child at the Friends Community School, which looks fabulous.  Most people in my circle in DC belonged to the PG Pool, and now it's even closer for those times when we want to hang out there.  As for restaurants, back in Brookland we had to travel out to PGC for dinner unless we wanted to deal with the awful traffic and parking involved with dining out in DC. A few days ago I was in my old neighborhood for the first time in at least a month and it hit me how much grittier it is than my current location and what a step up in daily life I made by moving here.  Although I could have afforded to stay in my DC house, the relative difference in housing costs here in PGC (for a nicer house) is even more enjoyable than I had imagined.  Having all that extra disposable income every month is awesome.  And as a homeowner and high income earner, it's absolutely wonderful to not have to deal with the inept DC Government anymore, especially the DC Office of Tax & Revenue and the DCRA.  [/quote]

Thank you for your post!!  I moved to North College Park two years ago and at first I was uneasy about moving to the area from listening to people.  It was one of the best decisions I have ever made!!  My neighborhood is diverse, I am near the Greenbelt metro and MARC stations, my neighbors are friendly, and the community is very active.  We have an association and neighborhood cleanups every so often not mention the Hollywood Farmers market during the warmer months.  I can get downtown in about the same time someone from Deanwood in NE can via Metro, not to mention even less time to U St and Columbia Heights areas.  There is a TON of new development and restaurants in the area including Whole Foods as you mentioned and the Purple line is under construction offering more transportation options.  We have a lot of bike trails in the area.  One of my favorite things to do on the weekends or some evenings is to ride my bike down to Lake Artemesia (one of the best kept secrets in the area, but *ssshhh* don't tell the anti-PG snobs ;-) ) and sometimes bike down to the Navy Yard in DC on the Anacostia Riverwalk trail. I shake my head when I hear my friends and colleagues say they want to be near the "action" but will choose a neighborhood in DC that is mostly residential and far away from the busy sections of the city and pay $$$$.[/quote]

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