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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also funny: how come nobody is recommending Capitol Hill?[/quote]

BC there aren't 5 BR houses in Cap Hill for $1.25M.[/quote]

And because she wants decent schools through high school.[/quote]

Dumb question but...so does everyone with kids basically leave CH by high school? That seems so dumb. I just mean you'd think with all the money and power centered there they'd have gotten a good HS by now.[/quote]

There used to be a strip that was zoned for Wilson.   I am not kidding.[/quote]

Yep-- when we bought our house it was zoned for Wilson.  Totally insane (what an coincidence that it happened to be the whitest, richest, most powerful part of Capitol Hill).  Anyway, our high schooler happily attends charter school -- Washington Latin.  Lots of his friends that he attended the local elementary school with are also there and also at private schools and BASIS.  If I were OP I'd buy in Capitol Hill but definitely go for a house zoned in good elementary school.  Charters, privates, and Jefferson and S-H are all likely choices for middle school for OP's family in a few years time.  I suppose its a gamble yes, there are only a couple families that have moved out to the suburbs after going through elementary school. But to my eye it's a guarantee that living WOTP while doing much of your work on the east side of the city would be an immediate pain in the rear.  Point is, most of my kid's friends that he went through elementary school with have stayed on the Hill and I think the odds of good school options in middle and high school would be even stronger a few years from now. [/quote]

The commute question really hinges on when she has to be at her main office near Georgetown. Driving there from Capitol Hill during rush hour would be a huge pain. Driving around the city for her work outside of rush hour is doable. If she works in wards 4 (part of which is WOTP), and wards 5-8, it sounds like she is going to do a lot of driving no matter where she lives, so I wouldn't pick Capitol Hill for commute reasons. There are other big draws to Capitol Hill, but it also has some serious downsides, such as crime and schools. While the public middle schools are likely to improve, high schools probably won't anytime soon. And lotterying into acceptable charter options is only going to get harder.[/quote]

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