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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the "too white" poster, and for the record I never said Maury was 20003.  I don't know the CH zips codes at all.  Another poster responded to my saying that I ended up in 20009 by comparing it to 20003.

All I'm saying, again, is that the first place we looked after deciding to move into the city was CH, including specifically the neighborhood around Lincoln Park, and all I saw was white couples in their 30s and 40s pushing expensive strollers while accompanied by designer dogs.  I was like, nope!  But maybe that's what OP wants.[b]  We wanted more.[/b][/quote]

I think this vibe is why people are getting offended. Adams Morgan isn't inherently better than Capitol Hill. I've lived in DC for a long time and have lived in both neighborhoods. They are just ... different, and different kinds of people want to live there. Capitol Hill feels quieter and more like a village within a city and many people are connected to The Hill for work and people don't generally come to NW very often. It's too far and annoying so they stay on the Hill.

Adams Morgan and Dupont and U street just have a more gritty and simultaneously wealthy and more chaotic city vibe, and are more integrated into the larger city.

It's just different. Not better! Not "more."[/quote]

But what you've described IS "more."  And that's what we wanted.  [/quote]

It's more of some things, less of others. If my entire picture of life on the Hill was "I walked around Lincoln Park for a couple of hours on a single Sunday afternoon" I too would think Capitol Hill is boring.[/quote]

But we did much more than that.  I've also been back there enough times since not moving there to confirm that we made the right decision -- for us.  [b]It's just too boring and one-dimensional for us.  [/b][/quote]

Why are you being so mean? It's weird. I've lived in Cap Hill and 20009 and inner NW neighborhoods. they all have their pros and cons. You can live a super interesting life in all of them.

The beauty of Capitol Hill is that it really feels like a village and you get to know the neighbors really well. The kids can travel around in gangs and have independence by late elementary school. All the little shop keepers have stories to tell, too.  So I can imagine that just by "being back" to visit you might be totally unaware of that.

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See, that doesn't sell me.  I didn't move into the city to "feel like it's a village."  I moved into the city because I wanted to feel like I was in a city.  I was leaving a village.  [/quote]

People, don't engage with this obvious troll. There's no way someone could be such a simple person when considering a neighborhood (and so quick to attack and throw around racist remarks)

I guarantee this person doesn't consider Ward 8 as an option, and I wonder why.  :roll:  :roll:  :roll:  :roll:  :roll:  :roll: [/quote]

Just because I'm not a fan of CH doesn't mean I'm a troll.  And you're right, we didn't consider Ward 8 either -- it's nowhere near the city center.[/quote]

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