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[quote=Anonymous]We did it. I miss the old hood sometimes, but like OP, we weren't eating out much and definitely weren't using the bar scene much. Plus it was a challenge for friends to park to visit.

Now the kids love having a yard and autonomy to wander the neighborhood with their friends. We love the parking not only at our home, but at the stores and restaurants. Walkability is nice, but when you're in a very dense area, you HAVE to walk because parking is rough. I don't walk to the grocery store anymore, but I much prefer the ease of driving to one with plentiful parking and driving home to private parking plus plentiful street parking. we have a 24 hour cvs with a drivethrough pharmacy. It's far better than trying to walk to one in an emergency because parking is too difficult.

We're in Shepherd Park close to Walter Reed so we'll have that soon. For now, we can walk to Takoma Park and downtown Silver Spring. There are some restaurants a few blocks away on Georgia Ave, but not much that we frequent. We're also very close to the rick creek park trails, which we use a lot.

Of course we have a much bigger home with great spaces for entertaining. It's also nice for us to have a separate tv area and separate kids area. That way the tv area is nice and neat for family movie time. Plenty of bedrooms for guests. These are small things, but they do make the quality of life easier.

And the bus is much nicer than metro. Several bus stops going to and from the silver spring metro station if you need metro and don't want to walk.

We can walk to art class, karate, 2 farmer's markets, etc. So less night life, but walkable to the things our family uses.

OP, if you move, definitely move to a neighborhood with sidewalks and make sure your house has a front yard. My kids go to the front yard and neighborhood kids from all around meet up and play. This alone is worth it.

Good luck with your decision!
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