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[quote=Anonymous]Capitol Hill is lovely. It has some of the positive things that the suburbs have like tons of kids running around, friendly people that are invested in the community etc. It also has great urban amenities, close to downtown and night life. I really enjoy living here. I'm with your husband and would take a smaller house on the Hill over a big house in another part of the city, but i can appreciate your desire for more space. I have two suggestions for you to consider if you want more space and could be compromise with your husband.

1. You should check out the section of Capitol Hill/Hill East that is zoned for Miner Elementary School between 12th and 15th NE/H Street and D Street NE. It is considerably less expensive than the section of Hill East zoned for Maury as Maury is a highly rated elementary school and Miner is not.  You will still have a lot of the Capitol Hill charm and walkability at a lower price. If you don't have kids this won't matter to you and if you do eventually intend to have kids Miner may improve as others have in the surrounding neighborhoods.

2. The area (i'm not sure the technical name for it....maybe Atlas District??) between H Street NE and Florida Avenue is worth consideration. It would also get you more space. It doesn't quite have the same charm as the Hill but it is amenity rich with tons of stuff on H Street and Union market. Well pre covid. You would be super close to the Hill. The elementary school JO Wilson is improving and feeds into the Capitol Hill middle school Stuart Hobson, so you would have a decent school options. [/quote]

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