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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in the Gateway Arts District and what we love: local amenities for the family & kids are great, we get to  walk everywhere on the weekends - to the cafe, to the local dance studio, for groceries, to the park, to the library. We really don't have to drive on the weekends and that's awesome. We also love how family friendly, and just generally friendly, the neighborhood is. When we go to the neighborhood kids' dance class, most of the families walked there too - [b]it's genuinely friendly, not competitive & judgy[/b]. Commute to work is nice too.

What I don't love: Some of the residents seem to have missed the third/forth/fifth? wave of feminism that announced to the world that street harassment is not acceptable. I grew up in a time when people didn't get it why it's a problem but most places I go now, it seems like the world has woken up a bit in that regard. But not PG. I just hope that PG residents catch up before my daughter has to start dealing with it. [/quote]

The bolded. I'm sure I'd find friends in lots of different places around DC, but I love not having to worry about being judged (too much) by other families for our parenting decisions. There are still a few judgy moms around, but most of them are wonderful, down-to-earth people.

FWIW, we live in Greenbelt and send our kids to private Catholic school. I think our school pyramid is actually very good/excellent, but we wanted Catholic for our family.

What I don't love: I wish people in PG were more active in local government/policy. It doesn't seem like enough people care about County administration to really follow local elections and policy, so we end up with lousy, non-visionary leaders. [/quote]

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