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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Aussie pals recently moved from the Hill back to Sydney for better schools after 6 or 7 years in the hood.  Don't buy it OP.
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I hope you mean neighborhood, because if you think CH is “the hood,” I can only assume you never leave your lily white block in Palisades.[/quote]

No, live on the Hill.  Have for 25 years.  Love it but school situation stinks after elementary.  Australia (where I once lived) has strong government schools almost everywhere.  Hint: Down Under, you don't have to sell Christmas trees for days in the cold to pay for basics,  or listen to your bleeding heart neighbors claim that Jefferson Academy (with a PARCC proficiency pass rate in the teens) will be fantastic in a year or two. [/quote]

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