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[quote=Anonymous]Little to no yard, most prestigious: Kalorama. Period. A couple houses here and there in Georgetown, a half a block or so here and there in Georgetown, but not Georgetown overall. If condos are your thing, west end is actually full of very, very wealthy and prominent people, but it isn’t so much a “neighborhood,” so it just gets a passing mention.

Actual yard, most prestigious: Kent. Chevy Chase Village (less so Chevy Chase). Portions of Wesley Heights—some pockets below cathedral, a couple of areas on the numbered streets rather than the cut-throughs. The more private portions of Woodland/Normanstone Terrace, but that’s a step down because a lot of the houses are pretty isolated. A few areas of the Palisades (below MacArthur), like some of the beautiful homes right on the river. Sherier Street, while family friendly and appealing, is crawling in traffic, as are a lot of the streets close by.

Also-rans, but don’t get included: Spring Valley (beautiful homes, beautiful yards, munitions everywhere and construction to “fix” is everywhere—sorry, can’t be on the most prestigious list when tons of people won’t put their families there. They go to Kent, if they can find one of the few houses available there). Cleveland Park (some nice homes, some ok yards, but overall a mixed feel. Primary problem—traffic, traffic, traffic. Every street is a cut-through, hence all the speedbumps). Dupont has some nice streets and some nice houses but isn’t consistent enough to make the list. Anything right off Wisconsin or between Wisconsin and Connecticut—sorry. Cut-through neighborhoods.

Also not included: anything outside of DC. You can have another thread for “prestigious in maryland” or “virginia.” But if you’re outside the DC line, you are not in a prestigious washington neighborhood. [/quote]

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