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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids went to our local DCPS school through 5th grade.  They've won music/academic scholarships to a private school we can afford with the fi aid.  We know that there are other great DC neighborhoods, but we're not moving 25 years into our life on the Hill just for schools.  We can't stand the idea of taking care of a yard, having to walk more than 10 mins to a Metro station, or starting over socially.  To each her own.

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We don't walk more than ten minutes to the metro, or the supermarket, or one of 5 coffee shops, or our great middle school here in Arlington. We didn't really start over socially, we kept our old friends and made new ones. We have a yard and pay about $1000/year for someone else to take care of it (we save at least that much in taxes). Sounds like the Hill worked for you because of the scholarships, but honestly I do think some people assume that life outside of the Hill is some kind of suburban hellscape, when it can still be very walkable and pleasant. Our kids are in the car much less since we moved than they were before. And yes, real estate near a metro stop is expensive - but so is the Hill. [/quote]

I live 2 blocks from Eastern Market, so it’s pleasant, but if I lived in Hill East like so many young families do these days, I’d have moved years ago. So much of the Hill is near nothing and is very inconvenient. [/quote]

It is adorable how old timers on the Hill think Eastern Market is the epicenter of area amenities. [/quote]

I actually think near NE in the LT zone is the sweet spot for amenities. Eastern Market, west side of Lincoln Park, or south of Capitol South within easy walking distance to WF/pretty close to Navy Yard are the other good spots. Near Potomac Ave metro/the Roost/new Safeway also not bad. But Hill East (14th/15th & East) slightly farther north/Maury zone is actually pretty inconvenient to any amenities. Maury is a great school, but that part of the Hill really isn’t very walkable.[/quote]

We bid on a row house literally opposite the Maury playground but we were outbid. Is that not a good location? [/quote]

It’s a fantastic location. You can walk to h street and Lincoln park. In my opinion the LT area is a dump. There is a lot of crime, lots of public housing, and the houses are too small, and you are not near that many parks except for the LT park and Sherwood rec.  Ludlow isn’t great and there aren’t any middle schools on the hill worth attending. [/quote]

Across from Maury is a perfectly good location. But Redfin says the average house in the LT zone is over $1 million and the most expensive on the Hill except for Brent. And there isn’t any public housing in the zone aside from one building of subsidized seniors apartments at 10th & G, so the rest of this is crazy. It’s also worth noting that the average LT house is almost exactly the same distance to Lincoln Park as the average Maury house… very slightly closer actually![/quote]

You’re talking about the Maury expansion area. Yes that area sucks too. But it is at least cheaper than living going to ludlow taylor and has a better elementary as well. [/quote]

Ahh, so you're someone who lived on the Hill a decade ago! Got it. "Expansion area"... following the last boundary review, which was nearly a decade ago. [/quote]

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