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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m surprised no one has mentioned Takoma park on this thread yet (probably bc this is the dcps board). But we moved there a few years ago and have been very happy. It’s more of a small town vibe, rather than sprawling suburbs. Very walkable, easy to commute to my job on the hill, we got an yard, and we’ve been happy with the schools. It sounds like OP is considering Silver Spring, which (depending on the neighborhood they land on) would likely be pretty similar in terms of walkability. It’s not perfect here (traffic, and we have plenty of posturing lawn signs), but it’s much more livable and relaxing, for us.[/quote]

Takoma park is great if you like insane commuters blasting through the neighborhood, constant traffic, high housing prices for poorly maintained cheap siding covered homes, and truly bad to mediocre schools. Also if you think proximity to Georgia Ave is a plus (pawn shops and McDonald’s) then sure, maybe?  I guess some people like crime. [/quote]

Huh? Georgia Ave doesn’t even go through TKPK… if you don’t like it, don’t move there, though it sounds like maybe you haven’t been there before? I’m just sharing my experience of moving to another neighborhood without big regrets in case it’s helpful to the OP, who may be wrestling with some of the same issues we were (crime, schools, space, etc). [/quote]

From what I can tell, the CH boosters don’t like any neighbourhood in DC, MD or VA except CH[/quote]

I am not a CH booster, but as a former takoma resident, I am also not going to pretend takoma is remotely better than Capitol Hill or even Trinidad. Honestly Brightwood is better than Takoma and it’s a huge dump. [/quote]

Brightwood is a huge dump? What parts are you referring? We are looking at moving and noticed some inventory south of the new Walter Reed site (west of GA ave) and didn’t get a dump vibe?

Can you elaborate? [/quote]

Don’t take anyone who compared Takoma to Trinidad (you know, the neighborhood that once had checkpoints to enter because the crime was so bad) seriously. You saw the neighborhood for yourself—you decide. It isn’t an answer to a school problem, FWIW, but it’s fine. [/quote]

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