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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My pet theory is that Petworth/16th St Heights/N Columbia Heights/Park View is turning into Glover Park/Burleith, and that in a generation Barnard or Powell or whatever will be another Stoddert.

Have you seen how many strollers there are in this neighborhood? It’s crazy and the real estate market is supposed to suck. [/quote]

That's exactly what people said when I moved to Petworth with a pregnant wife 15 years ago.[/quote]

+1000

Agree with the previous posters discussing the sheen wearing off come middle and HS. We’ve been in the neighborhood since before our kids were born. They’re teens now. We’ve since done what I have seen every neighbor with kids our age do, which is lottery into a different school than MacFarland/ Roosevelt (or they’ve gone private). Not to mention the amount of people who we’ve know that moved. 
I have a friend with a 2 year old who moved to Petworth from a NOMA apartment. They love it here and when I bring up my kids experience they just say, “oh but there’s so many people on our block with kids the same age who want to stay so by the time they’re in middle school it will be different”. 
Yeah…ok. Lol. Get a taste of the DCPS game in upper elementary and get back to me later. 
My kids were out daily with the neighborhood kids when they were  3,4,5,6 years old. Then one by one they all left. 
So sure, keep telling the story that’s been told already for 20 years about how Petworth is going to be “the next….”  
It’s not and we kick ourselves for missing the boat and not selling earlier when rates were better. Ironically getting lucky in the lottery locked us in longer than others but I can confirm even the DCPS schools you think you want MacFarland and Roosevelt to aspire to be more like leave a lot to be desired. [/quote]

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