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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]hi! we are mid 30s, i haven't visited DC in something like 10 years but have family in the burbs, and i hear DC has changed a lot. looking for specific neighborhood/hotel recs for a weekend late spring to check out what it's all about. our priorities are, in no particular order: vibrant groceries/markets/restaurant options, down to earth people, green space (we'll have a car so it doesn't have to be everything walking distance), some ethnic diversity (we're both mixed), and we do want to have kids soon. i'd have to convince DH as well, so welcome really good suggestions! [/quote]
I'd consider staying at The Line in Adams Morgan. New hotel, and one of the few that's in a real residential neighborhood (other than the stuff in West End, but that's all basically high rise apartment buildings). Super diverse, maybe a little more nightlife than you may want - but good to feel some real city buzz. Then I'd recommend from there going up towards Petworth and Columbia heights - both of which have close proximity to Rock Creek Park - the most amazing green space in the city. Both have farmers markets, an anchor grocery store or two.

If you're looking to rent or looking to buy, I'd make different suggestions - so its important to understand which. Also - do you want to have your own house/townhouse? Or is an condo/apt doable?[/quote]

I think that this is a great recommendation but (I was the Bloomingdale/LeDroit PP) I STRONGLY recommend that you at least spend a day walking around the areas closer to Howard.

If you get good weather, what I would recommend is a walk down 18th Street, turn left on U Street and walk down to 7th (wander around the side streets as you go so you can get a sense of the area - especially around 14th because it's so dense with retail, and around 9th & V because that's near Howard), then walk through LeDroit on T Street and end at 1st & Rhode Island which is the middle of the Bloomingdale neighborhood. I'd walk up 1st Street to check out Bloomingdale then loop back over on Bryant to 7th St which will take you right through the Howard campus. Then you'll be exhausted so you can Uber back or to another part of the city to check it out. [/quote]

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