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[quote=Anonymous]We’ve lived in Capitol Hill for 17 years and now have a middle-schooler and a high-schooler. We’ve periodically been tempted to move elsewhere where we could get good neighborhood middle and high schools and more space for our money. But we love Capitol Hill too much. The neighborhood has changed enormously in our time here, and is much more family-friendly than it was.

Things like grocery shopping, restaurants, bars — all have exploded and it’s a very vibrant neighborhood. Eastern Market functions as the heart of the Hill and is a unifying feature.

Of course, there are some major holes in the commercial environment. If I (a man) had to buy an item of clothing on the Hill, I wouldn’t know where to start (I guess there is some stuff in Union Station?). For a while, the bookstore scene was nonexistent, though now we have a couple really cool stores (East City and Solid State — assuming they survive Covid).

The really big downside, of course, is what the hell to do with your kids after elementary school. Stuart-Hobson is not a terrible middle school choice, but only a part of the Hill feeds into it. For years, people have been saying the other options — Eliot-Hine and Jefferson — are on the verge of acceptability, but that doesn’t seem to be happening yet. High school is also a problem. I think there’s a good chance that things might be different in 10 years, but no guarantee.

We decided to send our kids to privates specifically because we like our neighborhood too much to leave. [/quote]

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