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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP: Your politics matter here. [b]The Takoma Park poster is representative of that neighborhood-incredibly progressive, to a fault. No tolerance for varying viewpoints.[/b] If you want Marlyand and want inexpensive, look around College Park, like Hyattsville. I can't say why, but I'm not a fan of Silver Spring. For a less political experience, go to the VA side. Arlington just has tons of neighborhoods you could try out. I wouldn't listen to the Capitol Hill posters either. At $200,000 HHI, I don't think you should pay DC-level private school tuition. And Cap Hill schools are not going to cut it for you. Arlington Co. schools have come a long long way. In short, Arlington County would be your best bet.[/quote]

Note that the only Takoma Park poster did not mention politics and merely complimented the OP on their sense of humor and writing style.

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NP here, and live in Takoma Park. People love to talk about how crazy left wing it is, but it's less and less so as the home prices get more expensive. I'm not sure it is more conservative than most of the DC area.

It would be helpful to know OP's housing budget. Income is not the full story, but if it is, it is going to be hard to find a nice house in Takoma Park at the current prices and interest rates. But it certainly sounds like it would be a good fit. It has both a nice library (recently renovated and the new space is about to open) and a good farmers' market, as well as some good restaurants. It has lots of nice houses and a great community feel, too. If the commute is on the red line and you can afford to buy a place near the metro, the commute could be less than half and hour door to door.

There are great neighborhoods all over the area, but the budget is the key point. I think that if you don't have a lot of home equity or savings to roll into a purchase, at that income, you would do better to look in Silver Spring and Rockville, and perhaps Alexandria. Capitol Hill is great, but it is pretty expensive to live in the places you'd probably want to live. University Park and some other sports in PG County can be charming, but the commute might be bad. In VA, I think Burke/Springfield might work, but that would be far more suburban feeling than these other options.[/quote]

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