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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]North Chevy Chase. Neighborhood pool, supermarket and Starbucks within walking distance, Capital Crescent Trail and Audubon Society for great nature walks and summer camps. Kids bike and walk to NCC elementary which runs grades 3 to 6. Commute downtown is easy by suburban standards (lots of different route permutations; street traffic rather than highway traffic; for someone like me with flex hours, off-peak times mean 25 mins door-to-door.) Under $800k will be a stretch but doable as long as you're okay with doing work. Same applies to the nearby parts of Kensington, although probably a bit less walking for most parts of the neighborhood.[/quote]

I second all of this as an 11-year NCC resident. [/quote]

I'm a five year resident of NCC and agree for the most part.  However, I haven't found that it necessarily meets the OP's definition of "vibrant."  When we moved in, we had a house warming party and learned that most of our neighbors didn't even know each other.  I haven't found that neighbors really talk to each other and certainly haven't experienced a meal train when I had either of my kids.  I see other women in the neighborhood with small children (mine are 2 and 8 months), but they never really seem open to talking.  I'm hitting the pool this summer with my 2 year old and hope to make some friends there.  But I've found it surprisingly difficult to get to know people outside of my direct neighbors, who are older and whose kids are older.  But on paper -- our neighborhood is great.  We have the pool, the trails, the Audubon, Chevy Chase Supermarket (and still very close to Kensington Safeway), walk to Bethesda on the trail (2 miles), Starbucks in walking distance, access to the red line or you can commute into down town DC via beach, Connecticut, Georgia, 16th Street, and more.  We have Norman's Farm stand on Jones Bridge from Memorial Day to past Labor Day.  Lots of parks.  It's really great.  I just wish people were friendlier.[/quote]

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