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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like Glover a lot for the reasons mentioned - lots of young families and kids, community feel, good and close elementary school, easy walk to some decent (though not trendy by any means) retail and food, tons of parks and trails. Affordable compared to other close in NW neighborhoods and to the western portion of Capitol Hill.

You give up some things of course - the houses are smallish and largely homogenous. If you don't like the basic concept of a three story rowhouse, there's not a lot you can do about it. And obviously it lacks a metro, though as I've told myself if it had a metro there's no chance I could afford a house. Bus lines are okay but it really depends on your specific commute. Proximity to the Rock Creek means it's pretty easy to get downtown or across the river except of course during rush hour.

For diversity, it's certainly heavily white, but on my block we have a bunch of african-american and asian and multi-racial families and it's not an issue. Less diverse than the Hill or [b]neighborhoods EOTP,[/b] but I suspect equal or more diverse to neighborhoods like AU Park.

Also, there are still some of the college or new grad group house thing going, but not as much as it used to be with the rising prices in the neighborhood. I think on my block there's one house that's rented to a bunch of kids. They throw the occasional party, but they're Georgetown grad students - not exactly an all night rager crowd.[/quote]

On the plus side, by comparison there's much less crime.[/quote]

Much less? According to crime rates, Glover Park has about the same crime as Shepherd Park and Takoma Park (EOTP). It's best not to make sweeping statements.[/quote]

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