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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Navy Yard is okay. I don’t care for the Wharf, it has a suburban feel and most of the restaurants are too expensive/not kid friendly. [/quote]

I love the Wharf and think the exact opposite. Its the only neighborhood in DC with waterfront access and amazing amenities. The outdoor entertainment with live musicians feels like the kind of thing you'd see in Miami and California. We're lucky to have it here.

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What? It's definitely not the only area of DC with waterfront access. Georgetown waterfront has been around for a while even before the new park opened up. Alexandria also has waterfront and water views. [/quote]

A) Alexandria is in Virginia.

B) I know about Georgetown hence my qualifier 'and amazing amenities'. Georgetown's waterfront is boring and sad. And its their own fault. The local community has been fighting development in business and transportation for decades. Well now stores are closing left and right, and people are flocking to other areas of D.C. and the Wharf to get what they [i]could[/i] have been. [/quote]

Georgetown is a real residential neighborhood with functional amenities, there is shopping, entertainment, drug stores and banks and grocery stores and hair salons, schools and major universities as well as offices. It's not just a tourist or a night out destination. [b]There are more food choices there than what Wharf has to offer,[/b] there is fast food and fancy restaurants and euro bakeries and coffee shops. Sure it's not a hot new culinary destination, but there are still more options there and it's a much more developed area.  You make it sound like it's urban decay. Boring is in the eye of the beholder, every area has its charms.  Wharf charm is largely artificial, similar to Mosaic or Reston, e.g. suburban outdoor mall but without retail.  It's natural charm is waterfront, but the area is too small for more than a day outing. People are flocking wherever it's convenient, I doubt any of these neighborhoods will completely lose their patrons.[/quote]

There are more food options in Georgetown, it's true.  Of course, with a few exceptions, they universally suck.  Seriously, other than Baked 'n Wired and Chez Billy Sud, where's the good food in Georgetown?  [/quote]

What's good in Wharf/Navy Yard? Even if you are new to the city and just look at Yelp you are surely going to find way more 4 star rated options in Georgetown than in the Wharf, with larger variety of food from casual and bakeries and fast food to fine dining.  Sounds like you had never been to Georgetown of haven't been in years and only have this stereotypical view that it's a dying neighborhood about to become urban wasteland.  It's far from it, despite major retail dying all over it still draws its crowds for shopping and most chain places are open as well as boutiques. Waterfront is usually packed, as well as movie theater and restaurants aren't empty either.  It's still closer and more convenient option for people living in NW DC and nearby suburbs and these people are not about to pack up and depart DC metro to move to SW DC.

I don't understand why there is this need to put down some older established neighborhoods to aggrandize new ones, not necessary. Wharf/Navy yard are doing just fine and are great options, I love to have them.  Having a ferry service between Georgetown and Wharf is awesome too. Good times to enjoy both, why the need to compete? It's very small town thinking that one area must die for another to take off.  A big vibrant city would naturally have many such areas equally thriving and enough people to visit them.  What I would like to see is more development around Wharf and Navy Yard, easier options to get there and a way to get from one to another, better food choices too. [/quote]

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