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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think I really depends on if you work off the redline. We bought in Brentwood because we were in the same price range and got priced out of brookland, Edgewood and eckington. We were looking between here and fort totten and [b]decided on Brentwood because it was a bit closer in and near ivy city etc.  We don’t have kids yet but are definitely thinking forward to that and didn’t even consider PG for that reason[/b]. It really just depends on if your commute and if you are ready to move to the burbs! I think you probably can’t go wrong either way. [/quote]

I hear this kind of thing all the time on here and it just blows my mind.[/quote]

Reasons for young couples with babies or planning on kids in the near future choose Brentwood (DC) over PG County: Brentwood has high crime (as does Ivy City) but both areas are gentrifying quickly. Brentwood is a 15 min or less walk to the red line metro. This poster likely got a remodeled house for around $400K (could be $300K or less, depending on how ago she bought) and by the time her not-yet-born kids are ready for kindergarten, she will be ready to cash out her equity and move to the burbs for school if needed (or, the school landscape in DC may have changed for the better by that time).

I like the new townhomes in Hyattsville, but what metro can you walk to? It also surprises/worries me that they have not appreciated in the past 5 years. Home prices in Brentwood DC (which were much lower 5 years ago) have doubled in the past 5 years. Of course, DC's housing market could all come crashing down anytime, but people generally look to recent past performance to predict the near future. For a young buyer with risk tolerance, no need for public schools with high test scores yet, and who prioritizes a short commute and being near friends in the city, this makes total sense. [/quote]

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