Reply to s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?

Forum Index » Real Estate

Reply to "s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ward 3 neighborhoods

No, there isn't anything for us.  I want a fully urban neighborhood with tons of theatre and museums within a few block walk.  I'm not saying that we would be slumming in Ward 3, but Ward 2 is a much better fit for our family.  And, yes, we could afford to live in Ward 3.[/quote]

[b]What museums are within walking distance of the theatre district in Ward 2? [/b]
The problem with Ward 2 (and we used to live in Logan Circle) is that the schools are iffy. Ross, which is the only arguably decent school that accommodates a small part of Ward 2, is too small to even accept siblings in the PK. Garrison Elementary is a big gamble. Unless you are willing to spend $$$ for private school at some point, most families leave Ward 2 by elementary school age.[/quote]

Really?  In the past year, we have visited - via foot -  Portrait Gallery, American Art Museum, Building Museum, Spy Museum, Newseum, Woman's Arts Museum, American History Museum, Natural History Museum, Koshland Science Museum (the before-mentioned are all less than a 10 block walk),
National Archives, National Gallery of Art, Sculpture Garden, Native American Museum, Air and Space Museum, Corcoran, Freer, Hirshorn, Phillips Collection, and Sackler Gallery.  We also have also walked to see many performances at the National Theatre, and some at the Shakespeare Theater, Warner Theatre, Discovery Theatre, and various Fringe Fest locations.  All of those, except for the Discovery Theatre, are within a 10 block walk.  There are many other museums and theatres within walking distance that we have not - yet - visited this year, as we frequent many of those above, but someday...

I completely agree about the school situation.  Our child is currently in a great Charter, and we hope that between that and all of the extracurricular learning that she is getting from the neighborhood resources, we can piece together her education.  I am carefully monitoring, however, and if necessary, we will just send her to private.  I would rather not, but we can afford it if necessary (just as we could afford moving to Ward 3 if we wanted to, but we don't).[/quote]

This is true if you live in Penn Quarter. The Smithsonians are too far to walk to for young children if you live in Logan Circle (but you could take buses down 14th).[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics