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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seattleite here- We moved from Wallingford in 2009 and by pure chance ended up in Del Ray. This by far the closest thing you'll find that will fit. Maybe small pockets of Arlington or Takoma Park. Everything else is pure suburban hell. Don't even consider Mclean, Reston, Falls Church, Silver Spring, Vienna.

Those places are like telling someone to move to North Gate if they were relocating to Seattle.

Ignore the hate on the schools. My daughters are excelling- oldest went to UVA with admissions to W and M, Northwestern and Denison.[/quote]

We also ended up in Del Ray without realizing how fortunate of a choice it was as we were house hunting all over the metro.  The housing stock here is similar to our favorite part of Portland -- no cookie-cutter houses, no massive lots, lots of houses with porches and ample outdoor space, and [u]sidewalks with plenty of places people actually walk to[/u]!  The people here are like where we used to live in the midwest -- quite friendly and neighbors care about each other and the community.  And the pace of life seems a touch slower and[b] "keeping up with the Jones" not as much of a thing here compared to parts of Arlington and NWDC that we looked at.  [/b]That's great to hear about the schools as our oldest will enter elementary school soon, and we hear from our neighbors that the schools seem to get better and better.

Parts of Silver spring and Kensington seem similar in this regard too as we've come to know the DMV.  Takoma Park has some very cool houses but was just a bit too crunchy for our personalities.[/quote]

LMAO, that is because the people there ARE the Joneses.[/quote]

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