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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't figure out if the really hostile posts in this thread are from the OP, the poster with the s/o who lives near Union Market, or just some random person who doesn't think anyone (?) should live in a neighborhood they've heard of but never spent time in.[/quote]
I think there’s two of us with a s/o near Union Market and maybe you’re referring to the other one but that wasn’t my intention. I think it’s a nice neighborhood if a little too up and coming for my liking (I live in Cleveland Park so not exactly cool or trendy) but I spend a lot of time in NOMA because of my bf and I think it’s fine. I just wouldn’t live there if I had children is all I meant. If you’re young and like a kind of Brooklyn vibe I think it’s a great choice. [/quote]

Yep, two of us, I’m the other, who was making a little fun of characterizing it as “edgy” - because I tend to think DC (and especially DCUM) standards for that are pretty low. The minor street crime there doesn’t seem any worse to me than anywhere else in the District other than maybe wypipo world of AU Park. It’s not where I would choose to live but I enjoy visiting my s/o there and it has a lot to offer, if you like food halls and drinks carts and avocado toast, which I do.

The only hostility came from someone who told me my opinion doesn’t matter.[/quote]
What of these things are good for young kids and can overweight the obviously negative factors like the fact that there are very few other young families in the neighborhood (for obvious reasons).[/quote]

There are many young families in the neighborhood. Like Union Market on the weekends is completely full of young families, and the neighborhood just south of the market is full of young families.

I do think that Union Market area, specifically, needs a decent playground and I hope that is ultimately in the plans. It's dumb to have that much gathering space for people and not put in a small playground/park area. Right now there are several playgrounds just south of Florida (JO Wilson, Hayes Park, Swampoodle) plus a really nice playground that is a little walk over to the other side of the train tracks (Tanner Park). But as they continue to develop the old market, it would just make a ton of sense to put in a nice new playground there, sort of like the one down by Eastern Market. It's actually great not only for families visiting the area, but benefits the childless folks too because it proved a place for kids to run around and blow off steam that isn't the middle of the market.[/quote]

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