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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We'll retire in DC, as empty nesters don't need much space nor want to spend remaining life to maintain/furnish/repair/clean/upgrade it. We'll shed the car in favor of public transport and Uber or Zip car.

Our goal is smaller footprint and [b]urban lifestyle with shopping, cafe, museums, zoo, arboretum and parks, protests, live music etc, also three airports nearby to fly out, mountains and water within reach, [/b]Alexandria and Annapolis near by, bus to NYC.[/quote]

Have you lived anywhere else in decades?  DC has good walkability but the parks, restaurants, live music and shopping are very limited. I will give you museums but can’t say much for the zoo.  Even saying shopping is odd since most shopping here is limited to CVS.  There isn’t even a decent department store!

Mountains and water?  Closest beaches aren’t great and are crowded.  Mountains are okay but hardly the Rocky Mountains or somewhere like Vermont.

When I read a post like yours I assume you have no clue that DC isn’t that great. Most people are only in DC for work.  [/quote]

I'm not the PP but this is an odd take. [b]Rock Creek Park is beautiful, so is Glover Park, [/b]that's just to name two parks.

We have great restaurants...Michelin Star and otherwise.  And, close by in Northern VA there's some of the best Asian food in the US.  DC is not NY when it comes to restaurants but come on.

I see live music all over DC: 9:30 Club, Anthem, etc.

The Shenandoah Mountains are stunning, as are the rest of the Blue Ridges.  I do agree on shopping and nearby beaches but neither makes me eliminate DC as a desirable place to live in any way.[/quote]

Sure but can you safely hang out in these parks, especially as a woman?  [/quote]

Are you serious??  I've been running in those parks and others for nearly 30 years (I'm a woman)[/quote]

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