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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - also adding that my husband’s job provides shuttles from the train station in Ft Meade hence the comment about living near union station. Also, we would rent because we don’t know if this is a short term move or longer term. We would prefer a condo or row home or something that is NOT a house with all the yard maintenance etc. We currently rent a first floor condo that has a small yard which would be ideal.[/quote]

we lived in the apartments on Mass- 400 or 410 with young kids for 5 years - you could def apply to Thompson - we sent ours to one of the close by charters b/c I commuted to Baltimore those years (so passed by the bllomingdale charters) .  I loved the school community and living in that area- we moved overseas which is why we left.  we also had one car that I used for that bw pkwy commute while my husband walked to work (it was near the Carnegie library). that worked really well for us so I'm recommending it.  we also had friends who lived closer to north capital street and to Kennedy playground, closer to north capital makes it easier to get to the parkway but its not a walkable area, if you only want the one car  & no commutes and want to walk to your office & union station  then I'd look on mass and north of Mass b/c that is a nice walk to union station but you can still drive out there if the trains/metro is being wonky & a super short commute to city center which has a really good coffee shop and food shops.  There are a bunch of apartment buildings around the Safeway &  Baked Joint (excellent breakfast spot & coffee)  and a lot of kids there as well so built in playdates in the same building plus some buildings have really nice roof terraces and pools which  was a very nice amenity to have with the kids in the Dc heat. our building had a lot of Georgetown law students so it could get a bit stressful around exam times but we found good babysitters that way as well.

good luck! Hoboken is really fun and im sure you'll miss it but it's possible to live in Mt. Vernon with those commutes and have really good childhood/time as a young family. the preschools are good enough and there are a lot of young families there.  its when kids get older that people start moving for schools and more space and you want to rent to see if you like the area.  [/quote]

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