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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Downtown Silver Spring is what I think would work best for you.

Glover Park seems like the worst suggestion-- not sure if that was meant for another thread because AFAIK it's not close to metro or to walkable commercial areas and would be terrible for a commute to Columbia.[/quote]

Glover Park is not close to Metro and would be a terrible commute to Columbia, but WTH do you mean about no walkable commercial area?  What is Wisconsin Avenue from Calvert to M Street?  It is not Fort Greene or any neighborhood in BKLYN, but NO DC neighborhood is like BKLYN.  I used to spit out my coffee when folks would suggest Adams Morgan - really?

OP, you have to let go.  Make a list of what is important to you, then start hunting after that.  I would seriously get real on how horrible the traffic is here.  You are not going to find any place in DC proper that allows for a 35ish minute commute between the District and Columbia.  It is just not possible.  I value many of the things on your list, having lived in three cities, including NYC, before I settled in DC.  But I would never swap a one-way hour commute (2 hours/day!) - or ask it of my DH - for replicating the amenities of my last home.  [/quote]

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