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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think most people's issue with the Hill isn't the elementary schools, it is the middle and high school options.  Of course this can change in the next several years, but if you are looking at the situation right now, WOTP is that way to go for 14 years of security.[/quote]

I guess it depends on whether OP is willing to move again if (a) she doesn't get a good middle/HS option through the charter/OOB public lotteries in 12 years or b) the schools don't improve. I live in the city because I really like the urban feel--I'm in Adams-Morgan so I can walk to everything, including two large supermarkets that are less than two blocks from my house. I easily live without a car. Given that choice, if I felt I needed to get a place inbounds for a good school, then I would much rather be on the Hill for more than a decade and then move if I had to for schools. But between Basis, Latin, Cap City, and some other schools that tend to take a lot of kids in the middle school years, I think OP would be okay.[/quote]

I live in North Cleveland Park and am also within walking distance of two large supermarkets, two metro stops, a library, post office, some restaurants (granted not the best in the city), and several parks.  Not saying there is anything wrong with AdMo (I used to live there myself) or Capitol Hill, but I do object to the notion that once you move WOTP you give up all urban conveniences.[/quote]

Cleveland Park is MUCH less dense than Adams-Morgan. And much less mixed-use. If I lived WOTP, I'd probably want to live in CP--but it nowhere near compares with the urban living you get in Adams-Morgan. And more broadly: Cleveland Park itself--though less dense than Adams-Morgan--is MUCH more dense than most other areas WOTP. For example, the people I know who live in AU Park and are IB for Janney have to drive everywhere. And that works for them--would not work for me, especially at the prices they pay for the homes. [/quote]

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