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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ward 3 is beautiful and I can see why some people love living there, but its too vanilla for me. My ideal DC neighborhood would be a home in the U Street corridor (with off street parking). I'm granola meets urban chic and still under 30 fyi. Being in walkable distance from a Whole Foods, more than one metro, and Ben's/Ben's Next Door would be awesome! My friends and I were leaving Lauriol Plaza last week and were joking how we'd all be in trouble if one of us lived in walking distance.[/quote]

I love this area of DC too and lived there for 11 years. I'm now 32, married, TTC and while I still LOVE the more urban feel of U St/Dupont, we just moved to the calmer Ward 3 and I'm really enjoying it. At least I can still walk to a Whole Foods and Starbucks - and it's a quick drive down Mass if I go through withdrawal! I can't imagine raising children in the hustle and bustle of U St.

By the way, the houses in Dupont and Kalorama are more expensive (per square foot) than anywhere else in DC. I love Kalorama.[/quote]

I don't really get this pervasive idea.  If you liked living in a more urban place when you didn't have kids, why wouldn't you with kids?  We love being urban even more now that we have kids, and so do the kids![/quote]

Well, I would have gone for it but my husband not so much.  But when I saw I would have gone for it, I would have wanted to live in the 17th & T area, a little more manageable (in my opinion) than 13th and U, where I lived before. We compromised and still live in a walkable area - Starbucks, Whole Foods, a great wine bar etc, but we have more square footage, a yard, and kids riding bikes up and down our street.  After condo living off of U St. (which I fully loved) for many years, then a small rowhouse - the additional square footage and closet space is really welcome, and I never thought I'd say it but I'm enjoying the quieter pace. It's definitely still "urban" compared to other areas and has alot of charm.  By 31 I was outgrowing all of the going out and nightlife of U St, never finding parking etc.  Now, if I had all the money in the world I'd move to Kalorama - but $1.2m might get us a 2br condo there. I'd also live in one of the larger Dupont rowhomes in a heartbeat - but again, $1.2m doesn't get you a lot in terms of a house there.[/quote]

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