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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Much of NW is no more “urban” than the suburbs on the other side of the DC line and isn’t remotely comparable to Cambridge.  And the schools, while perhaps the best in DC, are average at best compared to the suburbs and below average once you are past elementary school.  So it’s really the worst of both worlds: not city-like in terms of lifestyle, and not suburb-like in terms of school quality.  So why bother?[/quote]

Hi - so where is safe and urban (comparable to Cambridge) in DC?

to the PP who asked, we live near Porter square. Yes, been hearing more about crime around Central since Covid, but there is pretty much nothing around where we live. It's safe enough that some elementary aged kids walk home on their own.

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I'm the PP who posted about living near Central Square. I heard that Porter actually doesn't have good retail now and a bunch of stuff closed, but I haven't been there since pre-pandemic. Tenleytown and Friendship Heights have had similar issues (there actually used to be some decent retail in FH) but they do not rival some of the better parts of Cambridge.  If you're just looking for something safe enough for your kids to walk home from school, then I'd check out Tenleytown, FH, parts of Chevy Chase that are walking distance to the Metro (otherwise it's just too isolated), Glover Park, and Georgetown if you can afford it. I personally don't feel super safe it Mt Pleasant and Capitol Hill, but YMMV.

There have been other threads about Boston vs DC and the pros and cons of each, but either way you are not going to find a "Cambridge equivalent" in DC. Georgetown is pretty isolated and the other universities aren't as rich, so you just don't have the MIT/Harvard academic scene (and wealth) mixed in with good public transportation and bohemian vibes (including wanna be bohemians). For some reason there are a bunch of suburban people who dominate this board, but make sure to do your research because I couldn't imagine living in those places after living in Porter Square or other dense neighborhoods around Boston.[/quote]

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