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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kingman Park streets 21/23 to Oklahoma specifically, generally don't have people standing around (Benning rd is another story, but it is its own world).

People say H St is declining so no to Trinidad, but also I feel like people who say H St is declining have literally no memory of H St 15-17 years ago before it improved. It remains to this day vastly different and vastly better, I went there when there was only 2-3 restaurants like Granville Moore's and some liquor stores. H St has constantly churned/replaced restaurants over 15 years but everyone freaks out about restaurant closings in the recent 2 years though it's nothing new.

The state of RFK remains the biggest question mark and, should something happen there, the biggest potential to cause growth in the adjacent neighborhood including across the river. However, nothing has happened yet in whatever 15-20 years of the city trying to get something to happen. Senator Steve Daines from Utah was the most recent GOP person to block development of that site in committee.[/quote]

Super weird to suggest Kingman Park (which is close to Benning Road) and then reject Trinidad for being too close to H Street (Trinidad is several blocks separated from H Street and also whatever issues H Street has had recently it's significantly safer and more gentrified than Benning).

Also I've watched as several places we had our eye on in Trinidad have gone for 900k-1.1m (outside our budget) in the last couple years even with the higher rates so I would actually argue Trinidad is on an upswing. Enough of one that we can no longer afford a SFH there and could only get a condo. So it seems like not a lot of people are writing Trinidad off due to its proximity to H.[/quote] is this to say properties in Trinidad will go for higher or sell for more than properties near H street Ne! For example houses on G and I street NE?[/quote]

Depends on the house. Trinidad has larger lots than G or I street, so some houses might go for more but they also might be larger. I do think G and I street both suffer from proximity to H. Not because H is terrible but just because it's a commercial corridor-- noise, traffic, more loitering and other annoying behaviors. Trinidad is nice because it's almost entirely residential but super close to both H Street and Union Market. So you get the benefits of the neighborhood without having to share alleys with restaurants or deal as much traffic on streets and sidewalks.

But the parts of G street IB for Ludlow-Taylor will fetch a premium you won't see in Trinidad (or I street). G street will also be considered Capitol Hill which gets kind of an automatic bump. So there are both practical and psychological reasons that G street will be priced higher. Eye street doesn't have the great IB school or the caché of CH so I do think it is probably going for less than Trinidad at this point.[/quote]

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