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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Metro stations - Farragut West and Federal Triangle - work and preschool respectively. We're looking to rent in the short term. Looking for 3 bedrooms, budget upto $4,000 a month. Is that realistic? We're moving from London. So used to walking everywhere and using public transport. Also won't have a car initially.[/quote]

Farragut West is on the Orange Line.  How do you feel about the burbs?  Fairfax/Vienna metro, Oakton?  Good schools, good preschools, affordable, on metro.  [/quote]

Why on earth would you live in Oakton if you can afford to be close? And won't have a car. 
I don't want to be rude but that advice seems crazy. They're coming from London and want to walk everywhere and be close to work! [/quote]

DC native here: where is Oakton?

I'm not being facetious. I've lived here all my life and never heard of it, so it must be a "new" bedroom community development in the middle of nowhere.

OP, choose Brookland if you want a classic single family home with yard and parking. If you want to walk to everywhere and be close to work, move to Eastern Market.[/quote]

You need to get out more. Oakton has been around for a long time and is a well established, highly- regarded, upper-middle class community with great public schools. It's definitely NOT what I would recommend for the OP, since they will have no car and are coming from London (very cosmopolitan environment) but you need to get out of DC (fake, crappy city with no identity) a bit more![/quote]

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