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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP who said Mt. Pleasant is most like neighborhoods in Brooklyn and I still think it's your best bet.  It's very Park Slope, including easy access to fantastic green space in Rock Creek Park.

But then I recalled that so many of my friends with kids live in Adams Morgan and Kalorama, which are also really great places to land if you're good with apartment or condo living.

Out of curiosity, I did a search for rental properties, 2 BDRM for up to $3K on mrishomes.com for the neighborhoods Columbia Heights, Adams Morgan, Kalorama, Mount Pleasant and Petworth.  Lots of great results are laid out on a map there, that gives you a very good reference for the area I think you want to look in.  You can see Soldier's Home as a big green space on the eastern edge of the zone and National Zoo/Rock Creek Park as the boundary to the west, and you'll also get a feel for the housing stock in various areas.  I'm a big fan of the older buildings in Kalorama.  Keep in mind that the further west and south you go, the greater the amenities and walkability.

Again, I'm in Petworth and the changes here just within the next 6 months are going to alter that walkability/amenities formula - we have a new grocery and lots of restaurants coming in near the Petworth Metro - but having lived in NYC for a while I think a Brooklyn family would be most happy in the area formed by Mt. Pleasant, Columbia Heights, Adams Morgan and Kalorama.

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The above is good advice.

I'm a PP who recommended Mt Pleasant. Mount Pleasant is a great neighborhood, and it's literally next door to CM now, and a straight shot up and down 16th if/when they move to soldier's. It offers the best commute to soldier's of all of these options, except Petworth, which would be better, and Columbia Heights, which might be slightly worse or the same, depending where exactly. Bloomingdale would be a worse commute and Capitol Hill would be terrible, in comparison to the more northwest neighborhoods.

If you are renting for 3 years only, why compromise? Not trying to be mean, but for what it's worth a lot of people look to Petworth and Bloomingdale because they are priced out of Mount Pleasant row houses. Right now the same row house could be $900k in Mt P, 750k in Bloomingdale and 600k in Petworth. Columbia Heights was always cheaper too but it's caught up fast. But this doesn't concern you OP, so why not live in Mount Pleasant (or Adams Morgan or Kalorama, also expensive per square foot). Unless being next door to the school is important for you, in which case wait for the confirmation and go Petworth.

No offense to the Park View poster but why on earth would someone with a $3k budget for 2 BR only staying 3 years live in Park View (FYI this is far-east Columbia Heights, east of Georgia Ave)? I can see the logic in buying a house there now, but I don't see why you would recommend it for this budget for a 3 year short term stay. There is still quite a bit of crime, not a lot of eating and shopping options, and the commute to CM will be bad.

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How is soldier's a straight shot up 16th from Mt Pleasant?  Isn't Mt P southwest of soldier's?

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