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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The answer to this question is: move to Glover Park.  You get the walkability (or close to it) of Capitol Hill, without the downsides of crime.  You avoid long commutes from the boring suburbs.  And you don't have to worry about school quality.   [/quote]

I'm not buying any of this.  Last time I checked, Glover Park isn't short on crime because DC isn't.  We have friends there whose house was broken into a few months ago.  Don't have to worry about school qualify for Hardy or MacArthur?  Ridiculous.  I'm told that the seriously incompetent Hardy principal was pushed out a month before the end of this past school year, by....furious parents.[/quote]

Crime-wise the data is clear: https://crimecards.dc.gov/all:crimes/all:weapons/1:year%20to%20date/citywide:Census%20Tract

Glover Park (on a per-capita basis) is pretty much similar to or safer than all other neighborhoods in Ward 3 off either Wisconsin or CT ave (though the super-suburban stuff near MacArthur are a bit safer). So if Glover Park is dangerous, then AU park is a crime infested hell-hole. As for Hardy/Eaton, it does show you that unlike in Ward 6, parents and educators seem to have big stakes and influence in Ward 3.[/quote]

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