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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]. Honestly, if I was facing the choice you're facing, I'd probably stay in Brooklyn. There's just no good solution.[/quote]

Not an option.  Opportunity we couldn't refuse.

This really comes down to a lifestyle question-- which sacrifices are we willing to make as a family.  I agreed to move to DC, leaving all of our family and friends and a life we have built in the City over the past 11 years.  In turn, Husband, who came home last night to tearful, despondent me, has assured me that he would live in DC and reverse-commute to make the transition more palatable for me (and him-- he's not keen on moving to the suburbs yet, either).  Maybe a year of the killer commute will change our mind, but for now, it seems like the best choice for us.  Just to be sure, though, we will visit Takoma Park and Silver Spring on one of our upcoming visits, and do so with an open mind.

Now for the next logical question:  what are the best sites for finding rental listings?  [/quote]

In that case, what I would suggest is that you move to Columbia Heights or Mt. Pleasant. I admit I'm biased on this front - I live in Columbia Heights and love it. It's not Brooklyn, but as many people have already said, you're not going to find Brooklyn here. I live on 14th Street just north of the main commercial area. We have several really good restaurants, a couple of wonderful parks, several independent cafes (so you can shop around for that latte), extremely public transit accessible, and a pretty straight shot up to Columbia. Google tells me that in right now's traffic, it'll take around 45 minutes to get from my address to Columbia (but I strongly suspect that it would be closer to an hour all things considered).

For what it's worth, I love Takoma, but I wouldn't trade living in the city for it. It's gorgeous, but it's not urban. There are like 3 restaurants and very little to do outside playgrounds and getting on the train to go downtown. I've spent a lot of time out there with very good friends, and on the weekends (times when you'd be most likely to want to go downtown), there is almost always track work on the red line that makes Metro travel highly unpredictable. I have no idea how long that's going to be going on, but certainly is a thing that is annoying now.[/quote]

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