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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids are 5 and 8. So would like to be near activities / sports / classes, etc for them and someplace that has a sense of community, you actually know your neighbors, etc. [/quote]

I definitely think either Wesley Heights or Cleveland/Woodley Park is what will fit your bill.[/quote]

I just moved from Manhattan to DC. I would definitely not move to Cleveland park. I moved here too based on dcum recommendations. Don't.

People here are weird and cold. It took months to get people to even respond when I said hello. Also this place is not walkable whatsoever. There Is a strip of sad little restaurants, but the place is clogged with old racist people who think nothing of screaming at you because they think you're a nanny. I don't know of another sahm at all. So the assumption is that we are nannies, and they will feel free to treat you like trash.  The zoo is really nice though. I have met some nice friends, but they are few and far between.

I am moving to Capitol hill where other former NYC friends have moved. Since you're looking for private schools, the school issue is not important for you. Honestly, don't let anyone tell you otherwise- NW dc is extremely suburban, and maryland and Nova are totally suburban.[b]People who don't understand what life is like in manhattan will say crap like oh Bethesda has a great downtown (spoiler alert- it doesn't) and Arlington is walkable! (no it is chain store central with unfriendly types. Actually it's a lot like Hoboken).

I would definitely take a couple weekends to check out the city. When people say "great and walkable downtown" they literally mean one sad Starbucks and a bad deli[/b]. That is it. Dont rely too much on what people here say. They don't understand. [/quote]

OMG, yes, PP, you described it PERFECTLY!  I'm the PP who referred to a friend who said Connecticut avenue was the greatest thing since sliced bread.  There are verrrrry different concepts of urban/walkable here than in NYC.  I wish I'd moved to Capitol Hill when I first came to DC.  I started out in Adams Morgan b/c I came here to go to georgetown for grad school and it was the farthest I could get from georgetown and still be able to walk to campus (in theory) and I hated it.  Ugh.  A very sorry excuse for an east village/brooklyn-type neighborhood.  Anyway, congratulations to you on your move! [/quote]

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