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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I moved to DC from NYC, too, and am very happy living in Mount Pleasant.   Of course, it is not as dense and developed as most of NYC.  It has a very different vibe.  But you can find diversity, cute houses, and access to transportation in DC proper.  And on top of that, we're right near the park and the zoo.   I also have NYC transplant friends near H Street, near Eastern Market and in Georgetown.

I get why the OP is looking in VA but it just seems odd to me that so many people are saying New Yorkers would be happier in the suburbs than in DC.[/quote]

Why does it seem odd?  Most folks recommending probably live in the suburbs and may have never lived anywhere as dense as NYC.  Took me a LONG time to get why folks want to live in subdivisions (FWIW, we still live in DC after 15 years in NYC).  Suburbanites can have blinkered vision on what works for others.  YMMV, but I'd rather fold up my stroller and wrestle my kid and me onto a bus, then drive from home garage to parking lot to go to the library, visit a bookstore, etc.  Drive across America and you will see many people prefer the latter.  [/quote]
It is just so ironic that you recommend she drives across America to see people who prefer not to drive. [/quote]

No, not what I wrote.  The "latter" refers to driving from home to shop to school to library, etc., rather than the "former," which is schlepping to all those places via bus, subway, or on foot. [/quote]

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