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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm sorry, I haven't read the whole thread, but have you visited the city OP? I really dislike the hill - tends to be more conservative and uppity, in my opinion. I personally love the Dupont/Logan circle area and would echo a few other posters at trying to get a small 2 bedroom inbounds for Ross if you find you like that neighborhood more. [/quote]

You say "small two bedroom" and I remember the years I've spent in New York in small two bedrooms before we finally got a decent apartment, which we now have to leave, and I cry. Unless small means about 1300 square feet with outdoor space... but I'm guessing it doesn't.

My friends who live in DC are all childless, except for one who goes to a charter, and I don't remember which charter. They have all described the Hill as both boring and dangerous. I do understand how a place can be both, lol. Still, it looks pretty. And I'm assuming I would like its fringes more than its center... which is probably good as they will be cheaper. [/quote]

We live in a huge two-bedroom in Van Ness area (currently inbounds for Murch, maybe rezoned for Hearst) that is several times larger than the big apartment we lived in in Brooklyn, and we pay the same as we paid there four years ago (but in DC all utilities except cable and central air are included) - about $2600 - and it's close to Metro, and the Giant at Van Ness. That said, we moved here for the school, because the only other selling point was proximity to Politics and Prose and the little cluster of pretty good restaurants up near there. There's not a lot going on here at night, and Connecticut Ave in this area is very much a feeder road for commuters, so we definitely gave up a lot of great neighborhood-y stuff (and yeah, it was an adjustment!) BUT walking child to a good school and having friends live nearby that we can spontaneously have snow-day playdates with etc. is definitely compensation. And there are buses up and down CT ave. that shoot straight to the zoo, though by no means as frequent as NYC buses, as well as Metro access (that was the selling point too) and Van Ness farmer's market as well. We have a car, but don't really need one in current location. Depends on what things you want to give up![/quote]

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