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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - Are you from Andover?  It sounds like it, based on your description (mainly because I know the LL team from there won the State Championship last year!)

Anyway, most posters are right, there is no real small town feel to any of the neighborhoods in or surrounding DC.  Arlington will be as close to an Andover feel as you'll get (with an equally big school system to boot), but you'll never equal the charm or character of the towns in N.E.   Finally, a commute to the Navy Yard is not the easiest, by any stretch, unless you're in the District.  Arlington will make it as painless as possible, but it will still be a PITA.  [/quote]

AU Park and Cleveland Park are reminiscent of Newton, Nicer parts of Sommerville or even leafy side streets in Cambridge. I lived for long stretches (10 years) in both places and the only places really comparable are in this 2 pricey areas, well 3 if yo include Cap Hill (the good parts are like Beacon Hill, but really it's more like quainter parts of Philly) Bottom line--DC is just a much newer city in that most things are rebuilds or reproductions of some ersatz era-style. You don't have a lot of beautiful old stock, people just tear down a rebuild their version of it here. It kind of sucks. But Columbia Heights/ Columbia Road is beautiful and has real period homes--it's just that the period is unique to DC--nothing like it exists in NE. Also crime.[/quote]

Cleveland Park - yes.  AU Park - ???

Columbia Heights is like parts of South Boston decades ago, but with more crime.

You might also want to consider Takoma Park and Del Ray.  Also, Chevy Chase and Vienna. [/quote]

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