Anonymous wrote:Georgetown.
Palisades
North Arlington near restaurants.
All three are very livable and you'll find something decent for your budget.
If Metro is a concern, North Arlington would be your best bet.
Anonymous wrote:What’s your tolerance level for crime and poverty?
Anonymous wrote:Commuting to Georgetown main campus is a pain, so I would second Burleith, as well as Dupont and Logan Circles close enough for you to walk to catch the Circulator or bus to campus. Glover Park is lovely but getting to the Wharf from there would stink I think.
If the Georgetown job is at the law school campus, then that opens up more options. In that case, I'd probably live in the closer in parts of Capitol Hill.
You might also consider Mt. Pleasant if the Georgetown person will drive. It's a pretty easy shot down to the Wharf on the Green Line.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My mom used to live in DC decades ago (in the 80s). She was there about 8 years, and said back then there were 2, maybe 3 really desirable neighborhoods with the big two being DuPont Circle and Georgetown. A cousin who used to live in DC in the early 2000s told me about this board. She lived in Capitol Hill for 5 years and then had kids and moved back to her hometown in New Jersey. Beyond those anecdotes I don’t know anyone with personal experience, and those are far from recent.
I’m newly married, living in San Francisco, and we are planning to move to DC this summer. Here’s what we are looking for.
1. 3 BR with a max price around 2.3 million (remember we are coming from San Francisco. We’re used to high prices.)
2. Very walkable with restaurants, stores, services
3. Dog friendly
4. We will have one car but we are also used to looking around for street parking so garage or parking pad not mandatory
5. We don’t want to be in a place where it’s just a bunch of singles or young people. We want to be able to grow our family and we think neighborhoods with people of all ages add to the experience
6. I am white, my husband is Asian, if that’s makes any difference although I can’t imagine that’s the case in a city like DC where there must be lots of couples who are not of the same race/ethnicity
7. One of us will be working in a building at the Wharf and the other at Georgetown University.
Where do you suggest we look?
Where are you going to work? Traffic is a consideration.
Anonymous wrote:My mom used to live in DC decades ago (in the 80s). She was there about 8 years, and said back then there were 2, maybe 3 really desirable neighborhoods with the big two being DuPont Circle and Georgetown. A cousin who used to live in DC in the early 2000s told me about this board. She lived in Capitol Hill for 5 years and then had kids and moved back to her hometown in New Jersey. Beyond those anecdotes I don’t know anyone with personal experience, and those are far from recent.
I’m newly married, living in San Francisco, and we are planning to move to DC this summer. Here’s what we are looking for.
1. 3 BR with a max price around 2.3 million (remember we are coming from San Francisco. We’re used to high prices.)
2. Very walkable with restaurants, stores, services
3. Dog friendly
4. We will have one car but we are also used to looking around for street parking so garage or parking pad not mandatory
5. We don’t want to be in a place where it’s just a bunch of singles or young people. We want to be able to grow our family and we think neighborhoods with people of all ages add to the experience
6. I am white, my husband is Asian, if that’s makes any difference although I can’t imagine that’s the case in a city like DC where there must be lots of couples who are not of the same race/ethnicity
7. One of us will be working in a building at the Wharf and the other at Georgetown University.
Where do you suggest we look?