Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 09:58     Subject: Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

Anonymous wrote:In VA, I know two-teacher families who have bought in Annandale, Shirlington, Manassas, Burke, Reston, and Crystal City. Some of them send their kids to the neighborhood schools and others take their kids to the school where they teach.


West Springfield has a ton of FCPS teachers living there.

Centerville too.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 09:52     Subject: Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

Anonymous wrote:In VA, I know two-teacher families who have bought in Annandale, Shirlington, Manassas, Burke, Reston, and Crystal City. Some of them send their kids to the neighborhood schools and others take their kids to the school where they teach.


A decent number of FCPS teachers live in Ashburn and Leesburg.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 09:40     Subject: Re:Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

Some options by the Arboretum.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 08:34     Subject: Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

Columbia heights.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 08:31     Subject: Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

It depends on how big a place you want to buy. 4BR detached house? 2BR condo?
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 08:27     Subject: Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

Anonymous wrote:OP said DC.


+1. People can’t read.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 08:27     Subject: Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

In VA, I know two-teacher families who have bought in Annandale, Shirlington, Manassas, Burke, Reston, and Crystal City. Some of them send their kids to the neighborhood schools and others take their kids to the school where they teach.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 08:17     Subject: Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

Lamond-Riggs, Riggs Park
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 08:16     Subject: Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

Anonymous wrote:And by middle class, I mean a neighborhood that two teachers could afford to buy in.

It won’t be a neighborhood where you’d want to send your kids to school.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 02:19     Subject: Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

Wheaton, silver spring, parts of Kensington.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 02:10     Subject: Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

OP said DC.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 01:12     Subject: Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

Silver Spring
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 00:14     Subject: Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

SE dc (if you have the street smarts)
Or
Upper Montgomery county
There is also Fredericksburg, Frederick and Mount Airy
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2026 00:13     Subject: Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

Dc proper or dc metro?
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2026 22:03     Subject: Are there any truly middle class neighborhoods in DC?

And by middle class, I mean a neighborhood that two teachers could afford to buy in.