Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Well very little of that means much to us. We're sending our kids to private schools, most stores in the town are at most a 3 mile radius to houses. I'm a stay at home so I'll be driving a lot anyway. All we want is a nice big home and we have to live in the District for several reasons.

Spring Valley, Kent or Forest Hills are best for all $1million+ homes and close enough (under 5 minutes) to the best restaurants and food delivery but far away from hobos/crack heads/GU/AU students and their disturbances. These neighborhoods have sidewalk to walk your $800 stroller in if you want, but it will mostly be nannies doing it--occasionally the Mom will tag along on her way to lunch. Go play in the sandbox with your kid at Turtle Park if you want to rub elbows with what passes for the proletariat class in DC in AU Park. If money is no object look at these houses:
http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/lists/the_most_expensive_homes_on_the_market_in_dc/

Hope I never have tangle with the likes of you.

http://www.wfp.com/propertySearch/prop.asp?id=82254805

Here's one on Hillary's street. It's a very nice block.

Here, sweetie, here is the place for you. It's in the Woodland-Normanstone neighborhood, which is the most expensive neighborhood in DC.

Note the price reduction! http://franklymls.com/default.aspx?m=R&l=350K&h=ALL&s=DC7688983

If you were as rich as you are trying to appear, you wouldn't be "driving" yourself "around" anyway. You'd pay someone to do that. You wouldn't care where the stores were, because your staff would do the shopping for you. The boutiques would present private trunk shows in the home for you and a few high wealth friends.

Also, you'd stay in California and let your husband do his work here and fly home to see you once in a while.

DC isn't like many cities where there is one "wealthiest" neighborhood. There are many "wealthy neighborhoods." Many of these wealthy neighborhoods also have less wealthy (but still relatively affluent) parts. Not considering the suburbs (where you can find some extreme wealth), I'd say the "wealthiest" are Mass Ave Heights, Foxhall/Wesley Heights, Spring Valley, Georgetown and Kalorama.

And really, it's pathetic if you're basing where you want to live on what is considered the "wealthiest." You'll also very likely be disappointed, as no matter where you live in DC, you will most likely always encounter a house/neighborhood that seems grander than yours.

OP here.

Well very little of that means much to us. We're sending our kids to private schools, most stores in the town are at most a 3 mile radius to houses. I'm a stay at home so I'll be driving a lot anyway. All we want is a nice big home and we have to live in the District for several reasons.

I do think there is a link between wealthy neighborhoods and lack of child friendliness but maybe that's okay with the OP. The wealthiest neighborhoods tend to skew older so kids are gone, and/or they have a lot of diplomats who come and go, and/or the houses are set back behind big walls/gates and you don't even see your neighbors coming and going. But as a pp noted perhaps the OP does not actually want to come into contact with people who might not be the right sort. Spring Valley is somewhat more child friendly, probably because the houses are really not that expensive.

Because OP doesn't want to live with the proles who have to work for their $500k+ salaries.

Just curious -- why do you need to know the wealthiest neighborhood for when you settle in? I get prioritizing traffic, schools, lot size, proximity to stores, etc. But why neighborhood wealth?

Anonymous wrote:OP, do you have kids? We live in a very expensive DC neighborhood, but not Kalorama/Mass Ave Heights. We have friends in Mass Ave Heights who love their house, but now regret not living in a more "accessible" neighborhood. They wish they could walk to a store, walk to dinner, etc. There are great neighborhoods - with excellent real estate - yet retain the benes of city living.

But me suspects you are a troll.....

Not a troll. We moved here from CA and have been living in temp housing provided by DHs company. It's a condo downtown and we're getting cramped. One child.

OP, do you have kids? We live in a very expensive DC neighborhood, but not Kalorama/Mass Ave Heights. We have friends in Mass Ave Heights who love their house, but now regret not living in a more "accessible" neighborhood. They wish they could walk to a store, walk to dinner, etc. There are great neighborhoods - with excellent real estate - yet retain the benes of city living.

But me suspects you are a troll.....

Massachusetts Avenue Heights.


Agree. Also the other side of Mass near the Italian Embassy (where Hillary Clinton's house is)

3rd "agree" here.


* some of the most expensive homes are actually in Georgetown, but it's not uniform. There's some $18 million homes and some for $550,000.
http://franklymls.com/DC7713951
whereas Mass Ave Hts is smaller and uniformly stratospherically expensive.

Anonymous wrote:Massachusetts Avenue Heights.

Agree. Also the other side of Mass near the Italian Embassy (where Hillary Clinton's house is). And there are some very large houses near Foxhall Rd - kind of in between Palisades and Spring Valley, near the Field School - not sure of the name.

Massachusetts Avenue Heights.

Chain Bridge Road leading to top of Battery Kimball

Spring Valley, Kalorama or Georgetown? We want to know where the money is when we decide to settle down. Only in the District please.