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Anonymous wrote:There is a little triangle neighborhood in bound for Murch/Deal/Wilson called Wakefield. It has SFHs, condos and apartments. From most homes in the area, you can walk to 2 or 3 Red Line metro stops and the surrounding shopping areas (Van Ness, Tenleytown, Friendship Heights), as well as the Politics and Prose area, and all three schools. For commute you are able to quickly access, River Road, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Reno, Connecticut, Military Rd. and Rock Creek Parkway. Its is right in the middle of it all.

I live here--sometimes it's called North Cleveland Park. I like it and you can walk to the metro and various things but I'm not sure it's really urban. More like suburb in the city.

Yes, well, months ago when this comment was made, the conversation was focused on Deal feeder neighborhoods, not purely urban areas. North Cleveland Park is from Quebec to Albemarle between Wisconsin and Connecticut. Pull up google map and enter North Cleveland Park to see the boundary.

Anonymous wrote:There is a little triangle neighborhood in bound for Murch/Deal/Wilson called Wakefield. It has SFHs, condos and apartments. From most homes in the area, you can walk to 2 or 3 Red Line metro stops and the surrounding shopping areas (Van Ness, Tenleytown, Friendship Heights), as well as the Politics and Prose area, and all three schools. For commute you are able to quickly access, River Road, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Reno, Connecticut, Military Rd. and Rock Creek Parkway. Its is right in the middle of it all.

I live here--sometimes it's called North Cleveland Park. I like it and you can walk to the metro and various things but I'm not sure it's really urban. More like suburb in the city.

Anonymous wrote:The Hill has its own pockets of older neighbors who seek quiet (reference the war on the cute backyard tree house story in the WaPo and TV news a couple years back).

I'd argue that crime in DC can be random and violent almost anywhere off the National Mall.

I was never a crime victim on the Hill, while living there for 20 years. But was held up in G'town by a guy with a gun just two years ago. Was about to get into my car, parked off a dark alley, at 11 PM. Police were efficient and helpful but, to my knowledge, never got the guy.

So true. I was the Previous Poster who lives in G'town. There's so much unreported crime in G'town, due to the tourists and the college students...I am so sorry you were held up by gun...how frightening.

And we did not have problems on the Hill, either, crime wise. But we were 'wise' and didn't wander the neighborhood too far after dark. The newer residents are a bit silly in their beliefs that they can wander out between 11 pm onward and now be held up. It's a city, crime happens...

The Hill has its own pockets of older neighbors who seek quiet (reference the war on the cute backyard tree house story in the WaPo and TV news a couple years back).

I'd argue that crime in DC can be random and violent almost anywhere off the National Mall.

I was never a crime victim on the Hill, while living there for 20 years. But was held up in G'town by a guy with a gun just two years ago. Was about to get into my car, parked off a dark alley, at 11 PM. Police were efficient and helpful but, to my knowledge, never got the guy.

I live in G'town with young children, and don't recommend it. Unless you are a social climber, it's a stuffy, boring place for kids. And we have a large home with a large yard...unfortunately, most of the neighbors are retired and seek 'quiet' ...

You will be very uncomfortable in any home under $2.5, at least, in Georgetown. No yard or parking for that price either.

Chevy Chase DC is a good bet (Lafayette school is great), and the neighborhood is sweet with single family homes.

Capitol Hill is probably the best for young children, but real estate is climbing there. Crime is random and violent when it occurs on the Hill, however. (And, yes, we lived there for many years, for those willing to jump on me about this...)

You should look at the burbs...N. VA or Chevy Chase, MD (Montgomery County--great schools) if you want a nice home and a good school system.

I know you said 'urban' but unless you live in DC for a bit (rent first!) you may have a tough time getting a grip on neighborhoods and school systems.

One last thought: Many in DC send their children to private schools for a reason. While some of the charters and a few of the public schools are okay, the DC school system has so much to be desired it moves most families out of the city and into the burbs.

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lizziewhit wrote:Why would someone say "Yuck" to Cleveland Park? I don't want to spin my wheels there if its truly that bad.

Because Cleveland Park is a historically affluent neighborhood, very bourgeois, and somewhat sleepy and not exactly up an coming today. Some people resent that and think it's not cool.

I like Cleveland Park, but one thing that would bother me about it is that there is a very high proportion of kids in private school. You'll find more of a neighborhood school community feeling in a place like AU Park, where most kids go to Janney these days.

Im the poster that said Yuck to Cleveland Park.

I lived there when I first moved to dc and found the place incredibly rude.

It's full of old people who hate kids, not walkable, and the restaurants are not very good. I did most of my grocery shopping at CVS because the local supermarket was full of expired and expensive food. I met very few parents as it's just an unfriendly place. I was happy to leave.

If you doubt this, check out http://clevelandparkcomplaints.tumblr.com

That thread you posted is from 2013, it is almost 2018. There are tons of families in Cleveland Park and if you are close to the metro, it is incredibly walkable and you can easily access the bus routes on Conn. as well. Maybe you had not nice neighbors, but our neighbors are a range of ages and super helpful, nice and community-oriented. The older folks in my neighborhood actually love our kids. YMMV.

I don't doubt you.

But I'm pretty sure you're white.

Super glad I left that $hith0le.

Who axed you?

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Anonymous wrote:I would definitely look in Glover Park too. Near Georgetown, still a somewhat urban feel, but a little more space for your money. Stoddert Elem is fantastic.

The strip clubs in Glover do give it some of that gritty urban vibe.

It would give me the creeps if I lived in Glover Park and had strip club pervs parking outside my house where my children slept. Eewww.

You resurrected this thread to post THIS??

Perhaps it should be renamed "Grover Park"?!

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Grover

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Anonymous wrote:I would definitely look in Glover Park too. Near Georgetown, still a somewhat urban feel, but a little more space for your money. Stoddert Elem is fantastic.

The strip clubs in Glover do give it some of that gritty urban vibe.

It would give me the creeps if I lived in Glover Park and had strip club pervs parking outside my house where my children slept. Eewww.

You resurrected this thread to post THIS??

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Anonymous wrote:I would definitely look in Glover Park too. Near Georgetown, still a somewhat urban feel, but a little more space for your money. Stoddert Elem is fantastic.

The strip clubs in Glover do give it some of that gritty urban vibe.

It would give me the creeps if I lived in Glover Park and had strip club pervs parking outside my house where my children slept. Eewww.

Anonymous wrote:It's really adorable, all the come-lately posters who think their Edgewood / exkington / "hill east" addresses are more urban than Georgetown.

I'm no apologist for Bo Concepts and I live in neither place, but the Edgewood try-hards need to understand that "urban" isn't actually a code word for "black" or "gentrifying".

Don't ever change, DCUM.

Anonymous wrote:Was the original question ever answered.

Yes, and with a variety of opinions.

It would have been easier to answer the original question if we understood the OP's definition of "urban." and what exactly are they looking for with that. Access to public transportation? Each kid getting their own room? More than one grocery store option? However, it seems that in trying to clarify the question we scared the OP away and she probably just decided not to move.

Was the original question ever answered.