Anonymous
Post 07/07/2025 19:32     Subject: Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
Anonymous wrote:Takoma Park but you're gonna have to stop saying "nabe."

IDC where you live - you cannot say "nabes" ever again.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2025 19:23     Subject: Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
Anonymous wrote:Maryland - Westbrook, Wood Acres, Somerset, Chevy Chase
DC - AU Park, Palisades, Spring Valley, Glover Park
Of those DC neighborhoods, maybe half of the kids go to public school.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2025 19:19     Subject: Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
I like “nabes”!
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2025 19:07     Subject: Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
22203 Arlington feeding into Ashlawn specifically and 22205 Arlington. I’ve posted this in another thread too - we’re in Bluemont near the Arlington Forest Pool and Bluemont Trail and I think we have 25+ kids on our street alone, most who are elementary age or younger. Can also walk to Pupatella (local pizza place that’s super kid friendly) and Ballston via the trail which is pretty nice.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2025 19:07     Subject: Re:Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
We have really, really loved Capitol Hill. Great elementary schools. Middle school gets tougher - but if you luck out in a charter/then Walls for high school, Capitol Hill has been a fantastic place to raise a family.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2025 18:46     Subject: Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Somerset is a great community neighborhood with local elementary


This, especially if your kids will like being on the swim team.


There are a lot of private school kids in Somerset.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2025 18:33     Subject: Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Takoma Park but you're gonna have to stop saying "nabe."


This person will dislike Takoma Park. Definitely does not match their vibes.


Someone who says nabes sounds like someone who would live in Takoma park.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2025 18:25     Subject: Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
OP here: Our budget is up to $1.5M. We want to steer clear of country club heavy neighborhoods.

Sorry for starting a second post. This one didn’t post immediately, so I thought I had inadvertently missed hitting submit.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2025 17:45     Subject: Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
OP started an exact same second thread but never bothered to come back to this one to answer any questions. 🤔
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2025 12:30     Subject: Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
Anonymous wrote:Budget? Home size? And you’re okay with good elementary but could go private for later (is what I’m reading?)

Much of Capitol Hill would work except for the HOA aspect. We have strong community associations but nobody is going to make anyone clean up their yard, for example. There is a historic district but it’s more of a check on renovation; the national park service is in charge of our parks and loves to neglect them.


OP didn’t say they wanted an HOA? Just a community association, and Capitol Hill has lots of those.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2025 12:23     Subject: Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
Budget? Home size? And you’re okay with good elementary but could go private for later (is what I’m reading?)

Much of Capitol Hill would work except for the HOA aspect. We have strong community associations but nobody is going to make anyone clean up their yard, for example. There is a historic district but it’s more of a check on renovation; the national park service is in charge of our parks and loves to neglect them.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2025 11:34     Subject: Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
Anonymous wrote:Somerset is a great community neighborhood with local elementary


This, especially if your kids will like being on the swim team.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2025 11:31     Subject: Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
Anonymous wrote:Nabe? What is that?


It worked - I clicked the link, but WTF!
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2025 11:29     Subject: Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Nabes?


Quite possibly the dumbest thing I've seen on here - and that takes a lot

Nah I love it
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2025 11:29     Subject: Best DC nabes for young family with excellent public elementary school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Takoma Park but you're gonna have to stop saying "nabe."


This person will dislike Takoma Park. Definitely does not match their vibes.


+1 I think TkPk has some of the most "neighborhood" vibes of close-in Maryland but it definitely does not match the OP's vibes of wanting something more HOA-esque.