DC housing prices continue to increase as transplanted New Yorkers seek a more affordable city and, because they are used to astronomical housing prices, are willing to pay the slightly inflated asking prices here.

Would it make for a livelier discussion to include surrounding boroughs?

I am the PP but I will add what is it with NYers or wanna be NYers putting down on DC. As stated my hubby is a NYer born and raised but he never wants to live there again.

He still loves NYC but appreciates the difference of living in DC. We both prefer life in the District.

My husband, born and raised in Harlem, says that parts of DC (Bloomingdale) remind him of Brooklyn.

Gallery Place China Town is vaguely like Times Square (contemporary disneyfied TS that is)

Dupont/Logan/Shaw has a feeling comparable in some ways to the quieter gentrified parts of North Brooklyn.

Takoma Park might pass for a quieter version of a LI or NJ railroad suburb. But hipper (as Logan is less hip than Boerum Hill, etc)

Parts of S arlington look a bit like parts of queens, but are still pretty different.

What DC really needs, that NEVER gets mentioned in the NYC is better rants, is a quiet neighborhood of Tudor style townhouse and apt building close to a metro station - something like Forest Hills. developers, here's your cue.

Bloomingdale = Park Slope? Seriously? Have you ever been to Park Slope?

Anonymous wrote:Brookland has a name that is very similar to Brooklyn.

Like.

I've heard Bloomingdale = Park slope a lot.

DC is a very suburban city. Doesn't compare in any way.

Brookland has a name that is very similar to Brooklyn.

U St, and maybe 14th past U a bit, where all the pupusa places are. But, that's about it.

Cap Hill reminds me of parts of Richmond, though.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh God, I hope the NYC is so much better folks don't come on here again. No one compares the two cities except New Yorkers. DC is DC, it doesn't want to be New York. Why not compare it to Miami or Morgantown, WV. Just enjoy it for what it is or move where you would be happier.

+1. This always happens and I don't get it. Why would you compare a city of 650,000 to a city of millions anyway? Also, DC is hamstrung by the bastards in Congress, whereas New York City is part of the powerhouse "Empire" state of New York. About the only thing they have in common is that they are both old cities on the East Coast. Apparently just that is compelling enough for comparison for many. DC has its own charms. It's not for everyone, but I've come to love it (lived here since 1994). NYC is a huge metropolis that compares with the greatest cities of the world (London, Berlin, Paris). Give it a break, people.

Most Washingtonians don't live in DC - they live in MoCo, PG, Fairfax, Arlington, and Alexandria. It's like those are our boroughs. The DC area is a HUGE place. But definitely nothing like NYC. The closest IMO would be around 7th street in Chinatown. And that's so new.

But the comparisons are not Queens to Arlington. They're talking about Manhattan v the District proper. There is no comparison.

If anything, Adams Morgan.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh God, I hope the NYC is so much better folks don't come on here again. No one compares the two cities except New Yorkers. DC is DC, it doesn't want to be New York. Why not compare it to Miami or Morgantown, WV. Just enjoy it for what it is or move where you would be happier.

+1. This always happens and I don't get it. Why would you compare a city of 650,000 to a city of millions anyway? Also, DC is hamstrung by the bastards in Congress, whereas New York City is part of the powerhouse "Empire" state of New York. About the only thing they have in common is that they are both old cities on the East Coast. Apparently just that is compelling enough for comparison for many. DC has its own charms. It's not for everyone, but I've come to love it (lived here since 1994). NYC is a huge metropolis that compares with the greatest cities of the world (London, Berlin, Paris). Give it a break, people.

Most Washingtonians don't live in DC - they live in MoCo, PG, Fairfax, Arlington, and Alexandria. It's like those are our boroughs. The DC area is a HUGE place. But definitely nothing like NYC. The closest IMO would be around 7th street in Chinatown. And that's so new.

Anonymous wrote:Oh God, I hope the NYC is so much better folks don't come on here again. No one compares the two cities except New Yorkers. DC is DC, it doesn't want to be New York. Why not compare it to Miami or Morgantown, WV. Just enjoy it for what it is or move where you would be happier.

+1. This always happens and I don't get it. Why would you compare a city of 650,000 to a city of millions anyway? Also, DC is hamstrung by the bastards in Congress, whereas New York City is part of the powerhouse "Empire" state of New York. About the only thing they have in common is that they are both old cities on the East Coast. Apparently just that is compelling enough for comparison for many. DC has its own charms. It's not for everyone, but I've come to love it (lived here since 1994). NYC is a huge metropolis that compares with the greatest cities of the world (London, Berlin, Paris). Give it a break, people.