Anonymous
12/02/2011 17:54
Subject: Re:s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We moved out of ward 3 to takoma park, and we are much happier here. HHI 350k.
Just curious, what is it that you like about takoma park?
TKPKer here. For one thing, Takoma Parkians would never start a thread like this! It's not all about wealth.
Actually that's my whole point of starting this thread. Eliminate the money factor. Would you still want to live here?
Anonymous
12/02/2011 17:35
Subject: s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
Anonymous wrote:We moved out of ward 3 to takoma park, and we are much happier here. HHI 350k.
What do you like better about Takoma Park, PP? Is it that people are generally nicer?
Anonymous
12/02/2011 16:22
Subject: Re:s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No, because I don't want to send my kids to private school.
Hmm. While you're admirable for participating in some grand social experiment, there's no way I could make my child into a guinea pig. As parents we have an obligation to provide our children with the best experience we can.
Your kids will be guinea pigs either way. Whatever environment you place them in will turn out to be some type of social experiment.
No, a private school education is the only legitimate learning experience. It costs more, therefore, it is by definition "the best". I could never send my kid to some FCPS processing plant just to prove some point about liberal social policy.
I think this is a joke, but I'm actually not positive. If it isn't, how do you explain that the "best" teachers, i.e., the ones that are paid the most, all work at public schools.
Signed,
Someone who is sending their kid to a Charter because I think that is the absolute best place for her to be at this point, even though it is the "worst" by your definition - cheap for parents and low-paid teachers.
Anonymous
12/02/2011 16:14
Subject: Re:s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No, because I don't want to send my kids to private school.
Hmm. While you're admirable for participating in some grand social experiment, there's no way I could make my child into a guinea pig. As parents we have an obligation to provide our children with the best experience we can.
Your kids will be guinea pigs either way. Whatever environment you place them in will turn out to be some type of social experiment.
No, a private school education is the only legitimate learning experience. It costs more, therefore, it is by definition "the best". I could never send my kid to some FCPS processing plant just to prove some point about liberal social policy.
Anonymous
12/02/2011 16:11
Subject: Re:s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
I live in Ward 3 and like that my kids walk and take the bus to school (DCPS). It's a 5-10 minute commute to work. We are renting our house. Couldn't afford to buy here.
When we move, I'm opting for another neighborhood with more diversity.
When we move, I'm opting for another neighborhood with more diversity.
Anonymous
12/02/2011 16:07
Subject: Re:s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No, because I don't want to send my kids to private school.
Hmm. While you're admirable for participating in some grand social experiment, there's no way I could make my child into a guinea pig. As parents we have an obligation to provide our children with the best experience we can.
Your kids will be guinea pigs either way. Whatever environment you place them in will turn out to be some type of social experiment.
Anonymous
12/02/2011 15:54
Subject: Re:s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
Anonymous wrote:No, because I don't want to send my kids to private school.
Hmm. While you're admirable for participating in some grand social experiment, there's no way I could make my child into a guinea pig. As parents we have an obligation to provide our children with the best experience we can.
Anonymous
12/02/2011 13:32
Subject: s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 neighborhoods
No, there isn't anything for us. I want a fully urban neighborhood with tons of theatre and museums within a few block walk. I'm not saying that we would be slumming in Ward 3, but Ward 2 is a much better fit for our family. And, yes, we could afford to live in Ward 3.
What museums are within walking distance of the theatre district in Ward 2?
The problem with Ward 2 (and we used to live in Logan Circle) is that the schools are iffy. Ross, which is the only arguably decent school that accommodates a small part of Ward 2, is too small to even accept siblings in the PK. Garrison Elementary is a big gamble. Unless you are willing to spend $$$ for private school at some point, most families leave Ward 2 by elementary school age.
Really? In the past year, we have visited - via foot - Portrait Gallery, American Art Museum, Building Museum, Spy Museum, Newseum, Woman's Arts Museum, American History Museum, Natural History Museum, Koshland Science Museum (the before-mentioned are all less than a 10 block walk),
National Archives, National Gallery of Art, Sculpture Garden, Native American Museum, Air and Space Museum, Corcoran, Freer, Hirshorn, Phillips Collection, and Sackler Gallery. We also have also walked to see many performances at the National Theatre, and some at the Shakespeare Theater, Warner Theatre, Discovery Theatre, and various Fringe Fest locations. All of those, except for the Discovery Theatre, are within a 10 block walk. There are many other museums and theatres within walking distance that we have not - yet - visited this year, as we frequent many of those above, but someday...
I completely agree about the school situation. Our child is currently in a great Charter, and we hope that between that and all of the extracurricular learning that she is getting from the neighborhood resources, we can piece together her education. I am carefully monitoring, however, and if necessary, we will just send her to private. I would rather not, but we can afford it if necessary (just as we could afford moving to Ward 3 if we wanted to, but we don't).
Anonymous
12/02/2011 13:12
Subject: s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
Anonymous wrote:Op are you Mary Cheh? Why the cheer leading? Who gives a shit.
I like living in Ward 3, but if you want to know the biggest downside, it is having your councilmember be Professor Che(h)....
Anonymous
12/02/2011 12:34
Subject: Re:s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
I lived in Wards 1 and 3, and then moved to Virginia.
I don't see myself and spouse ever moving back to DC. Affordability was never an issue; even when we bought a rowhouse in Ward 1, we could have afforded a house in AU Park for about the same price. Safety and schools were an issue in Ward 1, and the insular attitudes of many residents was an issue in Ward 3. Had DC not been in such bad shape when we left, we might have moved back to Ward 3 from Ward 1, but we don't feel like we're missing out on much and we definitely are more comfortable with the school options.
DC's a different city today than it was when we decamped in the 90s, but it doesn't have a big pull on us now. I can fully understand why current residents may feel very happy with their choices, but we'd probably move to NYC before we'd consider moving back to the District.
I don't see myself and spouse ever moving back to DC. Affordability was never an issue; even when we bought a rowhouse in Ward 1, we could have afforded a house in AU Park for about the same price. Safety and schools were an issue in Ward 1, and the insular attitudes of many residents was an issue in Ward 3. Had DC not been in such bad shape when we left, we might have moved back to Ward 3 from Ward 1, but we don't feel like we're missing out on much and we definitely are more comfortable with the school options.
DC's a different city today than it was when we decamped in the 90s, but it doesn't have a big pull on us now. I can fully understand why current residents may feel very happy with their choices, but we'd probably move to NYC before we'd consider moving back to the District.
Anonymous
12/02/2011 11:52
Subject: Re:s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
Anonymous wrote:We moved out of ward 3 to takoma park, and we are much happier here. HHI 350k.
Just curious, what is it that you like about takoma park?
TKPKer here. For one thing, Takoma Parkians would never start a thread like this! It's not all about wealth.
Anonymous
12/02/2011 11:52
Subject: s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 neighborhoods
No, there isn't anything for us. I want a fully urban neighborhood with tons of theatre and museums within a few block walk. I'm not saying that we would be slumming in Ward 3, but Ward 2 is a much better fit for our family. And, yes, we could afford to live in Ward 3.
What museums are within walking distance of the theatre district in Ward 2?
The problem with Ward 2 (and we used to live in Logan Circle) is that the schools are iffy. Ross, which is the only arguably decent school that accommodates a small part of Ward 2, is too small to even accept siblings in the PK. Garrison Elementary is a big gamble. Unless you are willing to spend $$$ for private school at some point, most families leave Ward 2 by elementary school age.
Anonymous
12/02/2011 11:07
Subject: s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 includes AU Park, Cleveland Park, Friendship Heights, Foxhall, Glover Park and Tenley. Did I miss anywhere?
Anonymous
12/02/2011 11:05
Subject: s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 includes AU Park, Cleveland Park, Friendship Heights, Foxhall, Glover Park and Tenley. Did I miss anywhere?
Ward Maps ===> http://www.neighborhoodinfodc.org/wards/wards.html
Anonymous
12/02/2011 10:27
Subject: Re:s/o Would you move to Ward 3 if money wasn't an issue?
No, because I don't want to send my kids to private school.