Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Foxhall Village in the Palisades has a similar esthetic to Greenwich Village.

Is this a joke?

DC is nothing like NYC. It never was and never will be. Just stop. If you pretend hard, you might convince yourself that Foxhall Village is like Pelham (which is north of the Bronx, and a long way in every sense from the Village).

I'm the OP. I was not joking. I do believe that some street views remind me of some village street views. I don't believe they are the same thing, but I didn't believe I had to say that. Thou doth protest soooo much but I am not talking about whatever it is that you think Greenwich/Pelham/Bronx is. I am only talking about the appearance of the rowhomes. I google imaged Pelham and didn't see anything that reminded me of either, but you are pretty invested sounding, so if you say so I'm sure its true.

OP - I think you need to ask a group of people whose main concern is architecture - not people mostly concerned with justifying their own lifestyles.

Anonymous wrote:You need to understand that New Yorkers have and must be obsessed with the city. You give up so much to live there.

You give up things to live anywhere. NYers though give up things most of the rest of the USA takes for granted, while people living outside NY give up things only found in NYC, for the most part. It tends to create agitation in both directions. As someone who used to live in NYC, who now lives in DC, but who still is very fond of NYC, I find the sniping on this issue to be less than illuminating.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Foxhall Village in the Palisades has a similar esthetic to Greenwich Village.

Is this a joke?

DC is nothing like NYC. It never was and never will be. Just stop. If you pretend hard, you might convince yourself that Foxhall Village is like Pelham (which is north of the Bronx, and a long way in every sense from the Village).

I'm the OP. I was not joking. I do believe that some street views remind me of some village street views. I don't believe they are the same thing, but I didn't believe I had to say that. Thou doth protest soooo much but I am not talking about whatever it is that you think Greenwich/Pelham/Bronx is. I am only talking about the appearance of the rowhomes. I google imaged Pelham and didn't see anything that reminded me of either, but you are pretty invested sounding, so if you say so I'm sure its true.

You need to understand that New Yorkers have and must be obsessed with the city. You give up so much to live there. My friends in their mid 30s have little chance of owning their own home and don't have a car. They don't care because they think it is worth it.

Moving here from NY has seemed like a dream. We bought our own place with a short commute. For what we paid, we would both have hour long commutes each way on metro north to NY and a stinky subway ride after that. So not worth it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Foxhall Village in the Palisades has a similar esthetic to Greenwich Village.

Is this a joke?

DC is nothing like NYC. It never was and never will be. Just stop. If you pretend hard, you might convince yourself that Foxhall Village is like Pelham (which is north of the Bronx, and a long way in every sense from the Village).

And thank God it's not. For those who did not grow up here, many moved to Washington precisely because it offers things, including a quality of life, that are hard to find in NY. I like NY and enjoy visiting, but choose to live here. It's funny how some people complain that Washington isn't more like New York and wish that it were. If Gotham's so in your blood, remember that life is short and that nothing is stopping you from moving there.

Except work...

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Anonymous wrote:Litchfield is like Middleburg.

No it's not (thankfully!)

What does this mean?

We moved from Prospect Heights to Petworth about a year ago. It's not BK, but there are restaurants and grocery stores to walk to, train and bus accessibility, an artsy vibe and enough parks and small kids to feel family friendly without being cloying.

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in NYC. I moved here for work (not from NYC, btw). To move back to NYC would mean changing jobs, probably changing careers, and having a less favorable income (ajusted for COL) That does not mean there are not some ways greater DC could improve, and in some ways that being more like NYC would be good (just as in some ways NYC becoming more like DC might be an improvement) In any case, having one or two neighborhoods more like NYC would not at all mean the whole area, or even the whole District, would become like NYC. And as stated above its already the case that several neighborhoods in DC are in some ways like NYC.

There are also parts of greater DC that are like Boston, or like parts of the sunbelt, or whatever. That doesn't seem to elicit the same reaction as suggesting some parts are like NYC does. It would be nice if people had enough confidence in the area to not feel so threatened by comparisons to NYC.

I get the sense that in these threads it is not so much Washingtonians being threatened, it's the pro-New York faction that shoots down any comparison as being laughable because Washington couldn't possibly be anywhere as fabulous as even the worst part of New York. Personally, I've lived in both places and have been happy in both places. There are some similarities but obviously many differences. Which is better is a matter of opinion.

I grew up in NYC. I moved here for work (not from NYC, btw). To move back to NYC would mean changing jobs, probably changing careers, and having a less favorable income (ajusted for COL) That does not mean there are not some ways greater DC could improve, and in some ways that being more like NYC would be good (just as in some ways NYC becoming more like DC might be an improvement) In any case, having one or two neighborhoods more like NYC would not at all mean the whole area, or even the whole District, would become like NYC. And as stated above its already the case that several neighborhoods in DC are in some ways like NYC.

There are also parts of greater DC that are like Boston, or like parts of the sunbelt, or whatever. That doesn't seem to elicit the same reaction as suggesting some parts are like NYC does. It would be nice if people had enough confidence in the area to not feel so threatened by comparisons to NYC.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Foxhall Village in the Palisades has a similar esthetic to Greenwich Village.

Is this a joke?

DC is nothing like NYC. It never was and never will be. Just stop. If you pretend hard, you might convince yourself that Foxhall Village is like Pelham (which is north of the Bronx, and a long way in every sense from the Village).

And thank God it's not. For those who did not grow up here, many moved to Washington precisely because it offers things, including a quality of life, that are hard to find in NY. I like NY and enjoy visiting, but choose to live here. It's funny how some people complain that Washington isn't more like New York and wish that it were. If Gotham's so in your blood, remember that life is short and that nothing is stopping you from moving there.

Defensive much? All you need to do is stop suggesting that DC has neighborhoods that are similar to NYC.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Foxhall Village in the Palisades has a similar esthetic to Greenwich Village.

Is this a joke?

DC is nothing like NYC. It never was and never will be. Just stop. If you pretend hard, you might convince yourself that Foxhall Village is like Pelham (which is north of the Bronx, and a long way in every sense from the Village).

And thank God it's not. For those who did not grow up here, many moved to Washington precisely because it offers things, including a quality of life, that are hard to find in NY. I like NY and enjoy visiting, but choose to live here. It's funny how some people complain that Washington isn't more like New York and wish that it were. If Gotham's so in your blood, remember that life is short and that nothing is stopping you from moving there.

Im guessing you didnt grow up here...

Anonymous wrote:Wall Street is like Capitol Hill

No. Wall Street owns Capitol Hill.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Foxhall Village in the Palisades has a similar esthetic to Greenwich Village.

Is this a joke?

DC is nothing like NYC. It never was and never will be. Just stop. If you pretend hard, you might convince yourself that Foxhall Village is like Pelham (which is north of the Bronx, and a long way in every sense from the Village).

And thank God it's not. For those who did not grow up here, many moved to Washington precisely because it offers things, including a quality of life, that are hard to find in NY. I like NY and enjoy visiting, but choose to live here. It's funny how some people complain that Washington isn't more like New York and wish that it were. If Gotham's so in your blood, remember that life is short and that nothing is stopping you from moving there.

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Anonymous wrote:Bedford–Stuyvesant = Anacostia

Have you never been out of the suburbs? Anacostia is nothing like Stuyvesant.

How so?

Anonymous wrote:Bedford–Stuyvesant = Anacostia

Have you never been out of the suburbs? Anacostia is nothing like Stuyvesant.