Anonymous wrote:PG=high crime. Do I need another reason?

Anonymous wrote: I lived in DC for over 15 years and recently relocated to PGC. My commute is three metro stops further than before, which adds at most 12-13 minutes to my trip. Since it's the end of the line, I always get a seat, unlike at the Brookland and RI stations. I'm boarding at a station (College Park) that feels 100x safer and more pleasant than my prior station (Brookland) did. My walk home from the metro is super safe in terms of crime and in terms of traffic/lighting and it's along streets lined with beautiful trees and vegetation that are carefully groomed by the city. We see more birds and wildlife here than I ever saw in DC. I can walk to Whole Foods from home in about 5 minutes, and I do so often for a bite to eat, groceries, or flowers. When I lived in DC I had to drive to PGC a couple of times a week for shopping. And if I wanted to shop at a store with a location in DC and PGC, like Home Depot, I always preferred to go to PGC where there was better parking and better customer service. DC has very few big box stores, so nobody in DC really can shop locally in their neighborhood. As for diversity, there is a lot of racial diversity in my new neighborhood, but not much econ status diversity, which is the opposite of my DC neighborhood. My block here in PGC has APIs, Latinos, and Whites, but few African Americans. All are college educated and almost all the houses have at least one person with a graduate degree. I know of at least 5 individuals with PhDs on my one short block. The kids of my neighbors seem to mainly be enrolled in top and second tier colleges, and the younger ones are at the "test-in" schools or at UP Elementary. One set of friends have their child at the Friends Community School, which looks fabulous. Most people in my circle in DC belonged to the PG Pool, and now it's even closer for those times when we want to hang out there. As for restaurants, back in Brookland we had to travel out to PGC for dinner unless we wanted to deal with the awful traffic and parking involved with dining out in DC. A few days ago I was in my old neighborhood for the first time in at least a month and it hit me how much grittier it is than my current location and what a step up in daily life I made by moving here. Although I could have afforded to stay in my DC house, the relative difference in housing costs here in PGC (for a nicer house) is even more enjoyable than I had imagined. Having all that extra disposable income every month is awesome. And as a homeowner and high income earner, it's absolutely wonderful to not have to deal with the inept DC Government anymore, especially the DC Office of Tax & Revenue and the DCRA.

Anonymous wrote:PG looks and feels like an area shit on for 100 years due to systemic racism. Neglected and 2nd class status isn’t something most people want to volunteer for. Might be wrong but it is what it is. The little that is there is there because it is cheap, as with most things in life you get what you pay for.

Anonymous wrote: I lived in DC for over 15 years and recently relocated to PGC. My commute is three metro stops further than before, which adds at most 12-13 minutes to my trip. Since it's the end of the line, I always get a seat, unlike at the Brookland and RI stations. I'm boarding at a station (College Park) that feels 100x safer and more pleasant than my prior station (Brookland) did. My walk home from the metro is super safe in terms of crime and in terms of traffic/lighting and it's along streets lined with beautiful trees and vegetation that are carefully groomed by the city. We see more birds and wildlife here than I ever saw in DC. I can walk to Whole Foods from home in about 5 minutes, and I do so often for a bite to eat, groceries, or flowers. When I lived in DC I had to drive to PGC a couple of times a week for shopping. And if I wanted to shop at a store with a location in DC and PGC, like Home Depot, I always preferred to go to PGC where there was better parking and better customer service. DC has very few big box stores, so nobody in DC really can shop locally in their neighborhood. As for diversity, there is a lot of racial diversity in my new neighborhood, but not much econ status diversity, which is the opposite of my DC neighborhood. My block here in PGC has APIs, Latinos, and Whites, but few African Americans. All are college educated and almost all the houses have at least one person with a graduate degree. I know of at least 5 individuals with PhDs on my one short block. The kids of my neighbors seem to mainly be enrolled in top and second tier colleges, and the younger ones are at the "test-in" schools or at UP Elementary. One set of friends have their child at the Friends Community School, which looks fabulous. Most people in my circle in DC belonged to the PG Pool, and now it's even closer for those times when we want to hang out there. As for restaurants, back in Brookland we had to travel out to PGC for dinner unless we wanted to deal with the awful traffic and parking involved with dining out in DC. A few days ago I was in my old neighborhood for the first time in at least a month and it hit me how much grittier it is than my current location and what a step up in daily life I made by moving here. Although I could have afforded to stay in my DC house, the relative difference in housing costs here in PGC (for a nicer house) is even more enjoyable than I had imagined. Having all that extra disposable income every month is awesome. And as a homeowner and high income earner, it's absolutely wonderful to not have to deal with the inept DC Government anymore, especially the DC Office of Tax & Revenue and the DCRA.

Anonymous wrote:Compared to Montgomery County, the schools are not as good. A lot of people complain about Mo Co Schools, but we are very satisfied. Note that there are people here who will not be satisfied with any school experience ever, so you can't come here hoping for consensus on schools.

The commute into DC is too long, and that's where I work.