suggestions for where to live? (bike commuting to the hill and family friendly area)

[rose_surfer]

Well folks…i certainly appreciate all of the advice. 8 pages later this thread has been quite an adventure.

Appreciate the cautionary warnings on the oppressive political regimes in hong kong, singapore, north korea, and arlington :confused:. The first three are probably outside my commuting range, but I’ll probably keep arlington in the cards.

Brookland sounds interesting – that’s an area I’d never even considered. I’ll be living in capitol hill for a few months temporarily so I’ll definitely head up there and check it out. Otherwise, it sounds like my best bets are arlington, EFC, and perhaps even mclean although that might be a bit inconvenient on days that I want to bail out and drive or metro. Del Ray may be an option as well.

I’m sure silver spring would be a good option too, but having lived half my life in Virginia for whatever reason I just feel more comfortable with VA. Plus it’s that much closer living on the VA side of the city to my family in Virginia Beach, Roanoke, and Montclair.

Next thing I need advice on is my bike…but I’ll start another thread for that lest this one go another 8 pages…

Thanks again everyone, and I look forward to seeing you on the commuting routes!

[KLizotte]

Aurora Hills is a very nice convenient area (next to Pentagon City and Crystal City); lots of old, small homes in the neighborhood though I haven’t seen many for sale lately.

[jwetzel]

I live just east of Brookland in Woodridge and commute to NoMa. It’s a great location, and the in-boundary DCPS elementary schools are decent, and a brand new middle school is opening in the fall with an arts and language program. The current high school, Dunbar, isn’t very good though that would be years off, and there is the lottery for DCPS magnet programs like Banneker/McKinley/SWW, or public charter.

[TrishN]

Consider Mount Rainier, just over the NE DC border in MD. Easy commute to Union Station area via Metropolitan Branch Trail. Affordable and a great community. I met more people here in the first 6 months than I did in the entire 12 years I lived in Del Ray. There are two elementary schools. From what I understand one is pretty good, the other is to be avoided so you’d want to be in the “better school” district. Good luck!

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