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Anacostia - Okay, so the bones of the neighborhood seem good - lots of cute older houses, interesting small town layout, and of course SO conviently located. Diversity of races and incomes would be fine - but Im not sure I saw that on display, but maybe Sunday afternoon on a three day weekend not the best time to look? For income diversity, I am told there are african american gentrifiers moving in - could you guys like wear "I'm a buppie t-shirts" so I can know who you are? Otherwise its hard to avoid the sense of being a character in a Tom Wolfe novel sherman, where are all the white people - Google Search=
I drove between the metro station and the gateway on MLK, drove on Good Hope, went to the Frederick Douglas site and walked up to the house, but didnt take a tour. Drove around the residential areas near the house.
Looks like Sheridan Station almost finished, and some other new things starting. I think this neighborhood will be a lot hotter in two or three years. If I was young and single, I think I would buy here - fortunes will be made. I'm not sure I could get my DW to feel comfortable with it any time soon - maybe in a year or so though.
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Wait until DHS Headquarters is completed. Unlike most of the other federal agencies, there are a lot of young, single people at DHS. With no kids, schools won't be an issue. Between the buppies and DHS, Anacostia is set to continue the upward trend from Waterfront and Navy Yard. The only real barrier is the projects at Barry Farms. Once that is plowed under, there will be no holding back Anacostia.
How long is that going to be though? I looked at housing in Anacostia, and i don't think I could stomach being there for 2-3 years before it blows up, especially when I can get something for the same price in SW.
Wait until DHS Headquarters is completed. Unlike most of the other federal agencies, there are a lot of young, single people at DHS. With no kids, schools won't be an issue. Between the buppies and DHS, Anacostia is set to continue the upward trend from Waterfront and Navy Yard. The only real barrier is the projects at Barry Farms. Once that is plowed under, there will be no holding back Anacostia.
actually you don't want to wait until DHS is completed...lol
that's when rents/real estate will go through the roof as usual
get in now, you know what's coming, and the prices are still reasonable
For income diversity, I am told there are african american gentrifiers moving in - could you guys like wear "I'm a buppie t-shirts" so I can know who you are? Otherwise its hard to avoid the sense of being a character in a Tom Wolfe novel sherman, where are all the white people - Google Search=
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We wouldn't want to be around those scary working class Black people.
We wouldn't want to be around those scary working class Black people.
Like i said, I just want some diverSITY man. Some working class black people, some middle class black people and some middle class white people.
If it makes you feel better, I lived in Baltimore years ago, and some of those working class white people were pretty damned scary. But the Tom Wolfe line didn't apply quite as well to them (though the warehouse characters in "A Man in Full" resembled them closely enough).
It's a shame they are moving Barry Farm residents and other public housing residents into Sheridan Station. That is one development that could have been completely market driven and be a profitable success for a developer and home buyers.
It's a shame they are moving Barry Farm residents and other public housing residents into Sheridan Station. That is one development that could have been completely market driven and be a profitable success for a developer and home buyers.
they gota live somewhere lol.. its real easy to tear down their home give em a voucher and say fiend for yourself
It's a shame they are moving Barry Farm residents and other public housing residents into Sheridan Station. That is one development that could have been completely market driven and be a profitable success for a developer and home buyers.
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they gota live somewhere lol.. its real easy to tear down their home give em a voucher and say fiend for yourself
Well I can certainly see where EdwardA is coming from. I'd be wary of paying say $400K for my unit while the next neighbor pays next to nothing. So it will make potential buyers look elsewhere.
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We wouldn't want to be around those scary working class Black people.
