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Have you been to Clarendon? It's not NYC as nothing in the DC area is but your description is horribly wrong. Your description can just as easily fit DC. Half of NW is way more suburban than Clarendon.
You're kidding right? Clarendon is linear, meaning, once you travel a few blocks either north or south, you're in single family homes or a highway. It's a TOD which is not, and will never be a city. The OP is looking for a neighborhood where he/she can walk all around and never leave the city. Key word, city which Arlington is not. It's a great suburb in TOD format though.
I'll be moving to DC within the next couple of months, and am looking for advice on where to rent. I really need to live in a neighborhood where you can walk around, as I don't own a car, will be metro-ing downtown to work, and my dog is very much used to years of going on 30+ minute walks meandering around Brooklyn. He's also in love with outdoor dog parks, but it doesn't look like those really exist in DC in great numbers (I did see one on S Street).
I'd be perfectly fine with a 30-45 minute commute on the metro, but from my basic research, it looks like the city neighborhoods are pretty close to downtown? So I'm looking for a 1-bedroom apt (without a roommate) that's in a dog-friendly neighborhood, and I can spend around $2000/month if need be. I'm not really wed to many other amenities - a W/D in the apt would be ideal, along with upgraded appliances, but if the right neighborhood came along, I'd be fine leaving them out.
Among all those questions, I also searched the forum but wasn't able to come up with this - what neighborhood(s) in DC most closely resemble NYC / Brooklyn that go along the lines of above? (Yes, I realize it won't be perfect, but that's what I'm hoping you good folks can help with Walking around with the crush of people is something I've gotten used to over the years - the sheer number of people is fun to be with.
You're kidding right? Clarendon is linear, meaning, once you travel a few blocks either north or south, you're in single family homes or a highway. It's a TOD which is not, and will never be a city. The OP is looking for a neighborhood where he/she can walk all around and never leave the city. Key word, city which Arlington is not. It's a great suburb in TOD format though.
Well unless the OP is a robot that can only walk north and south, then he can walk about 4 miles between urban neighborhoods (and more if he crosses into DC).
I still don't get your point. What is the U street area besides 14/U? Nothing but residential side streets. What is Adams Morgan besides 18/Columbia? Nothing but residential side streets. What is Navy Yard/Waterfront outside of M street?
Well unless the OP is a robot that can only walk north and south, then he can walk about 4 miles between urban neighborhoods (and more if he crosses into DC).
I still don't get your point. What is the U street area besides 14/U? Nothing but residential side streets. What is Adams Morgan besides 18/Columbia? Nothing but residential side streets. What is Navy Yard/Waterfront outside of M street?
The OP can decide for himself.
Anybody coming from NYC is not going to want to live in Arlington VA and everybody pretty much knows that. The OP will definitely decide for his/her self. Do you think Arlington VA is a real city? It's just a metro line. I'm trying to figure out if you're being for real.
Well unless the OP is a robot that can only walk north and south, then he can walk about 4 miles between urban neighborhoods (and more if he crosses into DC).
I still don't get your point. What is the U street area besides 14/U? Nothing but residential side streets. What is Adams Morgan besides 18/Columbia? Nothing but residential side streets. What is Navy Yard/Waterfront outside of M street?
The OP can decide for himself.
The OP said he wanted a place like Brooklyn. What are you doing? Poor suggestion but your location explains everything.
Columbia Heights
Petworth
U street
Adams Morgan
Mt. Pleasant
Shaw
Dupont Circle
Logan Circle
Mt. Vernon Sq.
LeDroit Park
Bloomingdale
H street NE
Penn Quarter/Chinatown
Those are pretty much the only neighborhoods I can see having an urban enough vibe that a NYer would fit into. They are all urban, walkable neighborhoods that have enough convience to give it a pass, especially if it has a metro station. You definitely couldn't go wrong with Columbia Heights though, and U street.
Anybody coming from NYC is not going to want to live in Arlington VA and everybody pretty much knows that. The OP will definitely decide for his/her self. Do you think Arlington VA is a real city? It's just a metro line. I'm trying to figure out if you're being for real.
What do you mean is it a real city? You and I don't decide that. According to the Post Office, it is.
What do you mean is it a real city? You and I don't decide that. According to the Post Office, it is.
Actually they don't
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Walking around with the crush of people is something I've gotten used to over the years - the sheer number of people is fun to be with.
