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The Washingtonian says the 5 hottest neighborhoods in the DC area are:
Mount Pleasant
Ballston
Trinidad
Shaw
Hyattsville
I don't get most of these selections. It seems like most of these hoods would have been considered hot and fast-growing 10-20 years ago. Ballston is still growing but it's hottest days were definitely 10-15 years ago. Mount Pleasant really that hot and fast growing?
I would have expected more places like Columbia Pike (for Arlington), Petworth, 16th Street Heights, Brookland, H Street, etc.
Are people really flocking to Trinidad? I know that area is definitely seeing some growth, but Trinidad still has some safety issues.
Hottest does not mean fastest growing, it means in-demand. How quickly do these properties sell, how much have they increased in price, etc. Mt. Pleasant was identified as one of the top five hottest neighborhoods in the country, there is major demand for it, and it sells very quickly.
It is more about demand, than growth.
The reality is most of the places you stated are hot as well. The entire DC area inside the beltway, and west of the anacostia river is hot. Yes, even parts of PG are hot, namely Hyattesville and Mt. Rainier. But DC (wotr), Alexandria, Arlington, Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Hyattesville, and Mt. Rainer all remain hot.
There are people flocking to Trinidad, it started getting trendy 3 years ago, and has only snowballed. The area is seeing a great deal of development being close to union market, and is now anchored by Fringe Theater.
One can throw some other places into the list, I think Brookland and Petworth are both good examples you listed. But the reality is it would have been a very long list.
This is kind of a inversion into the inner beltway, largely based on how awful traffic is outside of it.
Hottest does not mean fastest growing, it means in-demand. How quickly do these properties sell, how much have they increased in price, etc. Mt. Pleasant was identified as one of the top five hottest neighborhoods in the country, there is major demand for it, and it sells very quickly.
Sure, but the Washingtonian's methodology doesn't seem very consistent. Mount Pleasant was picked because it sells quickly (like pretty much every other hood inside the Beltway), Ballston and Shaw because home prices increased more than 8%, and Logan Circle was kept off because it's not "edgy" (as if Ballston and Mount Pleasant are edgy??). It kind of seems like they picked their results and then found the reasoning afterwards.
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Trinidad is being gentrified? Wow. That was one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the DC area back in the 90s. The National Guard used to be out there with humvees, M-16s, and spotlights at night.
Hyattesville has some good areas and bad areas, and the good areas go beyond the arts district. Hyattesville and Mt. Rainier is getting people priced out of the Takoma Park, Petworth, Takoma, Brookland, and Silver Spring areas. In terms of Trinidad, it is in the process of being gentrified, but that does not mean it has been, it still has major issues in some parts of the neighborhood. It is still very block by block.
A few years ago I skipped out on buying housing there myself, despite the prospect of appreciation. There were far safer areas of DC at that time one can buy a house for close to the metro and amenities for a reasonable price. Now, not as much. Some people though are willing to wait that stuff out.
I found Trinidad to be terrifying personally. This was on Bladensburg rd. in broad day light this past summer. I grew up in the suburbs so I'm aware that my reaction is probably melodramatic and that my brief encounter doesn't mean the entire area is like that.
I found Trinidad to be terrifying personally. This was on Bladensburg rd. in broad day light this past summer. I grew up in the suburbs so I'm aware that my reaction is probably melodramatic and that my brief encounter doesn't mean the entire area is like that.
Yeah, blocks like this are why I would be skeptical about moving into the neighborhood right now: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9034...7i13312!8i6656. And I say that even as someone who knows some of the scum that live in one of those row homes.
I don't think I could have romanticized Crystal City more if I tried.
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