Originally Posted by
dcbiker
Regarding downtown, it is in the Adams-Morgan area of Washington, D.C. which has all stores, restaurants, etc., you could imagine, though it does have a crime problem. My wife lived in the same building before she married me (and her first husband still lives there with his wife--but that's another story.)
The crime problem in Adams Morgan seems to be diminishing in the past 10 years. With the new development right next door at Columbia Heights you'll have almost suburban like shopping choices- but one fewer farmer's market. You might decide to go completely car free and just rent cars for those 200 mile trips. My car owning neighbors say that as more affluent suburbanites move into the neighborhood it is getting more difficult to find on-street parking. Some car people came over two weeks ago, they drove around looking for a place to park, gave up, drove home and called a cab.