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Date: February 24th, 2013 4:02 PM Author: cordovan elite liquid oxygen garrison Moving to DC for BigLaw after school. What neighborhoods are most credited if want to be in a trendy young professional neighborhood, fairly close to center of the city. Present thinking is Logan Circle/Dupont Circle/U Street. Is this right? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22701031) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 4:04 PM Author: underhanded stag film cuckoldry that sounds right (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22701038) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 4:30 PM Author: cordovan elite liquid oxygen garrison any other possible locations? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22701205) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 4:36 PM Author: Mahogany stock car try the following neighborhoods
- new york - los angeles |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 6:49 PM Author: curious university alpha lol @ u working in DC biglaw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702310) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 11:38 AM Author: Walnut Swashbuckling Senate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706739) |
Date: February 24th, 2013 4:03 PM Author: pea-brained casino In my experience, fuck DC. It is all about the surrounding suburbs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22701036) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 4:04 PM Author: cordovan elite liquid oxygen garrison Not interested in suburbs at all. Don't want a car, don't want a long commute. NoVa seems boring besides Alexandria. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22701041) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 4:05 PM Author: pea-brained casino I was referring more to Baltimore. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22701043) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 5:49 PM Author: Salmon overrated rehab community account the Clarendon and Courthouse neighborhoods of Arlington should be on your list (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22701903) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 7:18 PM Author: Concupiscible station queen of the night CRUSHING the cheesecake factory bar scene (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702491) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 7:21 PM Author: green chest-beating mediation enjoy your ttt 1500 calorie salad with proles from annandale while i'm hittin up dem bitches across the street at fuego, sippin' dat 1942 don julio. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702502) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 7:24 PM Author: exhilarant amber native (guy who loves paying for over-priced shitty food on 14th street) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702532) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 7:24 PM Author: Concupiscible station queen of the night Why would you order that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702536) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:12 PM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth Lol at anywhere in Arlingttton not being full of Penn State proles. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703377) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 11:19 AM Author: Walnut Swashbuckling Senate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706680) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 4:31 PM Author: Plum gas station kalorama. also the palisades are alpha as fuck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22701209) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 8:59 PM Author: Startling primrose stage palisades are very underrated (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703271) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 7:27 AM Author: offensive area boistinker Uh no metro or nightlife in palisades (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706232) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 9:40 AM Author: Startling primrose stage you have those buses along macarthur blvd. it's quiet and feels like a small town, and you're next to fletcher's boathouse. cheap rent too. i can see the appeal. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706363) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 4:36 PM Author: Mahogany stock car dc is a shithole. youre inevitably going to walk down the wrong street one day and get shot. good luck! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22701239) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 5:48 PM Author: Rusted Forum Incel (time traveler posting from 1993) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22701895) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 8:43 PM Author: Charcoal bawdyhouse sweet tailpipe future 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22710155) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 5:23 PM Author: razzle lime trump supporter tanning salon Clarendon is the only cr response (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22701672) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:22 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703500) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 7:14 AM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth lol TTT state school fag.
Move to DC and least try to act like you didn't grow up eating wonder bread at "supper." |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 10:45 AM Author: Odious Fuchsia Azn You aren't white, so I'm not sure why you think your judgment matters. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706571) |
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Date: February 26th, 2013 6:56 PM Author: Marvelous misunderstood parlor legal warrant once the lazers starting going off at dat clarendon ballroom I don't know what to do.
mad chicks everywhere |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 5:44 PM Author: Slimy Fluffy Idea He Suggested Bbw Old Town Alexandria or Arlington. If you MUST be in DC, Georgetown or Adams Morgan. Some places around the capital are not all that bad anymore, but you'll still get shot at. You'll still need a car pretty much no matter where you live in DC. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22701869) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 5:47 PM Author: Olive Degenerate Home adams morgan does not really fit with the other examples there.
Dupont, logan circle, parts of capitol hill are very nice.
georgetown is great but its a bitch to get in and out of.
if your office is in foggy bottom VA is not a bad idea. |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 9:59 AM Author: beady-eyed blue house yea I wouldn't want to live in georgetown unless I had secret service to drive my ass around. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706404) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 5:53 PM Author: Light Exciting Theater you don't know what you're talking about (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22701940) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 6:46 PM Author: Slimy Fluffy Idea He Suggested Bbw I know DC well. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702290) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 6:47 PM Author: Light Exciting Theater then you're a scared ass pussy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702300) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 5:54 PM Author: mustard rebellious kitchen (White McWhite poasting from parents Yacht) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22701955) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 6:45 PM Author: Slimy Fluffy Idea He Suggested Bbw You jelly? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702288) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 6:30 PM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth Eastern market (cap hill), west end or dupont. Va is for proles and strivers. Gtown is great but a pain to get to/from.
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Date: February 24th, 2013 6:34 PM Author: Olive Degenerate Home real bros cop dat clarendon penthouse with a few other clean cut buff as fuk bros and clean up on dat nova bar scene (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702216) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 9:46 AM Author: soul-stirring magical crackhouse Tbf this is a decent move if you don't just stay in nova (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706376) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 7:06 PM Author: exhilarant amber native (shitlib) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702425) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:13 PM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth (Va tech grad) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703389) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:26 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house eastern market is way too hood (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706957) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:27 PM Author: Walnut Swashbuckling Senate (it is 1984) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706962) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:27 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house 2013 actually. it still is hood. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706968) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:29 PM Author: Walnut Swashbuckling Senate (loser) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706981) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:29 PM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth http://m.trulia.com/property/3102434058-636-A-St-SE-Washington-DC-20003
If thats hood, call me tyrone. |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:30 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house tyrone (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706986) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:31 PM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth Ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706988) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 6:31 PM Author: Cracking violet friendly grandma hospital foxhall
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Date: February 24th, 2013 7:13 PM Author: exhilarant amber native definitive list, starting with the best:
1. Georgetown (townhouse north of M street but south of reservoir) (only if you don't mind driving to work) 2. Arlington (clarendon/courthouse) 3. Old Town Alexandria (townhouse within 3/4 miles of king street)(if you are 30+ years old and don't mind leaving at 7:30 to beat traffic) 4. the West End 5. Georgetown south of M 6. McLean (if 35+ years old) 7. Penn Quarter 9. Palisades/Foxhall 9. Dupont/Logan/Thomas/etc. 10. Burlieth (if 35+ years old) 11. Foggy Bottom 12. Capitol Hill (no more than 4 blocks from the capitol/SOBs/HOBs) 13. Bethesda 14. Kalorama/Woodly Park 15. Cinatown 16. "Gentrified" DC neighborhoods: columbia heights, adams morgan, southeast, eastern market, navy row, 14th street 17. the trash: H Street, Trinidad, Howard/Shaw, PG County, Anacostia, etc.
probably forgot something, but that's a pretty definitive list |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:08 PM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth Horrible Ballston trolling.
Also lol at chinatown and penn qrtr, foggy bttm and west end and eastern market and cap hill being different neighborhoods.
And wtf is a "navy row"?
Are you just an aspie who never leaves his Ballston apt? |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:29 PM Author: exhilarant amber native ballston is admittedly the worst of the Arlington corridor. i don't live there. navy row is "marine barracks" or whatever the fuck that neighborhood is called. eastern market is borderline ghetto and is not the same as capitol hill. the only cr place to live on capitol hill is a townhouse 1 block from russell SOB which you use to bang interns during the day. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703600) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 7:13 AM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth One block from russell? Thats either office buildings or union station? There arent really row houses there. Have you even been to Eastern Market in the last 3-4 years. Its where most members, who live on the Hill, live now. You can't get a two bedroom within walking distance of that area for south of 750. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706218) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:17 PM Author: Startling primrose stage utterly nonsensical list (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703444) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:23 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house Anyone with the cash for a georgetown townhouse shouldn't even consider ballston
Also foggy bottom = west end |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:29 PM Author: Irradiated silver locale (guy who never leaves ballston except to go to mcfaddens or rhino bar) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703591) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:30 PM Author: exhilarant amber native i don't live in ballston. i made a mistake in the list, jesus. edited. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703613) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 7:28 AM Author: offensive area boistinker U forgot Cleveland park. Also absurd Alexandria trolling (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706235) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 7:15 PM Author: green chest-beating mediation enjoy the line at churchkey while i'm coppin' dem bottles at galaxy hut in clarendon. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702470) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 7:18 PM Author: exhilarant amber native (MFE) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702488) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 7:24 PM Author: green chest-beating mediation don't worry bro, if there is no room at galaxy hut, i'll be across the street at iota club checkin out the latest band. meanwhile, logan circle bros dejectedly leaving churchkey will be running for their lives from bums who still think it is 2005 and don't realize logan circle is "up and coming." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702527) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 7:26 PM Author: exhilarant amber native just lol at people willingly paying for overpriced apartments so they can be surrounded by homeless people and criminals in downtown DC (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702552) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 3:21 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house whitlows >>>>>>>>>>> iota (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707911) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:25 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house Galaxy hut is for wannabe hipster fags (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703547) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 7:33 PM Author: Drunken lilac set I live near Logan and I love it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702609) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 7:42 PM Author: Concupiscible station queen of the night (David Souter) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702679) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:32 PM Author: exhilarant amber native (le marquis de sade) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703633) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 9:49 AM Author: soul-stirring magical crackhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706384) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 8:04 PM Author: Violent site mad-dog skullcap You pay ~3,000k less in taxes in Virginia, housing is cheaper for the quality of space in Virginia, and it's easier to have a car in Virginia. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702838) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 8:09 PM Author: exhilarant amber native but how would you get your fill of edgy urban culture if you lived "way out" in virginia? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702883) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 8:13 PM Author: coiffed tan round eye northern virginia is the worst place in america. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702915) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 8:17 PM Author: exhilarant amber native haha, why do you say that? i'm honestly curious. are you like a hipster or something? nova is a yuppie paradise. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702947) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:09 PM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth Its a simple question of whether youd be near world class museums and restaurants or world of beer and pf changs.
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Date: February 24th, 2013 10:36 PM Author: exhilarant amber native (guy who pretends like he goes to shows at the kennedy center every week) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22704369) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 1:44 AM Author: Grizzly heaven keepsake machete Arlington is closer to those museums than most of NW. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22705730) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 8:58 PM Author: Startling primrose stage the ballston-rosslyn corridor + pentagon/crystal cities + elxandria are all good. but otherwise nova really does suck, it's basically long island south, minus the beaches. good ethnic retaurants though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703255) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 9:58 AM Author: well-lubricated crystalline personal credit line (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706398) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 1:32 AM Author: brindle comical principal's office reading party Isn't there some huge personal vehicle tax you have to pay in VA? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22705654) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 7:09 AM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth ayup. The overall tax burden between DC/MD/VA is basically even. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706217) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 8:41 AM Author: beady-eyed blue house register your car in whatever state your boomer parents live in. it also is good bc you can rack up speeding tickets and not have to worry about points. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706290) |
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Date: February 26th, 2013 12:14 AM Author: Violent site mad-dog skullcap Depends on how much your vehicle is worth. You pay 5% on the assessed value of your car that exceeds 3k. Thus, you'd pay $1,000 on a car with an assessed value of 23k. My car is assessed at around $7,000 so I only pay 200 in personal property tax.
The income tax difference is approximately 3k between DC and Virginia, assuming an income of 160k. Marginal tax rate for Virginia is 5.75% whereas the top tax rate for associates in DC is 8.5%. |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 8:09 PM Author: Nighttime Point Coldplay Fan Living in DC is crazy. its simply an inhospitable place for residential living. Sequestration will kill a lot of the momentum that was trying to make it better. Try Alexandria or Arlington. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22702884) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:11 PM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth Youre a retarded pussy.
What is difficult about living in DC?
Nova is full of penn st, va tech, and west va grads. Its really ttt. |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:16 PM Author: Startling primrose stage (dood who just arrived from the year 1992 via time machine) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703427) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 8:47 PM Author: exhilarant amber native (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703194) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 8:49 PM Author: razzle-dazzle outnumbered chapel move out to greenbelt with me, bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703202) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:00 PM Author: Startling primrose stage logan/u st/dupont (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703275) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 9:32 PM Author: exhilarant amber native (self flagellating hipster shitlib) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703643) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 8:43 AM Author: beady-eyed blue house cr. commuting from logan is so easy if you work in downtown though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706292) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 9:39 AM Author: Startling primrose stage there are very few hipsters in DC and basically none in u st/logan/dupont. DC cannot support the same number of educated, low-paid "creative class" types that you have in nyc. if dc really was a draw for them we'd start rising rents in anacostia. the only neighborhoods that i can see being called hipsterish would be columbia heights, petworth, mtp, and maybe some scattered areas of northeast.
logan/dupont/u st are walkable to downtown, next to various bus/metro lines, and have lots of bars/nightlife/etc. they're definitely the best places to be for a young professional in dc. |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 9:53 AM Author: beady-eyed blue house you have very high standards of what makes a hipster. DC is infested with them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706391) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 9:59 AM Author: Startling primrose stage no, it's not. i don't think that going to shows at velvet lounge from time to time or wearing skinny jeans on the weekend really makes someone a hipster, especially if they have a law degree. h st ne has been described as a "hipster" neighborhood but it's the same exact people in any other dc neighborhood chilling out in cooler bars.
many of the people on this bort described as hipsters are just regular yuppie types (or low paid recent grads) who like to eat thai food and throw vegetarian dinner parties.
ride the L train from manhattan through williamsburg to bushwick/ridgewood at 1am on a saturday and tell me that dc has anything other than a token number of the sorts of (white) people that you see. |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 10:06 AM Author: Purple laughsome main people (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706427) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 10:33 AM Author: beady-eyed blue house all those people you described are hipsters and are annoying. you just seem desensitized to them.
wearing tight pants = hipster. I don't care if they went to law school or not since I have no interest in getting to know them. |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 2:50 PM Author: Startling primrose stage fine, then we're not actually talking about hipsters, we're just talking about people that you find annoying. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707710) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 2:58 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house yea, i guess instead of hipsters I just meant people who exhibit a large number of annoying traits commonly associated with hipsterism. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707754) |
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Date: February 24th, 2013 10:01 PM Author: exhilarant amber native (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22703980) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 1:51 AM Author: Grizzly heaven keepsake machete This entire thread is one of these two:
DC area resident:
I live in ______. It's where you should live, regardless of your lifestyle and job location. Everywhere else is prole/dangerous/boring/ttt.
Non-DC people:
DC is (description of DC from 20-30 years ago) or (description of NE/SE DC). It's nothing like my crappy city. |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 7:21 AM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth Here is the real answer and its rather simple:
Step one: If you lived in NYC, but not MFH, would you rather live in Brooklyn or Hoboken? If Brooklyn, then DC. If Hoboken then Arlington.
Step two: If you chose, DC, then visit each neighborhood and see what you like. If you chose Arlington, visit the Cheesecake Factory, PF Changs, Teds Montana Grill and Don Pablos and see which one you want to be closest too. |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 8:52 AM Author: beady-eyed blue house clarendon/courthouse is more smaller chains with like 10 locations that don't even realize are chains until you go to their website or visit bethesda and realize they have all the exact same places.
it's better than all the hipster shit in DC anyways. |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 10:04 AM Author: Cracking violet friendly grandma hospital so do we all agree it's not safe to live east of the park? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706423) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 10:08 AM Author: well-lubricated crystalline personal credit line what is this, a handsome contest? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706431) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 11:00 AM Author: soul-stirring magical crackhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706611) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 11:07 AM Author: Walnut Swashbuckling Senate Lived at 17th and P NW - that's probably one of the most credited blocks/areas in all of NW DC to live, especially if work is walking distance from there. Best ubran living with restaurants, nightlife, etc.
But, as someone about to find a place in NW, probably will not be moving back because I can't pay MFH prices ($2300-$2700 for a decent studio/1BR around there).
Palisades/Foxhall/Upper NW (near intersection of Mass. and Wisconsin) offer better value and more open green space ($1700-$2100). |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 11:29 AM Author: cobalt toaster office 2300-2700 for a decent studio? LOLWUT?
I'm renting a 2 bedroom on U Street for 2300. |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 11:30 AM Author: Walnut Swashbuckling Senate 2300-2700 for a decent studio at 17th & P bro. Point is I want to avoid that market. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706705) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:31 PM Author: Sepia Church Mood those prices don't sound correct. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706991) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:39 PM Author: Walnut Swashbuckling Senate http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/apa/3639238140.html
$2000/mo for basement 1br, zero light, no dishwasher.
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/apa/3638598148.html
$2400/mo studio in big building.
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/apa/3635500173.html
$2250/mo 1br in big building that looks decent.
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:54 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house none of those are particularly good deals. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707093) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 2:48 PM Author: Startling primrose stage the first one seems reasonable, at least. that's a very nice block. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707691) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 2:52 PM Author: cobalt toaster office 2000 a month for 450 square feet in a basement? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707723) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 3:03 PM Author: Startling primrose stage frankly i don't have a great frame of reference for square footage (not sure how many sq feet my own apartment is). but for a nice 1br on that block, 2000 doesn't seem like a bad deal. they won't have any trouble finding someone. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707782) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 3:04 PM Author: Walnut Swashbuckling Senate it's the no sunlight (one small window) that makes this overpriced at 2K (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707791) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 3:16 PM Author: cobalt toaster office 450 square feet is no larger than a studio. My living room is over 300 square feet. It's basically large enough for a bed, sofa, tv unit, dresser and small kitchen, and nothing else. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707879) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 3:02 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house maybe if you're :D (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707774) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 2:46 PM Author: cobalt toaster office those deals are terrible, especially the studio. 2400 a month for a studio is beyond crazy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707682) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 3:00 PM Author: Walnut Swashbuckling Senate Better deals? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707762) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 3:15 PM Author: cobalt toaster office 2300 a month for a 2 bedroom 2nd floor walk up on 16 and U. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707868) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 10:24 PM Author: Nighttime Point Coldplay Fan Enjoy standing in a one hour line that snakes around the store in whole foods on weekends. Oh what a neighborhood! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22710750) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 11:43 AM Author: Erotic Trip Coffee Pot Theatre Arlington: Slightly cheaper than DC, still urban, 10 minute metro ride to DC, less taxes (good for biglaw), plenty of luxury buildings near shopping/bars/restaurants, safer, no bums or crackheads, functional government (ie: the voters don't keep re-electing Marion Barry), highest concentration of people with college degrees in the country. Unless you want the hipster lifestyle, what possibly makes DC better? It's not more "prestigious." It's DC, not the upper-fucking-east side of MFH. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706763) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 11:50 AM Author: Startling primrose stage being able to walk to work + lots of bars and restaurants is pretty nice. there's cool stuff in arlington but not as much as dc. and it's not really that much cheaper than dc.
the bums and crackheads are nbd. |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 11:56 AM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth The taxes work out about the same when you factor in property tax (on cars in va...).
Also I find the functional nature of Arl govt to be kind of annoying: Example 1, its pretty much impossible to get your car actually towed in DC in areas patroled by mpd and not fed police..it has to be parked illegally for like 3 days. They are fucking vigilant about it in Arl. Example 2, the dc car inspections are all done by the city and are a total joke. Everyone passes. People with newer cars actually fail in VA. |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:00 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house agreed. arlington is basically an attempt to create a shitlib utopia that ends up being pretty fascist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706841) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:03 PM Author: cerise provocative indirect expression hall my wife and I both have decent Japanese cars less than five years old and we both failed VA inspection first time around. they are instructed to find a quota of failures.
fortunately re-testing is only like $2 (after you pay to fix it to make it pass, of course) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:05 PM Author: Erotic Trip Coffee Pot Theatre Those points are true. You really don't need a car in most of NW DC (east of the park at least) or Arlington if you're in the Clarendon/Courthouse area, though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706867) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:14 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house I wouldn't do no car in clarendon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706898) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:18 PM Author: Startling primrose stage i lived in ballston no car and it was fine. orange line on the weekends is super lame though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706915) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:35 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house at least ballston has that harris teeter. I would get sick of trader joes and the rest of clarendon fast if I had no car. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707008) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 2:49 PM Author: Startling primrose stage there's much more to do in clarendon than ballston. clarendon has whole foods + TJ + safeway not too far. the harris teeter is also a good 10 minute walk from the metro, at least. clarendon strictly dominates ballston no matter how you slice it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707702) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 2:52 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house the safeway in rosslyn? that's a hike mang (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707725) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 8:40 PM Author: razzle lime trump supporter tanning salon Id say the giant is a closer walk to clarendon than safeway - especially if you take into account carrying you groceries up that hill. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22710133) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 10:00 PM Author: Startling primrose stage Metro. And yeah, I forgot about the giant too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22710595) |
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Date: February 26th, 2013 9:06 AM Author: beady-eyed blue house eating food after it's been on the metro is pretty gross (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22712659) |
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Date: February 26th, 2013 6:50 PM Author: razzle lime trump supporter tanning salon There is alo a bus along wilson/clarendon, but personally I just drive for groceries (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22715507) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:09 PM Author: Walnut Swashbuckling Senate Urban lifestyle does not equal hispter lifestyle bro. Some of us want to be able to walk to good restaurants, bars, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706879) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 12:13 PM Author: Erotic Trip Coffee Pot Theatre So do I. I wouldn't live in McLean or Fairfax. Clarendon and Courthouse are very walkable, filled with good restaurants (admittedly mostly chains but more local ones now, too), and it's like a ten min metro ride to DC if you want to take advantage of what DC has. I don't see any difference between living in Capitol Hill and taking the metro to Dupont and living in Arlington and doing the same. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22706893) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 1:29 PM Author: brindle comical principal's office reading party Agreed on the capitol hill thing, but that's why you live in a place like Dupont, U St. or Logan. That way you're within walking distance of bars and restaurants and can hop on the metro to hit up other places.
I think it's best to live in Dupont, cuz at least you have access to the red line, then. The most annoying thing about DC is how infrequently metro trains show up at nights and on weekends. Let's say you live a 10 min walk from Courthouse. Getting to a bar on U Street, door to door, can take you like 45 minutes. That's ridiculous. Even Dupont will take you 35 min minimum. |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 1:40 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house it's like a <$20 cab ride from courthouse to those neighborhoods. having the metrorail and bus apps on your phone also helps to time it right if you do take public transit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707297) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 2:03 PM Author: brindle comical principal's office reading party You can't time transfers. I was assuming use of the metro app when I used those numbers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707450) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 2:51 PM Author: beady-eyed blue house transferring to red line is nbd. they always seem to run more frequently than orange.
plus you can just walk it from foggy bottom depending on where exactly you're going and what the weather is like. i feel stupid going 5 extra stops plus a transfer just to travel the few blocks from there to dupont. |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 3:11 PM Author: Walnut Swashbuckling Senate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707847) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 2:42 PM Author: Walnut Swashbuckling Senate You take that $18, pre-tip cab ride to U street bro? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22707656) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 9:37 PM Author: exhilarant amber native only proles take the metro in DC you faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22710449) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 8:42 PM Author: razzle lime trump supporter tanning salon I'm fucking cabbing it o dinner/theater either way, so arlington is fine. No way I'm walking girl back to a crib in the ghetto (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22710145) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 10:16 PM Author: zombie-like roommate Need suggestions:
I'll work downtown DC, my wife in Mclean.
For tax purposes: 220K combo salary.
Me debt pwnd hard, so low price is a factor. Want something safe, decent space, but don't need super luxury.
Wife wants orange line corridor. We don't go out a lot, maybe once a week to dinner or something. I'm a clean cut midwestern bro, so I don't need Yuppie shit. We have two little ankle biter dogs.
Is Roslyn too SPS? |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 10:17 PM Author: pea-brained casino Baltimore, bro. Baltimore. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22710700) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 10:22 PM Author: zombie-like roommate I could probably cop a free apartment on Fleet St. from my father-in-law, but that commute seems impossible if I'm working bad hours. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22710726) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 10:27 PM Author: Sepia Church Mood how much debt we talking about? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22710780) |
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Date: February 25th, 2013 11:14 PM Author: zombie-like roommate 250K. T14 at sticker is a terrible choice bros. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22711097) |
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Date: February 26th, 2013 12:25 AM Author: Violent site mad-dog skullcap How much are your cars worth? The tax situation will work out so that you'll save a bit more than ~3k in income tax. The car tax is 0.05(Assessed Value of Car - 3k). I'd recommend Ballston or Virginia Square, maybe Clarendon. It'll be easier for her to get travel to McClean and it'll only add a few minutes to your commute to DC on the metro. Rosslyn is my least favorite area of the Orange Line corridor. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#22711688) |
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Date: February 26th, 2013 1:53 AM Author: zombie-like roommate Thanks man. Right now her car is owned by her Father, but we might have to take over the tax payments.
I haven't spent much time in Rosslyn, it is just a bunch of office buildings? |
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Date: February 26th, 2013 9:26 AM Author: beady-eyed blue house keep it in the father's name and/or registered in another state. even if your building gives your car info over to the county they only charge like $100/yr, better than the regular tax.
Rosslyn is alight. It has some good restaurants, a liquor store, and a safeway. The center is mostly office buildings and the metro is sort of annoying to walk to (lots of hills plus buildings get in your way) and is a mess bc of all the bus transfers and the giant escalator you have to walk down. You also have much better transit options for getting into the city (can take both blue and orange lines and can take the circulator bus to dupont).
It's better than Ballston but Clarendon or courthouse is a better option though since rosslyn isn't really cheaper. Crystal city or pentagon city also aren't bad if you want to save more $. |
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Date: February 26th, 2013 6:54 PM Author: Submissive hyperventilating quadroon background story DC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=FoS8bA_Tb8E#t=37s
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Date: May 18th, 2013 12:23 AM Author: crusty adventurous boiling water BUMP for anyone who's walked up 14th Street from P to U in the last THREE WEEKS.
SEVEN new restaurants have opened on 14th in that time frame. I've never seen a neighborhood go from slow burn to exponential growth in such a short period. There's still a damn homeless shelter across the street from Bang & Olufsen.
I live in the Logan area and would not live anywhere else. Anyone equating non-chain, chef-driven, seasonal restaurants with "hipster culture" is spending too much time at the Pentagon City Mall. |
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Date: May 18th, 2013 9:34 AM Author: Nighttime Point Coldplay Fan Enjoy not having a grocery store in your neighborhood (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#23222415) |
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Date: May 18th, 2013 10:38 AM Author: crusty adventurous boiling water Do you get out of Arlington much? I live a block from Whole Foods on P St. and 10 minutes from the Safeway on 17th St. Trader Joes is opening at 14th and U by the end of the year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#23222579) |
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Date: May 18th, 2013 10:39 AM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth Tcr...Arlington is the definition of sps. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#23222584) |
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Date: May 18th, 2013 11:37 AM Author: Nighttime Point Coldplay Fan I've been to that whole foods on a saturday afternoon. The line for the registers wrapped around the inside of the store hugging the entire interior perimeter of the building on four sides. It was like Russia 1988. Explain how this is luxury? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#23222763) |
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Date: May 18th, 2013 11:56 AM Author: crusty adventurous boiling water Agreed that the lines there blow. When you live a block away, you learn not to go on Saturday afternoon. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#23222822) |
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Date: May 18th, 2013 11:57 AM Author: Cracking violet friendly grandma hospital cr. the TJ's at 14th & U will be a disaster just like the one in foggy bottom. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#23222828) |
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Date: May 18th, 2013 9:38 AM Author: excitant ruddy scourge upon the earth Just do Eastern Market bro. All of this and grocery stores and easy parking and near 395. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#23222423) |
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Date: May 18th, 2013 9:46 AM Author: Diverse Immigrant Step-uncle's House titcr aside from the high concentration of shrews I'm not sure why this area doesn't rank #1. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#23222437) |
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Date: May 18th, 2013 10:39 AM Author: crusty adventurous boiling water It's sure as hell not where the shrews are on the weekends. Post up outside Saint Ex and just take it all in. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#23222583) |
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Date: May 18th, 2013 11:43 AM Author: Cracking violet friendly grandma hospital LOL 14th st is like a vision from johnsmeyer's "perfect liberal world" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#23222789) |
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Date: May 18th, 2013 12:00 PM Author: Diverse Immigrant Step-uncle's House my gay friend says it's the new hip area for gay people to live now that dupont "has gotten tacky" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#23222839) |
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Date: May 18th, 2013 12:12 PM Author: Cracking violet friendly grandma hospital i thought the edgy gays all lived in bloomingdale and got hate crime'd by their diversity allies (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2191470&forum_id=2#23222864) |