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Just accepted an offer in D.C. for Summer 2016. Any suggestions on where to live? Costs? Links where I can look this kind of stuff up?

Thanks in advance.

Kind of depends on where your firm is. Assuming your firm is downtown (i.e., the most expensive part of DC) my general advice is to pick the metro stop closest to your firm, and then keep going north or south or east or west along the metro line(s) until you find a price range you feel comfortable with.

Anonymous User wrote:Just accepted an offer in D.C. for Summer 2016. Any suggestions on where to live? Costs? Links where I can look this kind of stuff up?

Thanks in advance.

Yeah, definitely depends on where you are. Any questions you can PM me.

Anywhere on the redline will be fine. Cleveland Park, Adams Morgan, Dupont, Chinatown/Gallery Place, Noma... DC is a pretty small city and you can get anywhere in 45 mins.

pancakes3 wrote:Anywhere on the redline will be fine. Cleveland Park, Adams Morgan, Dupont, Chinatown/Gallery Place, Noma... DC is a pretty small city and you can get anywhere in 45 mins.

Except when the redline is single tracking twice a week because it fucking sucks.

First Offense wrote:

pancakes3 wrote:Anywhere on the redline will be fine. Cleveland Park, Adams Morgan, Dupont, Chinatown/Gallery Place, Noma... DC is a pretty small city and you can get anywhere in 45 mins.

Except when the redline is single tracking twice a week because it fucking sucks.

Let's not forget about when the red line is running 6 car trains every ten minutes and you live near a high-density stop. Yeah red line is fine

OP, it all depends on where your firm is, what kind of neighvorhood youre looking for, and what you are willing to pay

I hate the red line as much as the next but red line neighborhoods are better than green/yellow line neighborhoods especially for BL commute.

If OP doesn't do red line neighborhoods, he/she'll have to live in columbia heights/shaw/cap south/SE waterfront (or god forbid Foggy Bottom/Georgetown) which would be a poor decision imo.

Does anyone have thoughts on living near a circulator stop and taking that? Assuming you're at a firm along the same route.

lawschool22 wrote:Does anyone have thoughts on living near a circulator stop and taking that? Assuming you're at a firm along the same route.

When I lived in DC I had a commute where I could use the Metro and have a 10 minute walk at the end of the commute or use the Circulator and have virtually door to door service. After a few weeks of trying the Circulator, I switched to Metro and never looked back. Circulator gets extremely bogged down in rush hour traffic and has stops on nearly every block that make travel during peak times on it very slow. Metro, despite periodic delays, was far more reliable and even with the walk cut down on my travel time. On weekends though, the Circulator might actually be better.

Just make sure you're very close to the metro or you will sweat your ass off during the summer

Interested in this too, as I haven't lived in D.C. before but will be spending the summer there. I'll be working on L Street, with the Farragut West/North stations about equidistant from the office. Any specific suggestions for areas to look in -- or specific resources I can consult to look around?

chuckbass wrote:Just make sure you're very close to the metro or you will sweat your ass off during the summer

You're going to sweat regardless.

amsm222 wrote:Interested in this too, as I haven't lived in D.C. before but will be spending the summer there. I'll be working on L Street, with the Farragut West/North stations about equidistant from the office. Any specific suggestions for areas to look in -- or specific resources I can consult to look around?

I mean, with N and W right there, you could live along any line pretty much. I'd go for Rosslyn or something like that personally, but that's me.

pancakes3 wrote:I hate the red line as much as the next but red line neighborhoods are better than green/yellow line neighborhoods especially for BL commute.

If OP doesn't do red line neighborhoods, he/she'll have to live in columbia heights/shaw/cap south/SE waterfront (or god forbid Foggy Bottom/Georgetown) which would be a poor decision imo.

I live in Columbia Heights and thinks it's pretty awesome here. Anyhow, do listen to the folks who say that you should live right by the metro stop. Walking even a few blocks will make you sweat your ass off in this town. Also, there was a whole thread on this subject recently http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=240315

First Offense wrote:

chuckbass wrote:Just make sure you're very close to the metro or you will sweat your ass off during the summer

You're going to sweat regardless.

Fair, there's no escaping it truly.

Original OP:

My firm is towards the intersection of New York Ave NW and I street NW. Any ideas as to cost and best neighborhoods to live given this information?

http://n55.imgup.net/Untitled9e77.png

red = good
blue = best

- 5 year DC resident and property owner and dc firm associate

I'm seeing most rentals between 1900 and 2900. Does that seem about right?

Anonymous User wrote:I'm seeing most rentals between 1900 and 2900. Does that seem about right?

For what and where? For a 1 bedroom in the map that dood posted I'd expect somewhere between 1900 and 2400+, depending on what type of place it is, getting cheaper as you go more North and possibly East.

dood wrote:http://n55.imgup.net/Untitled9e77.png

red = good
blue = best

- 5 year DC resident and property owner and dc firm associate

Or, you know, come live with the mass of us georgetown law peons in NoMa, right next to the red line, where the air is pure, the beer garden is open every night, and the bullets are flying. What more can you ask for?

GULCPerson wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:I'm seeing most rentals between 1900 and 2900. Does that seem about right?

For what and where? For a 1 bedroom in the map that dood posted I'd expect somewhere between 1900 and 2400+, depending on what type of place it is, getting cheaper as you go more North and possibly East.

For a short term that sounds right.

GULCPerson wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:I'm seeing most rentals between 1900 and 2900. Does that seem about right?

For what and where? For a 1 bedroom in the map that dood posted I'd expect somewhere between 1900 and 2400+, depending on what type of place it is, getting cheaper as you go more North and possibly East.

Yeah. Where the guy above posted.

Anonymous User wrote:

dood wrote:http://n55.imgup.net/Untitled9e77.png

red = good
blue = best

- 5 year DC resident and property owner and dc firm associate

Or, you know, come live with the mass of us georgetown law peons in NoMa, right next to the red line, where the air is pure, the beer garden is open every night, and the bullets are flying. What more can you ask for?

Thank you for including the last part.

Look in the Penn Quarter area -- it's very close to Gallery Place and Chinatown but not as noisy and crowded as it's a few blocks off. Very safe neighborhood (right next to FBI building, D.O.J.,etc.) and lots of young professionals and fellow attorneys live in the area. It's also very close to the Metro Center Stop, so everything is very accessible.