Working in DC-where should girls live?

snowball
Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:51:20 +0000

An update on my daughter- She ended up taking a short term rental in an apartment near the Pentagon Metro station. This was not her first choice, but the girls she was going to live with and where they had decided to move fell apart; this all 6 days before she was to begin work! Not liking the idea of being 400 miles away from DC, still working at her current job, and wanting to know where she would live, she decided to go with a 3 month rental and will decide where she wants to be after getting settled. My daughter has a few friends that have leases ending in June and a few more moving to the area this summer, so she figured a short term lease would be better than getting stuck with people she didn’t want to live with in an area she didn’t want to be in.

When it is time to move she would prefer to stay on the orange or blue line, although the red line would work also as she works by the Foggy Bottom station and could easily use the Dupont station. We were only in DC for 2 days, so not a lot of time to fine the perfect home. With more time to look, she is hoping to find something in Adams Morgan or Dupont; she also likes the Clarendon area in Virginia.

The apartment she found has a huge grassy area where people are always out with their dogs. Her dog is still at home with us, but will join her soon; we thought it would be better for her to get settled before he made the trip. I was surprised with the number of owners with dogs we ran into at each apartment building when we were looking. Some apartment only allows dogs on certain floor, but she had no trouble finding a place that allowed dogs. Yes, most charge a $500 pet deposit and an additional $50 a month in the rent. That said, we also found several condo rentals that did not charge the monthly and only a $250 pet deposit. If you love your dog, you do what you have to do!!

The car was left at home, but if she decides she needs or wants it, we will take it to her.
She decided to go without it and get it later if she wants it. A friend of hers took her car and then ended up taking it back home to her parents. After being car dependent, it was hard to think about being without a car, but she didn’t want to pay to park it and then find she never used it. A couple of her close friends have cars there, so if she really needed to do something that required a car, her friend would be happy to take her.