Originally Posted by
TOMFORD
I'm looking at Clarendon and the move time gets closer and closer. However, studios near the metro are 2K+, and studios not near the metro... well, there aren't many apt not near the metro. I looked into Tyson and McLean as well, but those two places just aren't as populated as I'd like. I like to be able to walk to places, and I don't want to commute to work, regardless of traffic conditions.
It looks like I can't get as much as I thought with 2K monthly rent. Just have to shell out more money I guess. Is Rosslyn any good?
Rosslyn is decent, but it is still somewhat more sterile and "sleepy" than the Courthouse -- Clarendon stretch. For the better part of the past twenty years, Rosslyn's newer buildings had higher rents than Courthouse/Clarendon's buildings of a comparable age. I find Rosslyn great because it's at least somewhat more convenient for Alexandria/DCA and downtown DC if using the Metro a lot. It even has been pretty good with getting out to Dulles, but the future of that is very much up in the air now.