Parts of it. Parts of it are quite nice. I live on Capitol Hill, several miles away. The Hill is now solidly gentrified. The PG County story that interests me is the rebound of the Anacostia River corridor, all the way from Buzzard Point up through the Anacostia Historic District through Bladensburg, Cheverley, Hyattsville and College Park. DC housing prices are insane. DC’s commutes are even more insane. Inside the beltway, the region’s semi-affordable housing right now is in far northeast DC and close-in PG County. There are some wonderful neighborhoods scattered around and many more that are trending in the right direction. Then there are some pretty tough ones. Welcome to the world of microhabitats. Local knowledge and situational awareness are important.
20 years from now, the entire river corridor is going to be great. Right now, it’s a work in progress.
As a general rule, proximity to public housing projects is a key lookout. Avoid those.
If you are curious, go to google maps street view, enter the address, and “drive around” a bit. You will be surprised at what you see. A lot of the tough areas could rebound quickly if we got rid of the housing projects.
Housing projects were one of the worst things to happen to America.
Sure, take all your problem people and concentrate them in 13 storey rabbit warrens.
What could go wrong?
No matter how rich you are or how nice a house you buy - you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your neighbors. This is especially true in cities and suburbs.
As the economy worsens and property owners default ‘multi-family’ housing will go in.