With its perfect blend of tree-lined streets, colorful row homes and bustling city-life, Washington, DC is an amazing place to spend the summer. Whether you prefer 24-hour Internet cafes and dog parks or boutique stores and fresh farmers markets, DC has a lot to offer a newcomer.<\/p>\n
Despite all of its glory, living in DC can be expensive. The recent influx of young professionals to the city has caused rents to escalate, which makes finding affordable housing difficult and competitive. With monthly rent averaging around $1000, we created this Summer Housing Guide so that you will have a leg up in your search.<\/p>\n
While the list below contains descriptions of DC\u2019s most popular neighborhoods, sites like\u00a0Craigslist,<\/a>\u00a0PadMapper<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Yelp<\/a>\u00a0are still the best ways to search for housing and read reviews about different neighborhoods. Duke Ellington and Jesse Jackson once called this neighborhood home. Young professionals, working class families and Howard University students and professors make up this neighborhood. LeDroit Park boasts a community-sponsored co-op garden and the kind of small cafes and convenient stores \u201cwhere everybody knows your name.\u201d Students choosing to live here will be no more than a 5 minute walk to the local buses and a 10-15 minute walk to the metro and U Street nightlife. This is probably the only neighborhood in DC where you can buy a bagel, a burrito and a bloody mary at 6am! CH has plenty of restaurants, internet cafes, dog parks,sports clubs, grocery stores, bodegas and it even has a Target. What doesn\u2019t it have? Parking. The upside is that you can catch a cab from this area to any place in the city for under $12. We promise, you\u2019ll want to go Vegan after a cupcake from\u00a0Sticky Fingers.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n DuPont Circle<\/strong> Modern meets contemporary in this artsy hub of the city. With its French-inspired architecture, fountains and fresh bakeries, choosing to live here will almost feel like you\u2019re in Paris — until you look up and see the National Monument. Even though there\u2019s plenty of public transit in this area, you\u2019ll never want to leave this neighborhood on the weekend because it has everything you need: froyo, yoga, a farmers market, bars and plenty of bookstores. Less than 10 blocks from the White House, those choosing to live in DP should be prepared to fork over a pretty penny for rent. Tip for grabbing brunch at\u00a0Kramerworks?<\/a>\u00a0Ask them to seat you at the bar. This is the kind of neighborhood where you can buy a piercing and a jumbo slice of pizza all in one sitting. There\u2019s no shortage of dive bars, wi-fi or panhandling here. Searching for food around these parts is like a trip to the United Nations, everything is represented \u2013 from authentic empanadas and gyros to injera bread and baklava (and for reasonable prices). Bus lines are located on every other corner, but you\u2019re in for a 15-minute walk to the nearest metro. If you like to party, then welcome home! If you consider yourself a \u201cbro\u201d, prefer the collars on your shirts flipped up and take pride inyour 3-letter sorority\/fraternity, then there\u2019s no place like Georgetown. Full of high-end stores, restaurants, spas, small dogs and pedestrians, Georgetown is the neighborhood that people take visitors when they want to prove the city\u2019s got class. With all of its bells and whistles, the public transportation in this area sucks: there\u2019s no metro line and only a few bus routes to bustle people in and out. But don\u2019t worry, Georgetown is the kind of neighborhood where friends are more than happy to visit you. After bruschetta and brunch, make sure you check out\u00a0Blues Alley<\/a>\u00a0nightclub \u2013 where legendary performers like Sade and Bebe King have graced the stage. Those serious about politics need only apply to live here. Affectionately known as \u201cthe Hill,\u201d most of DC\u2019s major politicos call this neighborhood home. During the day it\u2019s bustling with lawmakers and Congressional aides and on the weekends you\u2019ll find families with young kids hanging out in the park or folks running the steps of the Capitol Building.\u00a0Eastern Market<\/a>\u00a0is a must-visit and the perfect way to blow a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Foggy Bottom is home to the lawmakers and the lobbyist (and George Washington University). Living here will provide students with the most accessibility to some of DC\u2019s most prized locales like the National Monument, the White House and cool neighborhoods like DuPont Circle and Georgetown. Apartments are expensive and they go fast, so if you want to take up residence here then you should start searching early. This neighborhood has all the trimmings of an upscale area: Whole Foods, Burberry and bistros. Since you\u2019ll be sharing the block with the World Bank, be prepared for lots of protests. Otherwise, this is a great part of town with easy access to public transportation. Make sure to stop by\u00a0Founding Farmers<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>for brunch \u2013 you can thank us later.<\/p>\n Next, get more career tips for internships and entry-level jobs such as What is an Internship?<\/a>\u00a0and find answers to common interview questions such as What’s Your Dream Job?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nLeDroit Park\/Bloomingdale
\nPrice: $$
\nWalking Score: 81
\nWeekend: Quiet
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\nColumbia Heights
\nPrice: $$$
\nWalking Score: 83
\nWeekend: Bring your headphones
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\nPrice: $$$$
\nWalking Score: 98
\nWeekend: No inside voices needed here
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\nAdams Morgan
\nPrice: $$$
\nWalking Score: 90
\nWeekend: Who needs sleep?
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\nGeorgetown
\nPrice: $$$$
\nWalking Score: 89
\nWeekend: Did the Hoyas win or lose?
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\nCapitol Hill
\nPrice: $$$
\nWalking Score:98
\nWeekend: Did you hear that pin drop?
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\nFoggy Bottom
\nPrice: $$$$
\nWalking Score: 91
\nWeekend: Is there a protest?
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