tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post918553380897038087..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: For Sale SignsPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-14101992994064461062009-07-24T13:45:31.631-07:002009-07-24T13:45:31.631-07:00This is important. We considered it, but in retro...This is important. We considered it, but in retrospect, not as systematically as we should have, when we were looking for a house in the upper NW quadrant of DC.<br /><br />It turns out we hit a home run--within 0.9 miles of the Takoma station on the red line and 2.5 blocks from a bus line, where 6 months after we moved in, they changed the service provision from only between Petworth (Green) and Takoma station, to to and from downtown during rush hour.<br /><br />And it's within 1.25 miles of two supermarkets (I bike, we don't own a car although we are carshare members) and about 1 mile to the Takoma Park DC/MD commercial district, plus a micro-commercial district with two important services (barber, dry cleaner) two blocks from our home.<br /><br />We did test the bus route, but only after we put in an offer.<br /><br />And we considered transit access throughout the process in any case, but just notas rigorously as I think we could have. (I also considered bike distances to the supermarket and other basic services.)Richard Laymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765521217875752850noreply@blogger.com