Get to know Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase, a pretty and leafy residential neighborhood in D.C., shares a border with the town of Chevy Chase, Maryland. Locals generally use the name Chevy Chase to refer to the whole area, including both the D.C. and the Maryland Chevy Chases, as well as a few nearby villages (also all named Chevy Chase). Residents of both sides frequently travel over state lines for shopping and dining without a second thought, but the D.C. side is part of the District’s Ward 3 and 4 and is served by the District of Columbia Public Schools. Originally started as a streetcar suburb, Chevy Chase is often referred to as the “suburb in the city,” thanks to its tree-lined streets — many of which end at Rock Creek Park — and small-town feel. Architecturally, there’s a mix of housing styles, including a large and lovely collection of kit houses from the 1920s, ordered directly from Sears and Montgomery Ward.

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Living in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., is a beautiful city with gorgeous architecture and a vibrant cultural life that also just happens to be the nation’s capital. Of course, Washington, D.C., is a company town — the company being the American government — but only a quarter of Washington, D.C., residents are federal employees, with the biggest employers being the major hospitals and universities. Washington, D.C., is an exemplar of urban planning, thanks to the vision of military engineer Pierre Charles L’Enfant. L’Enfant’s plan symbolically put the people in charge by placing Congress, and not the White House, at the pinnacle of the city, with D.C.’s wide boulevards radiating out from the “People’s House” on Capitol Hill. L’Enfant also laid out the National Mall, which stretches for more than two miles from Capitol Hill to the Potomac River, creating a public space for marches, monuments, and museums.