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A survey of residents who live in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood found that they are overwhelmingly childless and would leave the area to grow a family or find a less expensive place.
The MVT Community Improvement District conducted the survey and got 436 responses. Of those people, 78.5 percent are residents of the neighborhood, which is “bordered by 7th Street to the west, Massachusetts Avenue to the south, New York Avenue to the north and New Jersey Avenue to the east.” More than 5,000 people live in the neighborhood, according to MVT CID, so take all of this with a grain of salt.
An overwhelming 91.6 percent of residents who responded to the survey do not have any children. Of the top reasons residents gave for potentially leaving the neighborhood, 26 percent responded moving to a house, 23 percent said the area’s too expensive and 22 percent said to grow a family.
Lack of connection to the neighborhood is also apparent, with residents about split evenly on having either a very strong/strong or not very strong sense of community. Only 20 percent currently volunteer.
A majority of respondents, 78 percent, see the area as clean or very clean. The number of people who consider the neighborhood safe or very safe increased six percentage points to 60 percent.
The number of apartment and condo buildings in the small area of downtown D.C. has exploded in recent years, with 13 in the neighborhood currently and seven more in development.
Read the perception survey below.
