Thursday, October 06, 2005

On The Street Where I Live


We have 35 houses, including two detached dwellings, three triplexes, and 12 duplexes. They are mostly brick and have small yards in front. Beautiful old trees line and overhang the street, which only goes one-way.

We have 11 families with a mother, a father and one or more children. We have a few families consisting of a man and a woman, a few consisting of a woman and a child or two, and one of two women. We have four single women and one single man. We have two co-ed group houses occupied by people mostly in their mid-20's. Our newest child is 3 monthes old. We have people in their 70's.

We have Euro-American people, Afro-American people, Hispanic-American people, Asian-American people, and Indian-American people. We have two children who are half American and half German and two who are half American and half Guatemalan. We have two children who were adopted from Romania. Until recently we had a family from the Czech Republic.

We have a family who bought their house below its asking price from the original owner because they told her they couldn't afford to pay that price, but that they had done a thorough analysis of the Chevy Chase area and they wanted, specifically, to live on our street, Jocelyn, as they thought it was the best one. They liked the feel of it. So she sold it to them. We have Jocelyn Street "alumnae" who come back to the yearly Block Party to visit. We have a family who wanted a bigger house but couldn't bear to leave so they waited until one on the corner just across Chevy Chase Parkway was selling and they bought it. We have two empty houses, waiting to be rented. One of them is the house attached to ours, and I'm excited to find out who will be joining us on the street which has seemed to have gotten a reputation for being one of the best in the City upon which to live. I know I like it.

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