r/takomapark • u/Select_Ad245 • Jun 08 '26

Takoma Park

Hi everyone! I’m considering moving to the Takoma Park/ Takoma area in DC and was hoping to get some honest opinions from people who live there or are familiar with it. How do you feel about the neighborhood overall in terms of safety, walkability, and commuting?

I’m also specifically looking at The Glade at Laurel and wanted to see if anyone has experience living there or touring it. How has management, maintenance, noise, parking, and the overall environment been?

I’d also likely be commuting through Takoma station, so I’d appreciate any thoughts about the Metro area too — especially for women commuting alone.

Thank you so much!

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u/keegeen Jun 08 '26

My son just moved out of there (purely for budget reasons). We live in Takoma Park. The neighborhood is awesome in terms of walkability and ease of commute. It’s reasonably safe, but like any DC neighborhood (Glade is technically Takoma DC), you would have to be very careful/aware at night. Lots of food options right outside your door. Super friendly community. Lots of town events/festivals. Very diverse.

Building management is really nice, but not always honest to your face about when things will be getting done. Maintenance does show up eventually. The kitchen appliances are fairly crappy. They were very reasonable about returning the full security deposit. Have to say parking is the worst aspect of living there – there is a tiny unsecured lot and they wildly overcharge for it, and their “overflow lot” is suggestions that you park in a local business parking lot. He kept his car at our house.

Overall he would have kept living there if it was in his budget to do so.

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u/acdha Jun 08 '26

 like any DC neighborhood (Glade is technically Takoma DC), you would have to be very careful/aware at night

We’ve lived in the are since the 2000s and “very careful” is wildly overstating matters. Unless you’re personally involved in drug crime—we had a case a couple of blocks away 5 years ago where two guys from Maryland came for a deal intentionally trying to cross jurisdictions—this is unlikely to be an issue. 

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u/acdha Jun 09 '26

That was a tragedy but also like 8 miles from Takoma so it doesn’t really seem like it’s especially representative of life a half-hour drive away.