Tree-lined streets, elegant homes, upscale hotels, foreign embassies and chanceries, and art galleries constitute this neighborhood just blocks from Dupont Circle. Rental properties in this area are expensive. Within walking distance of campus, metro buses travel along Massachusetts Avenue as alternative transportation. Commuting time is approximately 15 minutes. Foggy Bottom is GW's campus and surrounding neighborhood.
Housing is convenient but very expensive and limited.
Advantages to living in this area include a very close proximity to campus, The White House, Kennedy Center, Watergate Hotel, Pennsylvania Avenue, museums, government agencies, and national associations. Housing options include high-rise apartments and townhouses. This exclusive neighborhood is an area of upper Georgetown along Foxhall Road, above the Georgetown University campus. Available student housing is minimal in this area as housing is composed mainly of costly townhouse and mansions. Foxhall may also be referred to as Arizona Place, Wisconsin, and Upper Georgetown.