Where are the best places for a single male in his mid-twenties to live in the Washington D.C. area?

I am looking for a combination of a good happy hour scene, a reasonable rent, and easy access to metro stations and highways.

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1. Arlington, VA...I lived there when I was single and loved it!
2. M Street, or somewhere between G'town and GW campuses. A lot of nightlife and active, fun, friendly, young people.
3. georgetown if you can afford it
4. That just doesn't exist. If you live in the District, you can get near a Metro station or a bus line. If you want to be near a highway, you will probably have to move into the burbs. Unless you live in the suburbs, you probably won't want a car--driving in DC is a nightmare, as is parking. And what is this "reasonable rent" you speak of? I live near Adams Morgan. It has a great happy hour scene--tons of bars and restaurants along the 18th Street corridor--but the rents are ridiculously high, it's not that close to a Metro station (but numerous buses go through the area), and it's smack in the middle of the city.
5. College Park, MD - near the college and plenty of dating opportunities with the sorority girls on UMD campus. The Connecticut and Wisconsin Ave. corridors also work - many of my former colleagues used to live there when they worked in Northern VA. You can start from DC and basically go out to Montgomery County along those routes.
6. Pretty much anywhere in Northwest DC. Or Silver Spring, MD