So where are all the nicer mid-century homes at?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does the typical family of a $1million+ owner in lake barcroft attend the public schools?

Yes, many of them do! It's a mix in the neighborhood of public, independent and parochial, but most kids in the neighborhood definitely go to the public schools. Many of the owners of the lake houses are older, but I can tell you on my street we have six $1m+ lake houses and three of the six houses have kids in the public schools or they just graduated from public school. The other three don't have adult children.

Lots of TJ students as well in the Barcroft neighborhoods.

What's that brown stuff and strange smell floating on lake barcroft?

Oh it's bull shit because the stats for TJ are as follow (meaning less than 10 if even that come from lake barcroft).

Middle School Students Accepted This Year +/- from last year Last Year

Carson 76 -2 78
Longfellow 72 -2 74
Rocky Run 51 +3 48
Kilmer 43 +12 31
Lake Braddock 23 +1 22
Jackson 20 +2 18
Frost 18 +2 16
Twain 10 + (numbers unavailable)

under 10 *If less than 10 students were admitted from a middle school, the middle school name does not appear on the list. Numbers under 10 were redacted by FCPS as containing identifiable student information which are exempt from disclosure according to state code.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The DC area has many things going for it, but charming mid-century homes ... not so much. We moved here from NY/NJ area and couldn't believe how poor the housing stock is here in most places, especially at these prices!

We also don't have the large stock of aging homes that have turned large swaths of suburban NYC into slums like Irvington, Union, East Orange and much of the South Shore of LI.

This is true. Things around here are "miiddle of the road"; we have more mediocre housing but less truly awful slums too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the typical family of a $1million+ owner in lake barcroft attend the public schools?

Yes, many of them do! It's a mix in the neighborhood of public, independent and parochial, but most kids in the neighborhood definitely go to the public schools. Many of the owners of the lake houses are older, but I can tell you on my street we have six $1m+ lake houses and three of the six houses have kids in the public schools or they just graduated from public school. The other three don't have adult children.

Lots of TJ students as well in the Barcroft neighborhoods.

What's that brown stuff and strange smell floating on lake barcroft?

Oh it's bull shit because the stats for TJ are as follow (meaning less than 10 if even that come from lake barcroft).

Middle School Students Accepted This Year +/- from last year Last Year

Carson 76 -2 78
Longfellow 72 -2 74
Rocky Run 51 +3 48
Kilmer 43 +12 31
Lake Braddock 23 +1 22
Jackson 20 +2 18
Frost 18 +2 16
Twain 10 + (numbers unavailable)

under 10 *If less than 10 students were admitted from a middle school, the middle school name does not appear on the list. Numbers under 10 were redacted by FCPS as containing identifiable student information which are exempt from disclosure according to state code.

So...the point would be that if there are lots of TJ students in the Barcroft neighborhoods, they are testing into TJ from some place other than Glasgow MS. Either they are in private school when they take the test or their parents move into the area after they get into TJ. It's certainly close to TJ but fewer than 10 kids from Glasgow have been admitted to TJ in recent years.

[Anonymous]

OP, you may want to check out the homes on the Annandale/Falls Church(the county, not the city of) border in the zip codes of 22003 and 22042. There are nice brick houses in well-kept neighborhoods on either side of Holmes Run Stream Valley Park. There's so little on the market right now, so you might look at the sold listings from the last year or so to get an idea of what's available there. There's a newly-opened elementary school there that gets good reviews.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really don't understand the appeal of mid-century homes. In my opinion they are all ugly.

Super ugly. Yuck.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I really don't understand the appeal of mid-century homes. In my opinion they are all ugly.

Super ugly. Yuck.

Because Mad Men. And I agree, yuck.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really don't understand the appeal of mid-century homes. In my opinion they are all ugly.

Super ugly. Yuck.

Because Mad Men. And I agree, yuck.

Here's what I don't understand: you three have made it to adulthood and don't get that different people have different tastes, and that mid-century style is just another art form you neither understand nor appreciate. It's sad.

And it's quite possible that if you are from this area and haven't ever really left, you might not ever have seen good examples of it. They're out there, but not in the numbers that they are elsewhere in the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really don't understand the appeal of mid-century homes. In my opinion they are all ugly.

Super ugly. Yuck.

Because Mad Men. And I agree, yuck.

Here's what I don't understand: you three have made it to adulthood and don't get that different people have different tastes, and that mid-century style is just another art form you neither understand nor appreciate. It's sad.

And it's quite possible that if you are from this area and haven't ever really left, you might not ever have seen good examples of it. They're out there, but not in the numbers that they are elsewhere in the country.

Some people think urine in a soda bottle is art. That doesn't mean most people agree.

[Anonymous]

I don't think OP is asking for the mod style of home with big planes of glass. I think they are asking where are neighborhoods of well kept solid houses. Around here, that means brick split levels and split foyers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really don't understand the appeal of mid-century homes. In my opinion they are all ugly.

Super ugly. Yuck.

Because Mad Men. And I agree, yuck.

Here's what I don't understand: you three have made it to adulthood and don't get that different people have different tastes, and that mid-century style is just another art form you neither understand nor appreciate. It's sad.

And it's quite possible that if you are from this area and haven't ever really left, you might not ever have seen good examples of it. They're out there, but not in the numbers that they are elsewhere in the country.

Some people think urine in a soda bottle is art. That doesn't mean most people agree.

Yes, and a Joseph Eichler home is just like urine in a soda bottle. You aren't really advancing your position.

[Anonymous]

Some in Vienna in 22180; Dunn Loring woods. Some cuter than others.