Arlington losing families

[Anonymous]

So are they moving away because of too expensive real estate or the decline of rigor at public schools.

https://www.gazetteleader.com/arlington/news/are-young-families-fleeing-arlington-for-elsewhere-8298785

[Anonymous]

They can't afford a house here. At least 10 of my friends with early elementary students have left. All would have preferred to stay in Arlington, but couldn't afford a single family house on their salaries. They moved to Fairfax because they could get a house. Schools weren't a factor, at least in my experience

[Anonymous]

LOL you think people move because they're concerned about rigor in schools?

What a clown you are.

This is NOT a way normal people think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They can't afford a house here. At least 10 of my friends with early elementary students have left. All would have preferred to stay in Arlington, but couldn't afford a single family house on their salaries. They moved to Fairfax because they could get a house. Schools weren't a factor, at least in my experience

This. We moved out of Arlington to Fairfax because we couldn't afford to buy a single family home

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL you think people move because they're concerned about rigor in schools?

What a clown you are.

This is NOT a way normal people think.

Agree. What a stupid, stupid, STUPID post.

It’s very obvious to anyone but this idiot why young families are moving out of Arlington. It’s the housing prices.

[Anonymous]

I'd like to see the data the comment was based on. It could be housing prices. However, if you think back to the 2010s when APS was experiencing crazy student population growth you might remember that a large part of the explanation was generational turnover in SFHs. Those kids are now getting older and leaving their parents as empty nesters sitting in houses with low interest rates and no incentive to downsize.

[Anonymous]

The other big thing is that many folks used to choose Arlington to live near DC for the commute, sacrificing space, updated finishes or vacations to live close in. Now those same folks work from home several days a week. A long commute is less of an issue when it isn't every day.

[Anonymous]

Wow such vitriol. I was just curious. We are a young family and about half our block goes to private — if we were doing it again, we would have moved to Fairfax and saved the tuition money.

Combined with less frequent commutes, I wonder if Arlington prices will actually decline.

[Anonymous]

I can't tell you how angry this makes me. We moved to Arlington 20 years ago. APS put off addressing the school capacity crisis because "families move out of Arlington." They finally built some school capacity (at monstrous expense) and now they are talking about closing schools again. And in the interim, all of the new housing has been bigger and bigger. So now there is EHO, and people are acting like the property values are going to plummet.

Something should have happened differently along the line. Maybe not allowing the variances or whatever it was that led to the building of huge houses on small lots. Maybe handling school overcrowding differently. Maybe both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to see the data the comment was based on. It could be housing prices. However, if you think back to the 2010s when APS was experiencing crazy student population growth you might remember that a large part of the explanation was generational turnover in SFHs. Those kids are now getting older and leaving their parents as empty nesters sitting in houses with low interest rates and no incentive to downsize.

+1 Our street has a lot of empty nesters (including us). One couple is only in the area for a few months of the year but they prefer to hold on to the house for the season they are here. Houses that are sold (in the low $1M range) are most often bought by developers who put up a $2M+ house. My kids both have said they really liked growing up in Arlington and one is a new grad living in a condo here but I can't imagine them actually being able to buy a house and raise their kids here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow such vitriol. I was just curious. We are a young family and about half our block goes to private — if we were doing it again, we would have moved to Fairfax and saved the tuition money.

Combined with less frequent commutes, I wonder if Arlington prices will actually decline.

You are so, so clueless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't tell you how angry this makes me. We moved to Arlington 20 years ago. APS put off addressing the school capacity crisis because "families move out of Arlington." They finally built some school capacity (at monstrous expense) and now they are talking about closing schools again. And in the interim, all of the new housing has been bigger and bigger. So now there is EHO, and people are acting like the property values are going to plummet.

Something should have happened differently along the line. Maybe not allowing the variances or whatever it was that led to the building of huge houses on small lots. Maybe handling school overcrowding differently. Maybe both.

Aren’t they right? Families are moving out. They saved money by not building 4th high school and instead built swing space at WL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow such vitriol. I was just curious. We are a young family and about half our block goes to private — if we were doing it again, we would have moved to Fairfax and saved the tuition money.

Combined with less frequent commutes, I wonder if Arlington prices will actually decline.

You are so, so clueless.

I mean that’s why I posed the question.

I thought every new grad was cracking $200k as a tech sales bro; so housing expense shouldn’t be why fewer families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL you think people move because they're concerned about rigor in schools?

What a clown you are.

This is NOT a way normal people think.

Agree. What a stupid, stupid, STUPID post.

It’s very obvious to anyone but this idiot why young families are moving out of Arlington. It’s the housing prices.

Aww. So sad your life choices left you unable to afford the purchase of a SFH in Arlington.

No need to be so nasty! Warrenton is perfectly lovely 💜💰

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow such vitriol. I was just curious. We are a young family and about half our block goes to private — if we were doing it again, we would have moved to Fairfax and saved the tuition money.

Combined with less frequent commutes, I wonder if Arlington prices will actually decline.

You are so, so clueless.

Seriously. Starting with, less reject the premise that the schools lack rigor. What an absurd, lazy trope unsupported by any evidence.