Arlington neighborhoods?

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Anonymous wrote:what about Del Ray in alexandria? VERY walkable, braddock road metro. we are ex-Nyers and we love it here

The commute to Fairview Park would be terrible.

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Del Ray is nice, though. Very hard to get West from there.

OP: you are New Yorkers, so you probably aren't expecting the half acre 5 bedroom thing. You won't get that in any of the Arlington neighborhoods on the metro corridor. You can get a nice mid-century house in a great location for well under a million dollars (perhaps not in Lyon Village..., but maybe you have a million dollars).

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Anonymous wrote:Hi all,

Friends of ours are considering relocating from Manhattan to VA for a few years. They're confirmed urbanites, so they don't want to live somewhere too car-dependent. Her commute will be to Falls Church (Fairview Park.) His could be anywhere. I was thinking somewhere along the Orange Line in Arlington would be ideal, but I don't know enough about specific neighborhoods to offer a recommendation.

They've got two preschool-age children, so things like proximity to daycare, kids in the neighborhood, etc. will be factors; and they definitely want someplace walkable.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Ouch. The Falls Church thing is firm?

What's wrong with working in Fairview Park? I work in Fairview Park and I commute here from FFX City, no problems. Come right up 50 to the great dedicated exit/merge lanes for Fairview Park, or take the Beltway to the same.

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PP here, also, coming to Fairview Park from Arlington on 50 would be the reverse commute. And yes I know some say there is no such thing anymore but that's not been my observation on mornings when I have meetings in DC.....

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If they are true NYC dwellers I bet they would prefer Georgetown. You can walk to most everything. It is very child friednly as there are great parks for kids (Montrose, Volta, etc...), playgroups (IN Tonw and Blue IGloo), preschools (St John's, Little Folks, Children's House, G'town Montessori, Trinity), churches, and the elementray school is decent (Hyde). Yes, its more expensive than Virginia but I bet they would like it a lot better. Its easy to cross Ket Bridge and head out to Fairfax as its against rush hour traffic.

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Anonymous wrote:If they are true NYC dwellers I bet they would prefer Georgetown. You can walk to most everything. It is very child friednly as there are great parks for kids (Montrose, Volta, etc...), playgroups (IN Tonw and Blue IGloo), preschools (St John's, Little Folks, Children's House, G'town Montessori, Trinity), churches, and the elementray school is decent (Hyde). Yes, its more expensive than Virginia but I bet they would like it a lot better. Its easy to cross Ket Bridge and head out to Fairfax as its against rush hour traffic.

I agree... what's all this talk about VA?-- as PP said, they are urbanites-- there is a completely viable option right across the bridge! Please. I know OP brought up Arlington but it just seems the District would make entirely more sense for their needs.

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Anonymous wrote:If they are true NYC dwellers I bet they would prefer Georgetown. You can walk to most everything. It is very child friednly as there are great parks for kids (Montrose, Volta, etc...), playgroups (IN Tonw and Blue IGloo), preschools (St John's, Little Folks, Children's House, G'town Montessori, Trinity), churches, and the elementray school is decent (Hyde). Yes, its more expensive than Virginia but I bet they would like it a lot better. Its easy to cross Ket Bridge and head out to Fairfax as its against rush hour traffic.

I agree...esp if it is just for a few years. If it were to be long-term move and they were staying through middle school-HS and wanted public school then I would choose Clarendon area.

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Anonymous wrote:If they are true NYC dwellers I bet they would prefer Georgetown. You can walk to most everything. It is very child friednly as there are great parks for kids (Montrose, Volta, etc...), playgroups (IN Tonw and Blue IGloo), preschools (St John's, Little Folks, Children's House, G'town Montessori, Trinity), churches, and the elementray school is decent (Hyde). Yes, its more expensive than Virginia but I bet they would like it a lot better. Its easy to cross Ket Bridge and head out to Fairfax as its against rush hour traffic.

I agree...esp if it is just for a few years. If it were to be long-term move and they were staying through middle school-HS and wanted public school then I would choose Clarendon area.

oh..and Georgetown has 5-6 great preschools and, like pp said, Hyde Elementary is a very good school. East Village much more quiet than West Village...and can walk into Dupont. That's what I'd tell them!

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What about Eastern Market, close enough to the Metro to get the Orange Line out to Falls Church? It looks like a straight shot to drive 395 > 27 > 50 as a reverse commute?

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For everyone recommending Clarendon and Courthouse, are they talking about SFHs? Anyone great townhouse or condo recs for those with kids?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi all,

Friends of ours are considering relocating from Manhattan to VA for a few years. They're confirmed urbanites, so they don't want to live somewhere too car-dependent. Her commute will be to Falls Church (Fairview Park.) His could be anywhere. I was thinking somewhere along the Orange Line in Arlington would be ideal, but I don't know enough about specific neighborhoods to offer a recommendation.

They've got two preschool-age children, so things like proximity to daycare, kids in the neighborhood, etc. will be factors; and they definitely want someplace walkable.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Ouch. The Falls Church thing is firm?

What's wrong with working in Fairview Park? I work in Fairview Park and I commute here from FFX City, no problems. Come right up 50 to the great dedicated exit/merge lanes for Fairview Park, or take the Beltway to the same.

OP described these guys as "urbanites". Urbanites find places like Falls Church depressing. If the friend has to go out there every day, and even has to live near there to enable relatively timely going out there every weekday, that would just plain suck.

Usually, people like OP's friends move to DC for jobs in DC without having to negotiate suburbs at all.

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What's wrong with working in Fairview Park? I work in Fairview Park and I commute here from FFX City, no problems. Come right up 50 to the great dedicated exit/merge lanes for Fairview Park, or take the Beltway to the same.

OP described these guys as "urbanites". Urbanites find places like Falls Church depressing. If the friend has to go out there every day, and even has to live near there to enable relatively timely going out there every weekday, that would just plain suck.

Usually, people like OP's friends move to DC for jobs in DC without having to negotiate suburbs at all.

OK.... but she won't be living in FVP, just commuting there. The interior of one office is much like another. And the reverse commute from Arlington on 50 would still probably be pretty sweet..... Thus she could live in Clarendon, say, and get her urban needs met.....