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Anonymous
| 8:19 could not have said it better. But what did did you expect. These are the same people who think the bounce house and wegman's are on par with the things mentioned on the DC list. |
Anonymous
If I care to shop on malls I'll head to NJ and shop in Paramus. No tax on clothes. |
Anonymous
+1 I can't believe this thread is still going. I live in Arlington (south, but can afford to live in north or DC or MD, granted, not all the premium locations, but still squeak in around $900k). I chose to live where I do because I love my house, my flat, shaded fenced in yard, my huge old trees, my neighbor/hood, that I can walk to the library, story hour and a rec center, the range of ethinc hole in the wall restaurants within 2 miles, the great school system, the fact that my commute to K Street is 25 mins door to door, that I can access all DC has to offer in 15 minutes on the weekend mornings, that my children are exposed to far more diversity (both in NOVA and DC) than I ever experienced growing up in the northeast, and even that I can schlep up to Imagination Stage with the kids for a wonderful production for toddlers and a good meal out. I am sure some of my acquaintances judge me for living where I do and I'm sure I will be judged for sending my children to a local elementary when I could chose to move or send them to private. And, if I chose to move to a different school pyramid or send them to private, some of my neighbors will judge me. I don't care what people think because someone will always think something. I'm doing what I think is right for me and my family. I have my priorities and values and they are unique to me. I try not to judge people based on where they live because there's no way I could know the whole reason why they live there. |
Anonymous
| No street cred because we don't have to dodge bullets like the DC folks. |
Anonymous
I live in nova and can get to most of these places faster than people that live in DC!! |
Anonymous
I can do pretty much all of the shopping I need in Friendship Heights, Georgetown and Bethesda (and I never shop at the Gap, for me or the kids). |
Anonymous
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8:19 I pretty much have to agree with you, and I am the PP of the VA activities list. Both places, DC and VA, have a lot to offer. The Museum of Natural History is a huge favorite of ours. We plan to try the Spy Museum next. We haven't had much success with taking our kids to the National Zoo (went with them two times), but I think they are just too young for so much walking, and the animals seemed far away or we couldn't see many of the animals that were supposed to be there. Maybe we need to choose cooler days to go too.
I would never try to compare the two places, DC and VA. I don't feel I need to choose between the two. By living in NOVA I feel I have the best of both worlds, DC for occasional fun outings and VA for a more relaxed and easier lifestyle. If DH or I had to work downtown it might be different, and our lives would have a different center. Wow, so much rancor and vitriol expressed by residents of one place toward the residents of the other, and all are part of the DC metro area! If DC and VA residents cannot agree to disagree and respect each other's valued experiences, no wonder we don't have world peace. I would hope that some common ground could be reached and that the lessons of how this was achieved could be applied to our foreign relations. Whoops, gotta run to pick up DC! |
Anonymous
8:19 here. We should hang out! World peace one friendship at a time. 
Oh- and try the zoo in the winter. The best time to go. Great thing to do if your kids ever get out early on a weekday and you are looking for something to do. i've had some of my most amazing DC experiences at the zoo on a winter weekday. Quiet and all the animals are out. Great times. Who knows, maybe you'll even see me there. |
Anonymous
| Dc has high taxes that basically fund drive bys |
Anonymous
And Virginia's taxes help care for its inbreds. |
Anonymous
But this is the entire point. DC is good enough.. better, obviously, for your kids but you yourselves refuse to live there, to invest yourselves in the city. You keep your money in VA because of lower taxes. Don't you see how that comes across as hypocritical? |
Anonymous
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Say what you want, you will not change my mind. I am happy to live and work in Virginia. Everything is coming up roses for Northern Virginia. Good job market, good schools, good neighborhoods... sha na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye!
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Anonymous
8:19, we should definitely hang out! You have a friend in VA! One step forward for world peace. Thank you for the tip on the zoo. If you see a mom and two happy kids there on a winter weekday afternoon, maybe it will be us! |
Anonymous
Not at all. These are not DC schools; they are independent private schools. And we do invest in DC, not just through the federal funds that the City gets, or the sales taxes that we pay, but through our contributions to many DC non-profits, including Martha's Table, the Shakespeare Theatre, the Smithsonian, the Kennedy Center - I lose count of all the charities to whom we give thousands of dollars. And I mean thousands EACH, not total. And if that is your only objection to Virginia residents, why welcome all the Marylanders? You can't have it both ways, saying that close-in Maryland citizens are welcome in NW schools but not close-in Virginians. |
Anonymous
Actually the illegals, which you libs are ok with |