Chantilly High or Langley?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, I would be so upset if my parents moved me a few miles down the road just before high school for these reasons. OP, does your oldest support this??

I would never live in an area where my kid’s sense of what is poor would be distorted. You are not poor! But your kid may start to think that as you go on beach vacations while others are going to Europe etc. and it seems like you are a social striver, so you will only make things worse. It might be fine if you didn’t already care about that kind of stuff. But you do.

+1. I can't think of anything worse for a teenager to move them as a rising high school student to an area like Great Falls where the houses are spread out, there's nothing to do, and most of the other kids already know each other and come from families with more money. Chantilly would be so much more normal.

What is there to do in Chantilly that isn't available to Great Falls residents?

Everything but horses and car shows? Malls, movies, less 193 fatalities, sleepovers, hotties, Rachel Carson TJHSST prep, etc?

Ok, so another troll. Do better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As usual, parents who know absolutely nothing about the Langley community, feel free to chime in with ignorant and uniformed opinions of what they ASSume it must be like.

When I see a thread about say, Madison, Marshall, Oakton, South Lakes, etc. - basically any school that my kids don't attend - I don't post there. Why? Because I have no firsthand experience with any of those schools, so my opinion is irrelevant. So why do all of YOU have this compulsion to post about Langley when it's clear none of you know the first thing about the kids who go there or their families? It's really beyond strange.

Ha! Now imagine those of us within the likes of Annandale, Mt. Vernon, Lewis, Edison, etc. How many DCUM folks have even stepped within 10 feet of those schools other than for a sports event? Judging by the usual commentary, it's as if they think they'll get robbed by a student gang member.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As usual, parents who know absolutely nothing about the Langley community, feel free to chime in with ignorant and uniformed opinions of what they ASSume it must be like.

When I see a thread about say, Madison, Marshall, Oakton, South Lakes, etc. - basically any school that my kids don't attend - I don't post there. Why? Because I have no firsthand experience with any of those schools, so my opinion is irrelevant. So why do all of YOU have this compulsion to post about Langley when it's clear none of you know the first thing about the kids who go there or their families? It's really beyond strange.

Ha! Now imagine those of us within the likes of Annandale, Mt. Vernon, Lewis, Edison, etc. How many DCUM folks have even stepped within 10 feet of those schools other than for a sports event? Judging by the usual commentary, it's as if they think they'll get robbed by a student gang member.

Agreed. People post about schools their kids don’t attend ALL the time. Stop with the persecution complex Langley parent.

[Anonymous]

How about a directive to ALL parents not to post about a school unless they have firsthand experience with it? Saying that "some people do this, so we should be allowed to" is beyond childish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about a directive to ALL parents not to post about a school unless they have firsthand experience with it? Saying that "some people do this, so we should be allowed to" is beyond childish.

Could you define "firsthand experience"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As usual, parents who know absolutely nothing about the Langley community, feel free to chime in with ignorant and uniformed opinions of what they ASSume it must be like.

When I see a thread about say, Madison, Marshall, Oakton, South Lakes, etc. - basically any school that my kids don't attend - I don't post there. Why? Because I have no firsthand experience with any of those schools, so my opinion is irrelevant. So why do all of YOU have this compulsion to post about Langley when it's clear none of you know the first thing about the kids who go there or their families? It's really beyond strange.

Ha! Now imagine those of us within the likes of Annandale, Mt. Vernon, Lewis, Edison, etc. How many DCUM folks have even stepped within 10 feet of those schools other than for a sports event? Judging by the usual commentary, it's as if they think they'll get robbed by a student gang member.

When I say anything about schools I comment based on what can be found online (test scores, data on school safety, which team wins more in track etc). It’s ridiculous to opine broadly on the kids’ personalities, physical appearance etc without knowledge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As usual, parents who know absolutely nothing about the Langley community, feel free to chime in with ignorant and uniformed opinions of what they ASSume it must be like.

When I see a thread about say, Madison, Marshall, Oakton, South Lakes, etc. - basically any school that my kids don't attend - I don't post there. Why? Because I have no firsthand experience with any of those schools, so my opinion is irrelevant. So why do all of YOU have this compulsion to post about Langley when it's clear none of you know the first thing about the kids who go there or their families? It's really beyond strange.

Why do you assume other posters have no first-hand knowledge of Langley residents or students? What’s “really beyond strange” is how you seem to think only your rose-colored opinion matters.

DP. It’s beyond obvious many (most) of these posters have no clue about the Langley area (grocery stores?!), families, or kids. I mean, if you’re going to troll, at least know the facts.

I know nothing about either school, it was the OPs post that she wanted to move so that her kids were in the social strata as the rich kids that caught my attention. I mean, she really isn't ask about academics or after school clubs but wants to justify moving so her kids are with rich kids. My only point was to save the mortgage difference and save it for retirement or college, but that is me. Honestly, I don't think the OP cares that much about most anything else, at least not from the posts that were made.

It could also be an amazing troll post to try and stir people up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How about a directive to ALL parents not to post about a school unless they have firsthand experience with it? Saying that "some people do this, so we should be allowed to" is beyond childish.

Could you define "firsthand experience"?

Seriously? Have a child there, teach there, or an alumnus. This is not hard. Not, "My neighbor's cousin's babysitter's niece said blah blah blah."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As usual, parents who know absolutely nothing about the Langley community, feel free to chime in with ignorant and uniformed opinions of what they ASSume it must be like.

When I see a thread about say, Madison, Marshall, Oakton, South Lakes, etc. - basically any school that my kids don't attend - I don't post there. Why? Because I have no firsthand experience with any of those schools, so my opinion is irrelevant. So why do all of YOU have this compulsion to post about Langley when it's clear none of you know the first thing about the kids who go there or their families? It's really beyond strange.

Ha! Now imagine those of us within the likes of Annandale, Mt. Vernon, Lewis, Edison, etc. How many DCUM folks have even stepped within 10 feet of those schools other than for a sports event? Judging by the usual commentary, it's as if they think they'll get robbed by a student gang member.

When I say anything about schools I comment based on what can be found online (test scores, data on school safety, which team wins more in track etc). It’s ridiculous to opine broadly on the kids’ personalities, physical appearance etc without knowledge.

+100
I think a lot of these people assume no one will call them on it. Very transparent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As usual, parents who know absolutely nothing about the Langley community, feel free to chime in with ignorant and uniformed opinions of what they ASSume it must be like.

When I see a thread about say, Madison, Marshall, Oakton, South Lakes, etc. - basically any school that my kids don't attend - I don't post there. Why? Because I have no firsthand experience with any of those schools, so my opinion is irrelevant. So why do all of YOU have this compulsion to post about Langley when it's clear none of you know the first thing about the kids who go there or their families? It's really beyond strange.

Why do you assume other posters have no first-hand knowledge of Langley residents or students? What’s “really beyond strange” is how you seem to think only your rose-colored opinion matters.

DP. It’s beyond obvious many (most) of these posters have no clue about the Langley area (grocery stores?!), families, or kids. I mean, if you’re going to troll, at least know the facts.

I know nothing about either school, it was the OPs post that she wanted to move so that her kids were in the social strata as the rich kids that caught my attention. I mean, she really isn't ask about academics or after school clubs but wants to justify moving so her kids are with rich kids. My only point was to save the mortgage difference and save it for retirement or college, but that is me. Honestly, I don't think the OP cares that much about most anything else, at least not from the posts that were made.

It could also be an amazing troll post to try and stir people up.

Bingo. I was fairly certain it was a troll OP from the get-go.

[Anonymous]

Chantilly would get my vote. Less affluenza and entitlement on display.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Those are two very different communities and your housing budget would place you in very different social places - you’d be rich at Chantilly and poor at Langley. What are your other priorities?

I hear you. May be that’s the reason I want to move to GF.
We are an Asian couple and part of me wants to transition to that social strata.

DH is afraid to make that transition. I want kids to have that taste of a different social circle. My personal belief is that you become what group you are part of. We combined make around 275K and I am sure we would be in lower spectrum at Langley.

Please enlighten or correct me if my way of thinking is wrong.
Is there a different lens I should be looking through as well?

NP. I am an Asian and completely understand where you’re coming from.

Before choosing Langley, you will have to carefully consider whether your kids will fit in (not only academically but also socially). If they don’t fit in, what’s the point?

We make $250k and didn’t even consider Langley. Honestly, if we had bought an $1 million plus house in Langley, I don’t know how we can afford other activities and travels that other Langley kids take as granted.

For $275k income level, many other Asian families settle for Chantilly, Oakton, or Marshall. Look into the western side of Oakton boundary.

[Anonymous]

How is this even a question

[Anonymous]

This post reminds me of the movie “The Founder” when Ray Kroc decides between finding his franchises at golf playing country club or hard-working middle class couples. Wife wants to stay at country club and pretty house.

Pick your poison

[Anonymous]

All you people who assume the asian immigrants in chantilly are somehow lower class than langley have absolutely no clue about the social status of the immigrant families in their countries in Asia. They are very often of way higher social class than the local american langley families. To the OP you are really deluded and making a mistaken assumption about class and income and are ignoring the role of immigration from asian countries.