Moving to Arlington

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Anonymous wrote:Look at an official APS high school neighborhood boundary map and you will see that most of the SFH neighborhoods that go into W-L are ridiculously expensive. No one is saving money by buying in the W-L district. I guess it's just impossible to convince some people that affluent families reside in the W-L district, that most of the rich kids in Lyon Village or Riverwood actually attend W-L (and not private schools), and that the school's population is on an upward trajectory for the foreseeable future (just look at the N Arlington elementary schools).

Not the same type of housing

It is. the large homes and lots in Riverwood are indistinguishable from similarly pricey neighborhoods in the Yorktown district. The small, Dominion Hills colonials and lots are the same size across the W-L/Yorktown boundary. The small, subsidized low-income garden apartments in Rosslyn are the same as those near Ballston.

Where does Arlington have any subsidizes apartments in Rosslyn?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the W-L bashers don't live in or understand Arlington. W-L has a great reputation, and most of the school overcrowding is due to all the public school families moving into Lyon Village, Tara, Maywood, Woodmont, Bluemont, etc. Don't believe the trolls that say most families in the W-L HS district go private. That is completely false.

The poster who said W-L is just "slightly better that Wakeflield" doesn't know what she is talking about. The level of parental involvement at W-L is on a completely different level. Wakefield also has many more disciplinary issues, due to a larger low-income population. And test scores and the graduation rates are much higher at W-L.

The SAT score for Wakefield is among the lowest in Northern Va. W-L's scores are behind Yorktown's but respectably high compared to Farifax County schools. Didn't W-L have the most National Merit Finalists in Arlington last year. There are a ton of really smart kids at that school.

Nice, you bash Wakefield. Anyways the only good repuation WL has is with parent's who are zoned in WL. No one else cares or classifies it as great outside of Arlington.

Ha!. You you remind me of a certain "helpful" poster on this forum. Every now and then when one someone starts a thread inquiring about houses in the W-L district, some jerk warns the OP that the school is horrible and if you care about the value of your house the only desirable Arlington neighborhoods are north of Lee Highway, but not the ones zoned to W-L. Truth is families are interested in the W-L district for the neighborhoods and schools which have a great reputation.

Families will pick WL to save money or when they are priced out of Yorktown.

Quite the opposite. Families that can't afford the house size they want move out of Lyon Village. Price per square footage is infinitely higher close-in Clarendon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the W-L bashers don't live in or understand Arlington. W-L has a great reputation, and most of the school overcrowding is due to all the public school families moving into Lyon Village, Tara, Maywood, Woodmont, Bluemont, etc. Don't believe the trolls that say most families in the W-L HS district go private. That is completely false.

The poster who said W-L is just "slightly better that Wakeflield" doesn't know what she is talking about. The level of parental involvement at W-L is on a completely different level. Wakefield also has many more disciplinary issues, due to a larger low-income population. And test scores and the graduation rates are much higher at W-L.

The SAT score for Wakefield is among the lowest in Northern Va. W-L's scores are behind Yorktown's but respectably high compared to Farifax County schools. Didn't W-L have the most National Merit Finalists in Arlington last year. There are a ton of really smart kids at that school.

Nice, you bash Wakefield. Anyways the only good repuation WL has is with parent's who are zoned in WL. No one else cares or classifies it as great outside of Arlington.

Ha!. You you remind me of a certain "helpful" poster on this forum. Every now and then when one someone starts a thread inquiring about houses in the W-L district, some jerk warns the OP that the school is horrible and if you care about the value of your house the only desirable Arlington neighborhoods are north of Lee Highway, but not the ones zoned to W-L. Truth is families are interested in the W-L district for the neighborhoods and schools which have a great reputation.

Families will pick WL to save money or when they are priced out of Yorktown.

Quite the opposite. Families that can't afford the house size they want move out of Lyon Village. Price per square footage is infinitely higher close-in Clarendon.

Some of us look at how cramped a large house would look on a Lyon Village lot, and read the sniping between people in that area over house size, and decide it's not worth it, just so you can cram yourself into an already packed Metro car in the morning rush in Clarendon. Values may be high there, but "infinitely higher" than elsewhere in Arlington? I don't think so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of us look at how cramped a large house would look on a Lyon Village lot, and read the sniping between people in that area over house size, and decide it's not worth it, just so you can cram yourself into an already packed Metro car in the morning rush in Clarendon. Values may be high there, but "infinitely higher" than elsewhere in Arlington? I don't think so.

Sure beats having to stay 15 minutes longer in that metro to go to Falls Church or beyond.

Anyway, design on a new rush-service metro along 66 in North Arlington has already began.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us look at how cramped a large house would look on a Lyon Village lot, and read the sniping between people in that area over house size, and decide it's not worth it, just so you can cram yourself into an already packed Metro car in the morning rush in Clarendon. Values may be high there, but "infinitely higher" than elsewhere in Arlington? I don't think so.

Sure beats having to stay 15 minutes longer in that metro to go to Falls Church or beyond.

Anyway, design on a new rush-service metro along 66 in North Arlington has already began.

Again, very much a matter of opinion. Many would prefer to trade a more comfortable ride for a shorter one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at an official APS high school neighborhood boundary map and you will see that most of the SFH neighborhoods that go into W-L are ridiculously expensive. No one is saving money by buying in the W-L district. I guess it's just impossible to convince some people that affluent families reside in the W-L district, that most of the rich kids in Lyon Village or Riverwood actually attend W-L (and not private schools), and that the school's population is on an upward trajectory for the foreseeable future (just look at the N Arlington elementary schools).

Not the same type of housing

It is. the large homes and lots in Riverwood are indistinguishable from similarly pricey neighborhoods in the Yorktown district. The small, Dominion Hills colonials and lots are the same size across the W-L/Yorktown boundary. The small, subsidized low-income garden apartments in Rosslyn are the same as those near Ballston.

Where does Arlington have any subsidizes apartments in Rosslyn?

Arlington is pretty hot on subsidized housing if anything it is going to continue to increase. This will go against gentrifying Arlington especially new developments in the south.

http://arlington-va.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/arlington-establishes-tenant-assistance-fund-for-lowincome-renters

http://arlington-va.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/arlington-board-oks-83m-loan-to-keep-101-apartments-affordable

http://arlington-va.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/columbia-pike-new-development-must-help-pay-to-preserve-increase-affordable-housing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us look at how cramped a large house would look on a Lyon Village lot, and read the sniping between people in that area over house size, and decide it's not worth it, just so you can cram yourself into an already packed Metro car in the morning rush in Clarendon. Values may be high there, but "infinitely higher" than elsewhere in Arlington? I don't think so.

Sure beats having to stay 15 minutes longer in that metro to go to Falls Church or beyond.

Anyway, design on a new rush-service metro along 66 in North Arlington has already began.

And I still have to skip packed trains. It will only get worse once the silver line starts. It seems that metro is now the most beneficial and much faster for those closer to the end of the metro but not the last stops.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us look at how cramped a large house would look on a Lyon Village lot, and read the sniping between people in that area over house size, and decide it's not worth it, just so you can cram yourself into an already packed Metro car in the morning rush in Clarendon. Values may be high there, but "infinitely higher" than elsewhere in Arlington? I don't think so.

Sure beats having to stay 15 minutes longer in that metro to go to Falls Church or beyond.

Anyway, design on a new rush-service metro along 66 in North Arlington has already began.

That might be handy in 30 years. As development near Dunn Loring and Tysons picks up, commuters from Clarendon will be looking at more trains that arrive already full of passengers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us look at how cramped a large house would look on a Lyon Village lot, and read the sniping between people in that area over house size, and decide it's not worth it, just so you can cram yourself into an already packed Metro car in the morning rush in Clarendon. Values may be high there, but "infinitely higher" than elsewhere in Arlington? I don't think so.

Sure beats having to stay 15 minutes longer in that metro to go to Falls Church or beyond.

Anyway, design on a new rush-service metro along 66 in North Arlington has already began.

And I still have to skip packed trains. It will only get worse once the silver line starts. It seems that metro is now the most beneficial and much faster for those closer to the end of the metro but not the last stops.

At the end of the stop you are 1 mile from the city . We don't use Metro. Driving takes 10 min. DH bikes in.

Metro is merely for an emergency for us (unusual traffic jam, weather issues, broken down car). It's great for out if town guests to hop on when they visit--2 blocks away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of us look at how cramped a large house would look on a Lyon Village lot, and read the sniping between people in that area over house size, and decide it's not worth it, just so you can cram yourself into an already packed Metro car in the morning rush in Clarendon. Values may be high there, but "infinitely higher" than elsewhere in Arlington? I don't think so.

Sure beats having to stay 15 minutes longer in that metro to go to Falls Church or beyond.

Anyway, design on a new rush-service metro along 66 in North Arlington has already began.

And I still have to skip packed trains. It will only get worse once the silver line starts. It seems that metro is now the most beneficial and much faster for those closer to the end of the metro but not the last stops.

At the end of the stop you are 1 mile from the city . We don't use Metro. Driving takes 10 min. DH bikes in.

Metro is merely for an emergency for us (unusual traffic jam, weather issues, broken down car). It's great for out if town guests to hop on when they visit--2 blocks away.

Do you enjoy all the traffic cutting through your neighborhood? That's what most people use your streets for, to get around 66.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of us look at how cramped a large house would look on a Lyon Village lot, and read the sniping between people in that area over house size, and decide it's not worth it, just so you can cram yourself into an already packed Metro car in the morning rush in Clarendon. Values may be high there, but "infinitely higher" than elsewhere in Arlington? I don't think so.

Sure beats having to stay 15 minutes longer in that metro to go to Falls Church or beyond.

Anyway, design on a new rush-service metro along 66 in North Arlington has already began.

And I still have to skip packed trains. It will only get worse once the silver line starts. It seems that metro is now the most beneficial and much faster for those closer to the end of the metro but not the last stops.

At the end of the stop you are 1 mile from the city . We don't use Metro. Driving takes 10 min. DH bikes in.

Metro is merely for an emergency for us (unusual traffic jam, weather issues, broken down car). It's great for out if town guests to hop on when they visit--2 blocks away.

Do you enjoy all the traffic cutting through your neighborhood? That's what most people use your streets for, to get around 66.

Misquote- we are two stops from DC. 66 starts almost where our neighborhood begins so we have no cut-throughs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you enjoy all the traffic cutting through your neighborhood? That's what most people use your streets for, to get around 66.

Traffic calming FTW.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of us look at how cramped a large house would look on a Lyon Village lot, and read the sniping between people in that area over house size, and decide it's not worth it, just so you can cram yourself into an already packed Metro car in the morning rush in Clarendon. Values may be high there, but "infinitely higher" than elsewhere in Arlington? I don't think so.

Sure beats having to stay 15 minutes longer in that metro to go to Falls Church or beyond.

Anyway, design on a new rush-service metro along 66 in North Arlington has already began.

And I still have to skip packed trains. It will only get worse once the silver line starts. It seems that metro is now the most beneficial and much faster for those closer to the end of the metro but not the last stops.

At the end of the stop you are 1 mile from the city . We don't use Metro. Driving takes 10 min. DH bikes in.

Metro is merely for an emergency for us (unusual traffic jam, weather issues, broken down car). It's great for out if town guests to hop on when they visit--2 blocks away.

Do you enjoy all the traffic cutting through your neighborhood? That's what most people use your streets for, to get around 66.

Misquote- we are two stops from DC. 66 starts almost where our neighborhood begins so we have no cut-throughs.

Cherrydale to Rosslyn is where Lee Highway tends to get jammed during the rush, so there are plenty of people seeking cut-throughs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fuck that, all 90 scores for my kid especially if I am paying a million and a half

Even if your kid isn't capable of 90 plus scores and pulls down the mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of us look at how cramped a large house would look on a Lyon Village lot, and read the sniping between people in that area over house size, and decide it's not worth it, just so you can cram yourself into an already packed Metro car in the morning rush in Clarendon. Values may be high there, but "infinitely higher" than elsewhere in Arlington? I don't think so.

Sure beats having to stay 15 minutes longer in that metro to go to Falls Church or beyond.

Anyway, design on a new rush-service metro along 66 in North Arlington has already began.

And I still have to skip packed trains. It will only get worse once the silver line starts. It seems that metro is now the most beneficial and much faster for those closer to the end of the metro but not the last stops.

At the end of the stop you are 1 mile from the city . We don't use Metro. Driving takes 10 min. DH bikes in.

Metro is merely for an emergency for us (unusual traffic jam, weather issues, broken down car). It's great for out if town guests to hop on when they visit--2 blocks away.

+1

metro is for plebes