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[quote=Anonymous]17:08 here, and I agree with much of what 17:44 said.  We see people out in their yards, run into people "on the Avenue" (Connecticut), see the same people at church, or at Arucola (a neighborhood Italian restaurant that is both really good and family friendly), and there are things like the library, the Avalon movie theatre, the fabulous toy store, and the great beer and wine store, and that is just one or two blocks.  There is also the farmers market, which is on Lafayette's grounds on weekends, and the Broad Branch market, although we have not been since its latest reincarnation.

People tend to walk down to the starbucks or at least hang out there some on weekends (I'm embarrased to admit we now drive - 2 kids plus the dog was a little too much for us!).  All of the kids go to Lafayette for the playground starting with the tot lot on up.

One private school does not dominate the neighborhood for those who attend private.  I think some people choose it because they believe in it, some people choose it to get a foot in the door of the K-12 schools, and some people choose it for other reasons.  We chose it because we thought it would be a better environment for our very shy child, and we thought we couldn't send one to private and not the other one.  The biggest advice I give people is not to spend so much for a house that you have to count on public (obviously, this is for people who are looking at buying into these kinds of neighborhoods, and I realize not everyone has a the kind of choices I am talking about).  I know too many people who did that and then ended up having a kid who needed to go to a private school for one reason or another.  Not every school fits every kid, so I would be suspicious of a neighborhood where all the kids went to the same private school (we actually looked at a nieghborhood like that once, and school seemed to be about status and not the kid).  We love the school our children attend, and we also love our neighborhood, so we really feel incredibly fortunate and lucky that things worked out this way.[/quote]

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