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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know there are great, cool things about growing up here but it makes me sad that my kid’d childhood is going to be so different than mine.   All the kids in my neighborhood lived there the whole if school years, we all rode bikes everywhere, we all had swingsets and slip n slides in our backyards.  The ice cream man came down our street everyday.  
We live in a condo in Arlungtin- no backyard, learning to ride a bike on the W& OD, really transient area.  She is three and her best friend’s famiky just told us they are relocating to Europe. Seems like any friend she makes will have a 1-3 yr lifespan. Just bums me out.  Yea there are great museums and playgrounds etc but makes me sad she won’t get what I had. [/quote]

I think turnover will be high in a condo community pretty much anywhere.  I agree it's a transient area, but our neighborhood of SFHs has surprisingly low turnover.  In the 5+ years we've lived here, we only know a few families that have moved away (all but one to NY or LA for work, interestingly).  So far my 7yo has only lost one (not close) friend in the neighborhood--most people plan to be here for the duration.[/quote]

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