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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let me guess, you relocated to Potomac or Great Falls? Bad move on your part -
Never live in an old folks home!!![/quote]

OP here - yep, considering Great Falls. Is it really that bad of an idea?[/quote]

We just moved down the road to McLean from Alexandria. We have no immediate neighbors with kids my kids' ages. There are some kids in the neighborhood within a 3 block radius but we either don't click (both kids and parents) and/or they go to private school.

I have one child who is super social and he is not lacking in play dates. His friends' parents will pick him and take him out. Friends can ride bus home with him after school. We go out to eat after activities and sports. He is not lacking in play dates.

I have another child who is a homebody. He gets invited to occasional play dates and he goes. When he was younger, I would arrange play dates at our home but now he just prefers not. He has plenty of school friends and seems content not hanging out after school.

I have one child in preschool and classmates scattered all over McLean and Arlington. We do at least 1-2 play dates per week, mostly my friends, not her classmates.

There are some negatives to having too many neighborhood friends. They may come over TOO much. Kids may drift apart. Kids may feel left out. Parents may not get along.[/quote]

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