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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Vienna is the suburbs on steroids.  There is an immense amount of pride in being "family-friendly," an intense focus on conventional youth activities like sports, band, and scouting, and a huge premium on being pleasant and "not rocking the boat" as opposed to being opinionated or unconventional.

It is just how Vienna rolls.  If you're a traditional two-parent family, your kids are typical kids, and you have a high enough income to pursue things like travel teams and high-end vacations, it can be very reaffirming.  But you have to expect other parents to watch over (and keep tabs on) your kids like hawks, and if you don't fit the mold you can quickly grow disaffected.

I'm not sure what you mean when you say you're not interested in "playing politics" with your neighbors, because in our experience people in Vienna deliberately avoided talking about politics or any issues of national or international significance whenever possible, because everyone is so interested in getting along.  Maybe you meant things like PTA or school politics - which can be another competitive sport in Vienna.

We ended up moving for a better commute and because we weren't thrilled with the schools (Kilmer in particular was a mess at the time), but I totally get why you'd feel like a fish out of water there.  We've lived in different places in the DC area over the years (NW DC, Arlington, Falls Church, and McLean) and all of them have felt less buttoned-down than Vienna. [/quote]

I think OP might be referring to playing up to the neighborhood Queen Bee, or similar.  I think many grown, responsible, mature adults can agree there! [/quote]

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