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[quote=Anonymous]I think Falls Church City (FCC) is one of the nicer places to live in Northern Virginia.

For children, it tends to be a closer knit community since the schools are smaller, and everyone in FCC feeds into the same schools (the same MS and HS).  Historically, FCC schools have been just a minor step below the best Fairfax County schools, and comparable to the best Arlington schools.  FCC just built a completely new modern high school that may be the nicest school facility in the DMV, and test scores in the first year are comparable to Langley HS and McLean HS, and bested only by one Bethesda HS, despite the district having fewer advanced programs and far less private-tutoring-per-capita than those schools.

If you live near downtown, FCC is a walkable community for many errands, and most kids walk to the downtown meet up.  As I see it, the primary downsides to FCC are (1) horrible traffic along Route 7; (2) limited walkable access to the metro and therefore DC area amenities like museums, since it’ is 1-2 miles away (the East Falls Church metro has plenty of $5/day paid weekday parking as well as free weekend parking); and (3) slightly higher taxes compared to the surrounding suburbs.

I liked living there except for the traffic on Route 7.  I’d probably still be living there if it weren’t for the traffic.

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