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[quote=Anonymous]Lots in Arlington were divided by size such that R-20 lots are much larger than R-6; it’s not too complicated, Google it.   Generally speaking, neighborhoods farther north and farther east (closer to the river) have bigger lots.  There are almost exclusively R-20 lots
NE Arlington and very few  on the western side.

Bigger lots means, gen speaking, bigger houses.  That means that the most expensive housing in Arlington tends to be North and East.

What does that mean for elementary schools?   Like everywhere else in the US, diversity of race and income is coextensive (gen speaking) with housing prices.  So, Jamestown and Taylor are the whitest/richest, followed by Nottingham/Doscovery, followed by Tuckahoe, Cardinal.  Now people are going to say that’s not true and of course there are a million exceptions; a really really nice huge house in Cardinal.  Totally true and, in my opinion, you aren’t a changing that much in terms of all kinds of diversity between these places.

The other piece is that land is flatter the farther you get from the river.  Duh.  So your chances of getting more useable space may have increase the further you go.  Even if you have a huge R-20, 17,000 sq ft lot in Bellevue, it may be a useless forested hillside.

Finally, keep in mind that this is a public school system and the powers that be are constantly changing the boundaries, etc, for each of these places.  So if you buy believing you really really like what you hear about Nottingham and it’s your dream school, just know that you could easily be moved/schools closed etc.  It’s just part of being in a public school system.

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