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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arlington magazine just published an article comparing Yorktown, W-L, Wakefield, HB, and McLean high schools--reported applications and acceptances for scores of colleges. Of course this was information reported by the high schools (applications) and students (acceptances), but still it was interesting to see. I think Wakefield and W-L compared extremely favorable to the other 3, which are considered by many to be much better schools. Unfortunately, the article doesn't seem to be available online.[/quote]

[b]They are much better schools, but you can keep trying to sell others on Arlington Magazine's promotion of Arlington schools and Arlington real estate.  [/quote][/b]

I am not generally a vocal Arlington advocate, but there's no denying that many find Arlington a desirable place to live, including myself. That is why I chose to spend 2 mil on an apartment that is less 2200 sf and that has appreciated 35% since I purchased it 2 years ago. Some of my neighbors have purchased apartments that are very much north of $1000/sf. You can call them stupid, but your judgement would be misplaced because for some this is a second home, and most are seasoned investors who knows how to manipulate money. For a lot of us, Arlington is not the most beautiful place we've lived, to be exact, a lot of Arlington is an eyesore. I've been to places in FFX and Potomac that are a lot more beautiful places to live, but here we are, my well heeled neighbors and I have plump down a boatload of money to live right here, in 'ugly' Arlington. I'll let you figure that out, but watch for the price/sf to continue to outpace other areas with the exception of a few.

And as far as Arlington magazine is concern, they do a good job at promoting the community. So what if there's a focus on schools and real estate and residents. It is a local magazine, they focus on what the community care about which is result of their survey. The magazine has come a long way from the first published issue a year ago.  If you're further out and you want your own community magazine, I'm sure there's a way.[/quote]

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