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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any experiences---people love or hate it?  We're in S. Arlington but need more space but don't want to move too far..Looking in the Belvedere/Glasgow/Stuart pyramaid.  [/quote]

There are two really nice neighborhoods in 22041 that feed into Belvedere - Lake Barcroft and Barcroft Woods.  People in those neighborhoods generally love them.  Lake Barcroft has all the lake amenities and Barcroft Woods is within walking distance to 2-3 community pools.

The less expensive SFH neighborhoods that feed into Belvedere are Barcroft Hills and Belvedere.  There are some nice houses in those areas but every block is different.  Some are very nice with all the homes well maintained; others may have a lot of families living in a single house and many cars and trucks in the driveways, which doesn't sit well with some other residents.  There is a fair amount of frustration that the local county supervisor and the county government don't seem very interested in enforcing the local zoning and occupancy requirements.

It's not a walkable area, so you'll definitely need a car.  There are lots of big box stores in Bailey's Crossroads and a very nice Harris Teeter at Lincolnia Road and Columbia Pike.  To the west,  Annandale has a ton of strip malls and Korean restaurants, as well as some great Korean bakeries.  It's not pretty, but it's a fairly convenient area, and the congestion isn't bad compared to many parts of Fairfax.

As for the schools, Some here will bad-mouth them, but Belvedere has an AAP center and all three schools participate in the IB program.  I think Belvedere is the first elementary school in the county to have the IB Primary Years Program.  Some parents send their kids to private schools like Congressional or St. Anthony's, but most send their kids to the public schools.  If you would have been fine with the South Arlington schools, and are more interested in how your own kids are doing than the test score averages, you should be OK with this pyramid.  [/quote]

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