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[quote=Anonymous]On the VA side, the affordability plus really good schools part is going to limit you to Burke or Hendon/Chantilly if you want a SFH.  Vienna is a nice idea, but there is no way to buy a SFH house you would live in under 600k. Reston is nice, but the parts that can be bought into under 600k feed to less desireable schools. South Lakes seems to be doing well after rezoning, but lots of the feeders aren't great.

You are probably looking for houses that feed into Robinson SS or Lake Braddock SS on the Burke side, or Carson or Franklin for MS and Chantilly or Oakton or HS.  There might also be pockets in this price range in Fairfax/Fair Oaks that feed to Woodson.

I personally would never do South County, and don't know a lot about it, but the secondary school has an okay reputation and the housing prices are still pretty reasonable.

Here is where housing is in your price range, but you want to avoid based on schools-- Annandale, Alexandria, parts of Falls Church and Springfield, especially schools feeding to Lee, Stuart, Mt. Vernon and Annandale.

DC public school are just bad once you get out of the ES charters. I don't see buying in your budget and going public.

I'm sure Maryland folks have other ideas. [/quote]

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