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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Capitol Hill tends to attract younger families with younger children who are transitioning from urban to suburban living.  When the kids get older, the families start getting more Karen-esqe and become overly paranoid about crime and obsessive about the test scores and demographic make up of the local schools.  And, yes, they won’t say it but they think it: too many black people.

Lyon Village affords an escape from all of this.  To the poster who says that there are plenty of black people In Arlington, that’s really not true and certainly not true in Lyon Village.  It’s white and sterile AF and that’s the demographic it attracts.  There’s nothing urban about it.

When we became empty nesters about a decade ago, we were living in North Arlington by the McLean border. We really wanted a more lively, walkable, and truly urban experience. We looked closely in Lyon Village because we were very comfortable with Arlington and it seemed like a safe next step.  But when we looked more closely we realized it was basically the same people and way of thing as where we were already living - just packed much more closely together.  There’s nothing more interesting about it in terms of people than 22207 except it has bars for the white frat bros.  We decided it wasn’t what we wanted and focused on DC.

There’s little question that Arlington’s public services are better than DC’s.  But we have had very little need for DC services other than trash pick up and the DMV and they both measure up just fine to Arlington in our experience.

You don’t really notice just how white that part of Arlington is when you’re living there.  Once you leave it’s readily apparent.  We wouldn’t say we regret raising our family there exactly - we and our kids have very fond memories - but were we starting in 2022 we’d do things differently.

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Wait so you lived in the most isolated part of N Arlington and are now accusing others of moving to Arlington to avoid black people. Pot meet kettle.

And of course you don't use city services, you are an empty nester!! We use Arlington services for our kids all the time. [/quote]

No, it’s not pot meeting kettle at all.  It’s 2022, not 1988.  Different times.  As I said, if I were doing it today I’d make a different choice.  In fact, my kids HAVE made a different choice with our grandkids, raising them in much more diverse environment and schools, and I honestly think the kids are better off as a result.   You all are making the same rather backwards choices today that we made a generation ago.

Also, out of genuine curiosity, other than schools what are the marvelous county services that you’re taking advantage of specifically for your kids that they can’t get in DC?   [/quote]

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