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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are officially moving but I don't even know where to begin... Tell me what neighborhood / block / elementary school you live in and love... here are my specific asks:

- Needs to funnel into a top PUBLIC high school (we don't have private school money) (I'm looking at Whitman, Wootton, BCC, Walter Johnson in MD and Langley, McLean districts in VA)
- Needs to be within commuting distance to Georgetown 
- Needs to be densely populated (houses close together, super neighborhood feel, mature trees would be a plus, I need a yard but I don't want a big one)
- Needs to have a community that gets together a lot / kids outside playing / parents that like to have drinks together etc.
- A plus would be a pool that everyone goes to 
- a bigger plus would be that most neighborhood kids go to the public school (rather than private)
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The beset commute to G'town would be from close-in VA areas: Arlington, FCC and McLean.  If you want a TOP public school, it would have to be zoned to McLean High.  If you are willing to consider simply a very good public school rather than "TOP", it can also be zoned to Madison High and Marshall High. [/quote]

OP mentioned Langley HS in McLean. That is better than McLean HS [/quote]

Langley HS has a nicer, renovated building and isn't as crowded as McLean HS.  But McLean HS neighborhoods probably meet more of OP's specifications - more neighborhoods close to Georgetown, greater housing density, more mid-size rather than large yards, more community (vs. private) pools, a higher percentage of kids going to public (vs. private) schools, and more properties in OP's budget ($1.5M or less).  [/quote]

This is true.  I live in a neighborhood zoned for Langley, inside the beltway and less than a mile from Langley.  None of the kids in the neighborhood go to public schools, including mine.  Houses are all on 1 acre, no sidewalks. Also can't buy anything in that price range.[/quote]

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