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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]OP, in response to the PP that claims Capitol Hill is an "absurd" suggestion (and likely feels the same about every DC neighborhood, including Dupont) I can't help but think of those friends that moved out to the burbs for the great public schools and then found that a DC private school is actually a better fit for their kid. they feel a bit "absurd" at this point. If you want to leave the city, awesome, go for it! But don't assume that your kids will be any better off in the suburbs. If you are happy in the city, there is a high likelihood that your kids will love it too-- after all, they are your kids! HTH! [/quote]

PP here.  Love the assumptions.  I actually lived on the Hill for 10 years, up until a month ago.  Loved it and still do.  I never said it was absurd for ANYONE to raise kids on the Hill, I said it was absurd that people kept making suggestions to the OP based on their criteria rather than hers.  Read her posts--she wanted great schools in the neighborhood, through high school.  Certainly the Hill has viable options, but it can't fairly be said to meet OP's definition.  So yes, it's absurd to make everything about YOU and YOUR choices, when OP is a different person (a stranger even) who has specifically set forth the things she wants.

I'm also the person who said Haycock area was average for the area.  I have no gripe with Haycock at all, but OP has insinuated that her budget is unlimited and I just don't see Haycock as a place where I would live if money was no object.  With a few outliers, the homes are very average, and it has a very anytown USA type of feel.  Not much character.  Nothing wrong with that at all, and the schools are great.  But just not where I'd live if I didn't have to make the budget tradeoffs.  (Which I do, and we looked very seriously at a couple of homes in the Haycock area.)

OP, it's hard to get meaningful advice on something like this unless you provide some more specific information about your price range.  Is money really NO object?  Are you looking to spend $1 million?  $2 million?  More?  It really makes a difference.  For example--if I had $2 million to spend, I'd be looking at the most desirable areas of N. Arlington, Chevy Chase, Bethesda, or Mclean.  If I had $1.2 million to spend, I'd be looking at other areas of N. Arlington or Falls Church City.  If I had $750K to spend I'd be looking at Haycock-type neighborhoods or maybe Silver Spring, and thinking very hard about whether I was willing to live in a tiny house to be closer in or in a neighborhood I preferred.

I bet 90% of the people on here who have touted their neighborhoods wouldn't stay if they had an unlimited budget to move.  That's all I'm saying.

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PP, how do people in McLean commute to downtown DC everyday, say from Langley forest or Chesterbrook area?  Driving may be quite stressful given that congestion is only getting worse not better.[/quote]

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