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[quote=Anonymous]Coming late to this thread, and ignoring the last 4+ pages of posts slamming real estate listings:

I'm a huge fan of Arlington in general, but if you are looking to move here on a budget, do not overlook South Arlington.  Yes, you don't get the snob appeal for living north of US 50, but your money is going to go much, much further once you cross that line.   I lived in North Arlington before moving south, and haven't regretted my decision at all.

If you are looking for a clean, safe, aesthetically pleasing neighborhood, look at the part of Arlington Forest south of 50, Glen Carlyn (where I live), Barcroft, Douglas Park, and Arlington Heights/Penrose, among others.  You are getting the same Arlington services and amenities, which are excellent.  As for schools, keep in mind that calling a school in Arlington bad is a very relative term-- all of the schools, including the ones with higher proportions of poor kids, are very well thought of, and the kind of monolithically underclass school that you might see in some parts of DC just doesn't exist.  And in any case, virtually nobody in Arlington is locked into attending a neighborhood school.  In fact, as a resident of S. Arlington, your chances of getting into one of the competitive countrywide schools, like ATS, is going to be much better than if you lived in N. Arlington.[/quote]

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