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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, I keep noticing posters writing about the Old Town lifestyle. As someone who does not live there, what is so special about it? That makes it somehow more special than the a walkable downtown with many small businesses and restaurants? Yes, the buildings are very pretty, but other than the aesthetics, what else makes up this "old town lifetstyle" and I am not a troll asking to be a jerk. [/quote]

It's perfect setting for when you're coupled up and ready to end the night before midnight. Also, it's walkable like downtown but significantly less crime or homeless people bothering you. Not sure what you mean about small businesses in DC as I remember downtown being nothing but chain restaurants and stores.[/quote]

As a family that has lived around the world and the country - Alexandria is a special place outside of old town. In our north ridge neighborhood, kids run barefoot from house to house excitedly showing new dance moves or toys. Neighbors watch your dog and hide your keys. Teens meet up with friends from school while walking the dog or hanging out at the neighborhood school playground with kids from all backgrounds

So the fact that our schools are failing us and our kids hits a particular nerve because the potential is astronomical. Alexandria is a mere couple miles from downtown dc and incredibly diverse and offers our kids the potential to be an everlasting place to call home.  Parents stay because they see the potential....[/quote]

This is silly to me. I grew up here and many people I know went to Parker Gray! These schools have been the same for DECADES. Yes, it's a nice place to live, but it's the result of segregation. It'll never go away because it's a place where there are very well-off people and also lower income families. The only thing that would change it would be adding a new high school and restructuring the middle schools. It won't happen though.[/quote]

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