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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have not read all the comments but wanted to include my story.  We didn’t know DC well when we moved here for my job and settled on upper NW for schools and proximity to metro (public transportation is very important to me) on advice of a few friends.  We ended up in AU Park.  Of course there are a mix of people, but most are very competitive with very scheduled kids, and about half are private school lifers.  My kid doesn’t like ball sports and isn’t competitive.  I wish there was a group of neighborhood that hang out after school and on weekends for mine to make friends with, but with so many in private who have so many activities (so they get driven around a lot by parents and nannies) they’re not out playing or hanging out in the neighborhood often.  My childhood was way more wolf pack with the kids l went to school with who also lived close by and I wish my kid had that, and l would have actually chosen somewhere cheaper where more kids are in public. [/quote]

This is interesting as we have had a different experience in AU Park. Most kids around us attend Janney and Deal. Some kids peel off in HS either for Walls or private but not that many. 
It has been nice being surrounded by families where kids pretty much all go to the same neighborhood schools. It makes it so easy for the kids to hang out. My oldest kid is now at Walls and he walks to the metro and commutes independently. He now has a neighborhood group of friends and another group of Walls friends. It is great having Hearst Pool nearby but we joined a swim club in Bethesda and the kids did summer swim there. [/quote]

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