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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are moving anyway, I would seriously consider Arlington and close-in Moco. We moved from DC to Arlington and love it. Our kids' school is super diverse, with lots of great programs (robotics studio funded by Amazon, great arts program) and our neighborhood is super walkable and our commutes are shorter than they were in DC (but YMMV). Once you are moving to upper Ward 3 (or even Mt Pleasant) I feel like you end up with a lot of the downsides of city living without all the upsides.  Plus you get in-state tuition to the VA schools, which is worth a lot more than DC TAG (if that survives Trump).[/quote]

And what’s the downside of Mt Pleasant compared to the more diverse neighborhoods of Arlington?   I know both well.  The schools in the more diverse neighborhoods of Arlington certainly aren’t any better and the neighborhoods aren’t nearly as pretty or walkable.  [/quote]

I moved from Mt P to Arlington. I think W&L is better than J-R and is pretty diverse (40% white, 35% hispanic and 8% black). I don't worry at all about my kids walking home from the metro alone in Arlington, which I could not say when I lived in Mt P. Arlington also has school buses, which I think is an advantage over DC and vastly improved our quality of life. I did not leave DC because of the crime (I left to get a shorter commute) but have really appreciated the lack of petty crime - my kids don't think twice about leaving their bikes unlocked a couple hours in front of our house, while in DC we had to lock them even when they were in our garage. The retail strips in Arlington tend to be pretty ugly, but some of the residential areas are nice and pretty and everyone is friendly and pretty down to earth - similar to Mt P. And there are a million parks and rec centers, which are generally much nicer than those in DC. Not to mention that Trump is interfering less in Arlington than in DC.[/quote]

This is helpful. What's your middle school and are/were you happy with it? [/quote]

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