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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes North Arlington is not easy to access by public transit. 
There is little affordable housing there.

I imagine if I check back in 20 years, it will remain so.

Talent commented on how “ frickin’’” great it is that we get to choose where we live. 
Indeed, people of enough means can choose to completely avoid the underclass. Yes, frickin’ great.

I wonder If these decisions over the last couple of years will slow the middle class migration into south Arlington. Perhaps not. Youth and idealism may see young families continue to make a go of it. It will be interesting to watch[/quote]

I'm one of the young idealistic families living in South Arlington. The additional characteristic that we have is that we don't sweat elementary school and think our kids are going to be just fine even in a 50+% low income school. It seems to me that some but not all of my young, idealistic neighbors share that last characteristic, so I predict that it will tend to slow the middle class migration.

I tend to agree it is great people can choose where they live, and walking to school is a nice thing to have. I definitely agree that any integration shouldn't be exclusively the burden of the lower income folks. Some might argue that's why some of those Swanson families on the outer edges of the walk zone should have been moved to Kenmore, but it's water under the bridge now. We're happy where we are, and presumably the liberals who think affordable housing is a great policy (just so long as it's not too near them) and that it's actually pretty woke to realize the poor/brown people don't want their kids on long bus rides (because of course the rich/white kids would never be inconvenienced) are also happy where they are. I'll definitely take seriously your next FB posts about the scourge of Confederate monuments too. We have to #resist the problems really confronting minorities and poor people.
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People who are uneducated are unlikely to see much difference between schools. They likely came from a place that doesn’t have the SAT. What do they know about 100 points one way or the other? 
That’s the best part, amiright!?!??
You don’t even have to convince them that they shouldn’t want better. 
Nope, they got to choose their neighborhood. 
They could choose... Barcroft, Buckingham, or well not too many other choices I guess. But really they should just be happy to be here.

Let’s get back to a serious discussion on AEM about renaming W-L. Our students deserve so much better. I can’t wait to post something incredibly thoughtful and progressive on the topic.[/quote]

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