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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eye opening stats.  We all know that Montgomery and Fairfax Counties have great publics.  But I wonder how DC's public rank against publics in other high crime areas?  Who has better publics between DC and PG?  Or perhaps DC and Baltimore City?

[quote=Anonymous]You poor dear.  There were [b]143 murders[/b] in DC in 2009.  While that might be "low" by your standards, DC still has a much higher number of murders than say Montgomery County (12) or Fairfax County (14).  PG County beats DC as well with 100 homicides for 2009.  So based on your ridiculous post about the "low crime" in DC, I think [b]you[/b] have been huffing glue behind the 7-11...

http://mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/cwp/view,a,1239,q,561242,mpdcNav_GID,1523,mpdcNav,|.asp

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]D.C. has high crime, poor public schools and constant traffic congestion.  While it has some nice museums, I wouldn't want to raise my precious children there.

I guess we suburbanites are in an enviable position, aren't we?  We have great public schools, yet we keep on snapping up your private school spots too.  I can see that you're bitter, but you really should get over it.  Go do yoga or something...[/quote]

I always find these sorts of posts entertaining.  It's like folks are still stuck in 1985.  Crime is at a 50 year low, and rarely touches middle-class residents; in fact, my relatives in Montgomery County seem to fear crime as much or more than my neighbors on Capitol Hill.  I wouldn't know about "traffic congestion", since the only time I experience it is on one of my occasional trips out to the suburbs.  I guess that would be of particular concern to you, as a suburbanite, since all those folks stuck in the gridlock have MD and DC license plates.  In contrast, my commute consists of a 15 minute bike ride to work.  Either that or a 20 min bus ride--door to door.

And as far as public schools go, having grown up in Montgomery County, and with relatives who still live there, I've seen what the growth of suburban poverty has done to MCPS.  I think it's great that you've obviously found one of the good public school options--for the time being.  But with big state budget cuts, and the well-documented demographic shift that's been taking place and acellerating, make no mistake, the suburbs are on the way down.   Hold on to those private school spots--you're going to need them!  :)

Bottom line:  I don't want my kid growing up in a cul-de-sac, their sole intellectual stimulation huffing glue out behind the 7-11.  [/quote][/quote][/quote]

We know FFX and MoCo USED to have great publics, but MoCo's been going downhill for years.  FFX is even starting to crumble around the edges.  All of this is moot of course in that no-one in DC wants preferential treatment for DC residents at DC privates.  We'd just like the burb families to be less tacky and actually pay their way for once in a blue moon.  As for moving Sidwell or any other private to the burbs, who cares?  Not that it's even an option but just to play the game?  More parkland and facilities inside the city, some of which will be taxable.  Win win.[/quote]

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