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[quote=Anonymous]This is both simple and impossible. There are tons of family events all the time in the DC metro area - whether or not your neighborhood participates or the events closest to you are things your family likes to to is tough to predict. 
Do you want a neighborhood pool? Playgrounds? Access to a bike/walking trail? 
Public schools or private schools matter. If you choose public but most kids in your neighborhood don’t use public schools, you won’t have as strong of a local social network. If your neighborhood all goes public and your kids go private, you will similarly be out of the loop when kids get to the age of riding bikes around and playing independently.

We moved 2 blocks and it made a huge difference we could not have predicted. We moved from a block where no kids played outside and half the families went to various private schools to a cul de sac where our kids are in the middle age-wise and we all walk our kids to the local elementary together in the morning and chat over coffee. It’s the same neighborhood, but the neighbors made all the difference. I don’t know how you find that except to study the car magnets and the size / number of bikes, scooters, and strollers on front porches. [/quote]

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