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As another poster noted, PH is not attractive, though some might see it as convenient. [/quote]
"Attractive" doesn't refer to the aesthetics in this context, and you know it.

[quote=Anonymous]
As for 22042, there is plenty of good stuff in the area.  It's not far from what you'd consider the "good stuff" for PH residents, and since people in both areas likely would need to drive to get to them, the difference is not that great.  It's also closer to Mosaic than PH, as well as to some of the big box stores like Target in Seven Corners.  If you're going to drive to the Metro, it can be quicker to get to the Dunn Loring station from parts of 22042 than it is to get to WFC from PH.  By any objective measure, 22042 is in a convenient, close-in location near major arteries with considerable potential. [/quote]
Oh please. Stop pretending that as long as you have to drive, all distances become equal.  Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are literally across the street from PH.  So is Safeway. Every kind of big box store you can think of is up Rt 7.  Every kind of other store you can think of is up in Tysons five minutes away, way better and closer than Mosaic to 22042. All of PH is either five, maximum ten-minute drive to either WFC or McLean Station.   Not even mentioning a massive job base in Tysons.

[quote=Anonymous]
The 22042 schools are not poor.  The problem that the Pimmit Hills folks have is that they make rather bad snobs.  If you really want to be a school snob, you want the Langley, McLean, Madison, Oakton or Woodson pyramids where almost all the schools are GreatSchools 8s to 10s, not the Marshall pyramid.  And, if you resent the school snobs from McLean and Vienna, then you need to stop dumping on your neighbors nearby in other parts of Falls Church, just because their schools have more kids who are from areas like Pimmit Hills and its environs than yours do.
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Again, you are trying to pretend that as long as your school is rated below McLean High, it doesn't make a difference how exactly it is rated. That's not true.  Marshall is rated below McLean High (although people zoned for Marshall can opt into McLean High).  And actually, both are rated 9 on GreatSchools, if that's the rating you like. It is still light years better than FC High.  I don't resent school snobs from McLean and Vienna - why would I deny facts?  Poor ESOL kids in 22042 pyramid have nothing in common with kids from PH, and you know it perfectly well. Stop trying to create kinship where none exists.

If you are all about GreatSchools ratings, let's see...

22042 Elementaries: Graham Rd., Westlawn, Woodburn, Timberlane, Pine Spring.  Rated 4 to 6.

PH Elementaries: Lemon Road and Westgate. Both 7.

22042 Elementary: Jackson MS.  Rated 8.

PH Elementary: Kilmer MS.  Rated 9. (Same as Longfellow).

22042 high school: FC High. Rated 4.

22042 high school: Marshall. Rated 9.

I rest my case. [/quote]

To be fair the lemon road rating is now a 9 because it is an AAP. GS hasn't updated the stats yet.[/quote]

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