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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those are 3 different neighborhoods and demographics.
Where do YOU want to live for your commute? 
What do YOU want to live near as far as restaurants, bike trail, walk to school, coffee shop, etc. 
Who do you want to be friends with?

Go to parks in each neighborhood on a sunny day after school and see who is there. Walk around on a Saturday afternoon. Look at the cars in the driveways and their bumper stickers. [/quote]

What are the demographics? [/quote]

Taylor - far north, lots of large houses that are $2M+, small streets, many without sidewalks, hard to walk places unless you are close to Langston Blvd. Overall richer and whiter than the other two schools mentioned.

Ashlawn - mid-size older homes and apartment buildings. Lots of LatinX families and State Department families which can be transient. Mostly middle class (by Arlington standards). More diversity than Taylor. School curriculum stresses Global Citizenship. 
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Long Branch - Pretty similar to Ashlawn, but slightly poorer and slightly less white. 
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Not sure why Taylor is in the mix location or demographics-wise. If you like Ashlawn and Long Branch, look at Glebe. [/quote]

I'd say Long Brand is more polarized than the others in this set. You have kids from $2M+ homes in Lyon Park and kids from apartments. It's a very diverse school.[/quote]

Demographics from APS website for this school year:

Long Branch 48.8% white 
Ashland 59.6% white
Glebe 61.8% white
Taylor 66.0% white

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