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[quote=Anonymous]If you are a joiner, you will love Falls Church City. The small structures of the schools, government, and community organizations lend themselves to people being able to connect and get involved. It's easy to get to know your neighbors because there are certain things -- the schools, the farmer's market, the rec and high school sports -- that regularly draw people in. I joke that during the annual Memorial Day parade, one half of the city marches while the other half watches, and people trade off those roles from year to year.

I love that my kids can play, work, and volunteer in our community, and that there are always other people looking out for them. In that way, it's very small-towny.

Some people may prefer a larger, more anonymous community, and that's OK. The flip side of a small town is that news can travel fast, and you have to decide how much stock you're going to put into the stories.

My neighborhood is a nice mix of incomes, generations and ethnicities. The older, lifelong residents of FCC might be overwhelmingly white, but my kids' schools are increasingly diverse. The city's segregated past is shameful, but I appreciate that there has been a concerted effort to acknowledge and address that, and to shine light on continuing areas of inequality.

I'm excited for the newest redevelopment projects to come online, but I know others are not. It's a bone of contention, and only time will tell if I've been foolishly optimistic. But in the meantime, I appreciate what earlier redevelopment has added to the tax base, the shopping and dining options, and the streetscape.[/quote]

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