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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's funny how Brent used to be impossible to get into and now it's wide open
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Not really. Real estate values are now so high in the Brent district, and inventory so low for 3-bedroom+ houses below around 1.5 million, that the demographics of the little district have shifted in the last 10 years.  There aren't nearly as many families with little kids as there once were.  When my kids, middle school students, were small there was such a long line at the SE library story hour that you had to arrive 30 mins early to get in. Turtle Park on E St. was packed with toddlers and babies and their caregivers during the day and you could still buy a good house zoned for Brent for under 800K.  High SES families either sent their kids to Brent, Watkins or Two Rivers.  All that's in the distant past. Many of us in the Brent district who were very involved in the school a decade ago have teenagers now, even college students. You see a lot more empty nesters buying Brent-zoned houses than just 5 years ago.[/quote]

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