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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It should be noted that for APS high schools, there are usually some new-to-public-school students from the local parochial schools. But those families are already Arlington residents.

And like some neighbors of ours, some families do move within Arlington (typically early elementary grades, or just before middle school) with specific APS schools in mind, for whatever reason. [/quote]

I think of Langley, Meridian, McLean, Yorktown and W&L as the same bucket but nowhere near ACH or West Potomac.   Niche is a horrible useless thing but it does have median home price which is waaaaay different for west Potomac and ACH vs, say, Yorktown.   You are getting really different student populations with those two housing values.   Not to say there aren’t a million exceptions and that educational experience does not by definition match exactly with housing values …. But it’s going to be a way better proxy for comparison.  [/quote]

I thought West Potomac HS was a good FCPS school that families seek out when house shopping. The homes down in Hollin Hill and also near the Bellevue CC are certainly stunning. Family friends live there and love the public elementary.[/quote]

I’m sure they do!  And I’m guessing the elementary school and West Potomac are excellent schools.  But they aren’t Yorktown or W&L (or the other schools I mentioned.)

Those neighborhoods you mention are very nice and generally the nicest neighborhoods in West Potomac but they are topping out at about $1M.  That’s not what North Arlington tops out at.  Niches has average home price in West Potomac at like $650k and YHS at $1.1M.  I’m not criticizing West Potomac, only trying to describe a little why I don’t see them in the same grouping.  [/quote]

Lol, if you think Belle Haven, Hollins Hills, and Waynewood "top out" at $1M. Have you not shopped for a house in the past 20 years. [/quote]

You got me?  I just looked on Zillow and can clearly see now that the $1M is wrong.  There are lots of houses on the market for $1.5M ….compared to $3M for Yorktown.  Are you saying I am incorrect about the avg home prices feeding into West Potomac vs Yorktown, which the point of the post?  Because Niche reports them as vastly different and a Birds Eye view of Zillow supports that.  [/quote]

Are you just trolling now? You got called out for making the claim that houses feeding into West Potomac "topping out at about $1M."  You don't get to make a ridiculous and frankly idiotic statement and then walk back your claim that the point of the post was "avg home prices." You obviously don't have a clue about the demographics of the neighborhoods you're talking about and I'm guessing you'd be stunned that wealthy people live in Belle Haven. Take the loss and just acknowledge how wrong and ill informed you were. [/quote]

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