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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am fascinated by this post. I’ve lived in 9 different places in this country and Northern VA is, by far, the most transient and least likely to have neighborhoods populated entirely by folks who grew up here. In fact, our friend group is probably 80/20 transplants vs natives. Impressive work befriending every local in McLean!

Look, some kids have the desire to spread their wings and some kids don’t. Even if you are stuck with a kid who can only muster Georgetown or UVA, there’s a possibility that they’ll wander post-college.

Your options are to expose them to a lot of different people, places, and experiences OR make home life so miserable that they are forced to flee. [/quote]

I'm a little further out from McLean, and know tons of locals. Perhaps because I'm quasi local myself (from PWC, but no longer live there)?

The locals I know are here because they like it here. Not sure why OP is judging people who had such a great childhood that they want that for their own kids. I know multiple people at our ES and MS who are excited for their kids to attend their alma mater.

And given that DC is at least somewhat transient, it's not like attending the same school your parent or parents did is going to doom you to only hanging out with the same 100 people for the rest of your life or something.[/quote]

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