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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's hard to say.  Basically most of the JR and Deal neighborhoods are as suburban as the close in VA and MD suburbs and lack any real urban flavor anyway, and the suburban schools are generally better, so if it were me I'd just leave the city.  The one exception I can think of is Mt Pleasant.  [/quote]

My impression is that most people who move to Ward 3 for schools, especially by elementary, don't really see city amenities, transit, or walkability as priorities.

But I'd love to hear from people who do care about those things and moved to Ward 3 for schools: what sold you on Ward 3 over any of the MD and VA suburbs?[/quote]

We certainly saw all of those things as priorities and chose a neighborhood in upper NW that offered that and good schools (Conn Ave. corridor near Van Ness metro). We have bus and Metro, can walk to schools, stores, etc. We like living in DC; we never considered VA or MD. [/quote]

We visited some friends in Van Ness this week and my early elementary schooler described it as "the town" because it's so much quieter and less dense than what he's used to.

It seems like there are several Metro-accessible neighborhoods in MD and VA with urbanism on par with Cleveland Park/Van Ness/Tenleytown, but maybe I'm missing something?[/quote]

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