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Again, I don't claim to speak for all of Alexandria or all of the experiences of people living in Alexandria and why they want to live there or leave.  In our neighborhood, there was very little diversity.  Everyone was white, everyone was upper middle class and most people were born in Virginia or somewhere close by.  That was not something we were interested in growing our child around.  Also, all the families were typical one father/one mother families.  I wanted to expose my child to a more diverse way of thinking about people.

In our neighborhood now, of her four best friends, only one was actually born in this country.  All speak different languages at home and on any given day, she is learning different cultures.  Color is not as important to me as is the fact that she learns about the world outside of her own.

This was the best choice for our small family of 3, your family may have made a better choice - and that is great.  There is no reason why all of our families can't be happy with our choices.[/quote]

It still seems like a contradiction to say you lived in Alexandria because it was "cheap" and then complain about the fact that everyone was upper middle class and white.  Maybe all you meant to say was that you found a good deal on a rental in an upper-income area.

Which is fine, but a single expensive neighborhood in Alexandria provides no basis for generalizations about the diversity in NoVa.  It would be no different than generalizing about DC based on having lived a few months in either Spring Valley or Anacostia.  [/quote]

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