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[quote=Anonymous]Ignore the school dick-waving. North Arlington, Oakton, etc., are all in the same league in terms of parental SES, SAT scores, etc. We're hardly talking moving to DC and to an 80% FARMS student body where everyone else is fleeing before the kids hit middle school.

The McLean parts of Arlington (far north Arlington, especially north of 29) really won't be much better than Oakton in terms of local amenities -- your husband's commute would be shorter of course, but there'd be as little to do there as there is in Oakton. As for the Lee Highway corridor -- let's get real, though, it really is full of strip malls.

You've got Orange Line Arlington and Blue Line Arlington that provide the urban experience you're wanting. Go from there and you may end up with a TH instead of a SFH.

Have you considered Vienna, Fairfax City, or Falls Church? Any of those three would offer you more walkability and a shorter commute than Oakton, and you can get an older SFH for well under $1MM.

If you're willing to take a gamble, you could consider Reston or Ashburn around the future Silver Line trains (*); if your husband could take a long train ride (and works along the Red Line), then consider downtown Frederick.

(*) Amenities could get built, or they could not get built. I'd say buying near future Metro stations is less of a risk than buying in some mega-community out in WV, Winchester, or Hagerstown where the builder is more likely to go bankrupt or go back on promises of swimming pools, clubhouses, etc., than actually build them. [/quote]

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