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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "bubble" risk is endemic to NoVa, but if you put this aside it's as good an area as any (and very hot this year).   Homes in Arlington closer to the Orange Line may be trendier for those who want to walk everywhere, but good luck finding a .3 acre lot there.  Homes in McLean may be zoned for higher-ranked schools, but[b] FCPS has more fiscal issues[/b] than APS.  I don't think you can really go wrong unless you build something awful that no one else would ever want to buy. [/quote]

FCPS have less issues because the good schools don't have to support the lower SES that require a lot of public assistance.

FCPS also has a lot of programs that exceed APS's offerings. FCPS has AAP, GT, IB, AP and STEM Academies where as APS only has AP and IB.

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Any objective comparison of FCPS and APS would acknowledge that FCPS has more funding challenges than APS right now.  APS may have a higher percentage of FARMS students than FCPS, but it spends more per student than FCPS and has lower class sizes.  That's the type of stuff you can do when you have lots of tax-paying residents without children.   In addition, the demographics in APS are becoming more affluent, whereas the FARMS population in FCPS is growing.  Not to mention that AAP is the successor to GT, so you're double-dipping to suggest they are separate programs in FCPS.  APS also has HB Woodlawn, which has no equivalent in FCPS.

I'm not trying to turn this thread into another general debate about the relative merits of APS and FCPS, but simply to identify one reason why this part of North Arlington is likely to remain prime real estate,  even if[b] [/b]it's not as walkable as Clarendon[b] or the schools aren't quite as highly rated as some in FCPS.  Don't worry, others will still want to live in the Marshall district. [/quote]

Walkability isn't really a universally desired feature of real estate. It has niche appeal, certainly, but you make it sound like families would prefer Clarendon. They don't.[/quote]

Walkability doesn't trump every other consideration for most families, but recent surveys suggest it's viewed favorably.  The recent growth in the W-L pyramid compared to the growth in the Yorktown pyramid is fairly telling.  [/quote]

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