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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old are your kids? If they are still young I would buy. Who know what south lakes will look like in 10 years.[/quote]

Completely agree with this.  People were saying the same thing about certain Vienna schools years ago when we bought our house. You HAD to live in McLean.  Now people are falling all over themselves to move here. And kids are people placing to be in our local HS.  Reston is a great community and much closer in than Sterling or the Chantilly HS area.  If you like the area, I wouldn't be overly concerned.  [/quote]

Same goes for McLean many years ago.  Believe it or not, that's where the lower income people who couldn't afford Arlington would move.  Times change.  I see all of the change going on in Reston, and it's pretty awesome.  It's a really amazing cohesive community and convenient place to live.  In my opinion, Reston is the next Vienna in terms of cachet.  Just like Vienna was the next McLean, and McLean was the next Arlington years ago.  Of course the old communities will turn their noses up at the new while the tides of change pass them by.[/quote]

I remember when we moved to Fairfax County 7 years ago, Marshall High was seen as a "ghetto" school and the real estate was much more affordable than the Madison-zoned Vienna neighborhoods.  On this same dcum blog, just like what people are saying about South Lakes, there were people on here disparaging Marshall and saying things about gangs and stuff, even though most of them didn't have first hand experience, and there were others with first hand experience who said it's a wonderful school.  Now, Marshall is a sought-after school and the real estate is valued comparable to Madison neighborhoods (I should know because we're in the market to upsize the house we bought 7 years ago!).  Things change over time.  All indications are that Reston has a promising future.[/quote]

Believe me Marshall is still a ghetto, the real estate is going good because of proximity to mclean and metro.. Nothing related to Schools.

In 2013 you could get a newly built house for 800k. you wont get a 15 years townhouse for that price in mclean..

Houses in Reston's South lakes school district are cheap for a reason, and that is hughes-South lakes pyramid[/quote]

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