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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a home that feeds into FCHS.

Compared to HS in the nearby immediate area (Madison, Marshall, McLean), it is not as good.  This is all due to SES and demographics.  This is not going to change going forward because the high density housing that feeds into FCHS will not go away (nor should it).  But that does not mean that FCHS is a bad school - compared to the rest of the country, or the rest of Virginia, it would be in the top 25% at least.

SFHs in this area reflect that fact that it is older housing stock and that it feeds into FCHS.

The Mosaic development, and planned future development - such as INOVA's planned medical school on Exxon's site on Gallows - will bring interest and money to the area to (hopefully) continue to increase SFH property values.  But Mosaic residents, or residents who move into the area because the medical facilities provide them jobs, do not have a lot of kids.

In my neighborhood there are a lot of babies and there are a lot of empty nesters.  Most people with kids move out during late elementary / middle school unfortunately.

If you buy your investment will be fine but people move out because for an extra $50k or less (which is still a lot), and an increase in their commute (which is tolerable when the kids are older and more independent) they can buy into Madison.

If you're sticking your kids into private Catholic HS then that would be fine too.[/quote]

THIS pretty much sums up what is SO DANG FRUSTRATING about my inside-the-beltway Fairfax County house. We like our house, our commute and neighborhood. I do not want to pay more to live in a "better" neighborhood, a smaller house, AND have a longer commute![/quote]

There shouldn't be anything frustrating about that, unless you decide to drive yourself nuts listening to the crazies on DCUM.      [/quote]

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