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[quote=Anonymous][quote=donewithchicago][quote=Anonymous]What are you looking for in a neighborhood?  Price range?  Bedrooms?  Walkability?  Excellent public schools?  [/quote]

We would be renting initially, and we've designated $3,000/month as our budget. I would love to have access to great public schools! But coming from Chicago it seems so bizarre. Here there is a small percentage of super top quality public schools scattered throughout the city, so the approach is very much 'get into the school first (which is an ordeal in and of itself) and then let everything else (neighborhood/job/etc) follow'. So it's kind of weird to me (which is sad...) to envision a neighborhood where all I have to do is move there and the schools are great.

As far as neighborhood. Ideal for us is something culturally diverse, child-friendly with lots of local business, green space and friendly neighbors. I'm not concerned about being in a particular socioeconomic strata, but obviously it needs to be a safe community with good quality schools. Any suggestions?[/quote]

You can rent a house in Pimmit Hills for $2300. Some homes are walkable to metro, others are walkable to shops. It's extremely diverse, schools are 9/10 thru high school. Our DD goes to FAZ. It's about 50% arab children, but not religious. Country Day is close by, but I never checked that out personally. We are very happy with FAZ and im particular. But Like a PP said, it's K-12 I'd worry most about, not preschool. You could check out Reston too.[/quote]

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