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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First, DC is not like Chicago. Apples and oranges. Here are your options:

You can up your budget and live in the city in a rowhouse - and compromise schools or go private.

You can live close-in in somewhere that's still a little funky like Del Ray, TP, or SS - and compromise schools or go private.

You can up your budget (a lot) and live in Arlington or Bethesda - both have good schools.

Or you can move to the suburbs. You will have your good schools, and you can drive to DC, but you'll probably realize that's a pain in he ass and spend all your time close to home. [/quote]

Arlington and Bethesda are the suburbs. The schools are uniformly good in Bethesda, but Arlington has some good schools and some of the lowest performing schools in NoVa, such as Wakefield HS.  And people who live further out don't necessarily drive to DC.

Just because you bombard OP with "details" doesn't mean you're actually being honest or making any sense.[/quote]

I wasn't trying to bombard OP with details - I was trying to do the opposite, actually, and boil it down. I assume OP can use the Internet to figure out what parts of Arlington have the "good" schools from K to 12.

DC itself is pretty small. Parts of Arlington, Alexandria, Bethesda, SS, and TP are reasonably urban, and you can pop in and out of DC pretty easily (10-15 minute metro ride). When I think of the DC suburbs, I think of places like Springfield, Burke, and Fairfax. And yes, you can metro in to DC from some parts of the suburbs; it will just take longer. [/quote]

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