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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Del Ray used to be cool and arty and then it sold out.  Now it is a wanna-be old town and as boring as a suburb but with poorer schools. [/quote]

Is there a grand conspiracy going on where every thread about NoVA somehow turns into a Del Ray hate fest?[/quote]

It's part of the broader conspiracy to denigrate all neighborhoods South of Rte 50 which was historically the dividing line between white and black areas. This idiotic exercise is a dog whistle for whites-only neighborhoods. [/quote]

Del ray and route 50 have little to no connection.

Also, most of Del ray is a historically white  area.

Interestingly, a lot of what is regarded as old town now was historically black and very poor.  Old timers in Alexandria took a LONG time, maybe the 80s before warming up to the idea that old town had changed.  [/quote]

Del Ray is South of Rte 50 last time I checked.[/quote]

So is Florida, what’s your f’ing point?[/quote]

My point is that you obviously don't understand the effect historic segregation lines continue to have on Northern VA real estate dynamics. Del Ray will never be valued the way communities north of Rte 50 are because regardless of county, neighborhoods South of 50 are more heavily populated with minorities--initially blacks and later other immigrant groups. This has always makes the schools less desirable to white buyers. Del Ray can't escape its poor geographic position.[/quote]

You obviously know nothing about the history of the area.

North/south of 50 is irrelevant.

Del Ray is no where close to route 50.

All of Alexandria is south of Route 50.

And so on.[/quote]

You're the one who doesn't understand the history of this area. The area South of Rte 50 was historically more populated with African Americans. There's a whole PBS or NPR special about that road being a dividing line of segregation. Alexandria was a slave market. You can't escape that history, even if modern-day Del Ray may be considered a charming enclave by a certain segment of the Nova population. But it's hardly prestigious. Honestly, the entire DMV suffers from a bit of a second class reputation vs. historically wealthier industrial and commercial cities around the nation.[/quote]

You can’t remember if you were listening to the radio or watching TV and your account of this program is supposed to be taken seriously?

Del Ray is no where near 50 and all of Alexandria is south of 50.  50 is a meaningless boundary in an Alexandria context.  Perhaps you’re thinking of Arlington?

Del Ray was historically white.  Primarily working class and middle class.  As you move up toward Rosemont, the residents got more well-heeled.  Del Ray was so white that it was actually a redline area and there were restrictive covenants in place.

George Washington Middle School was the white high school and its near del ray.

Hammond middle school was the black one and it’s over on the west end.

Don’t come at me with your idiotic accounts of Alexandria history.  You have no clue.

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NP with an addendum, though. Del Ray (and much of Old Town) later had some white flight and predominantly AA residents. It was very much not “so white” when I moved to Old Town circa 1990–people warned us about going there after dark. I therefore find these ridiculous “prestige” debates entertaining![/quote]

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