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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The comment was in response to N Arlington being “a separate place by design” as claimed by the previous poster, which is not true.

[b]I personally don’t see how schools affect housing prices in such a small county where people move for its charming, family-friendly neighborhoods and convenience. But families here do love their walkable neighborhood schools. I’m no realtor so I’ll give you some benefit of the doubt regarding the schools’ affect on home prices in Arlington.[/b]

Since there are neighborhood transfers and option programs through high school, APS students have multiple pathways. Kind of like DC with all its top-notch charter schools where I don’t think a house in the J-R/Wilson pyramid sells at a premium over a large rowhouse on Capitol Hill because of the assigned schools.[/quote]

This person is absurd. All you have to do when looking at this conversation is compare prices in the north and south sides of Arlington Forest.  Its the exact same track house, same age of house, same lot size, same proximity to Rt. 50 and proximity to walking trails.  North Arlington Forest houses go for 100K to 200K more than their equivalent south of 50. There is a reason that the North neighborhood went batshit insane when they were trying to redistrict them to Wakefield.

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I thought it was all about walkability for the outspoken group against the move to Wakefield? Didn’t some northside forest families want to move to Wakefield? I don’t recall any mention of housing prices, although I’m not saying you’re wrong.

Anyways APS caved at the last minute and kept Maywood, parts of Cherrydale, Bluemont, Lacey Woods, and Tara at W-L, instead of moving them to Yorktown along with the others, due to the whole walkability argument. And of course, Arlington Forest (northside) was supposed to move to Wakefield, but those parents also claimed walkability to W-L and APS caved.

So who knows. I’m not from any of the above neighborhoods, but that’s what I remember. And currently APS prioritizes walkability and proximity above all else. Isn’t that why Nottingham was kept open? [/quote]

Yes, in all those instances, you are correct that walkability was the excuse each group used to oppose being moved to what they perceived to be an inferior school. And yes, property values were absolutely mentioned by Arlington Forest anti-Wakefield advocates.[/quote]

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