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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Leaving DC for MD. Did not even consider VA.

1. Commute crosses water. Bottlenecks inevitable. The end.
2. All the fine VA institutions mentioned here (or even pointed to from a distance) are residential party campuses. No thanks.[/quote][/b]

Oh the ignorance on this forum!  Let's see, any good real estate agent will tell you the commute from McLean to D.C. or Arlington to D.C. is preferable over anything in Maryland because VA has the George Washington Parkway which has no lights.  You get on, speed into town )yes I see you Marylanders breaking the speed limit there daily because you figured it out) - the rest is a mess dowtown but that isn't due to Virginia.  There is no "crossing of water" unless you consider that blip on the Roosevelt bridge to be a problem, which it rarely is.  On the Maryland side you have to do a mess of a commute involving Conn. Ave., Wisconsin, the Clara Barton - all huge messes in the mornings with lights.  You couldn't pay me to commute from Potomac or Bethesda into D.C.

Which Va institutions are "residential party campuses"?  What a weird phrase!  Do you even know how many public colleges and universities there are in Virginia?  Did you know that UVA routinely now ranks 1, 2, or 3 against Berkeley and UCLA for best public university in the United States?  (always above Michigan now) Did you know Virginia and California have the two best university systems in the United States and serve students from all walks of life?  (no you don't because you are an elitist snob).  Did you know that the median top 25% students at UVA and William and Mary have 4.44 GPAs?  That it is becoming almost impossible to get in even if you are Ivy material (and especially from Nova).  Do you even know about the terrific guarantee of admission to the top Virginia universities if you attend a community college, maintain a certain GPA and fulfill all the requirements?  How many states offer that?  Maryland certainly doesn't.  And I'm dying to know which Virginia public universities are "residential party campuses" because I've taught on several of them and have had children attend.  Maybe the private Wash. & Lee but I wouldn't pay to send my kid there anyhow.

To OP - you don't know how long you will be settled in your new home before you have to move again for whatever reason.  One of the most important factors in resale value is public school system.  Even if you go private, you will reap the benefits of being in the "Langley pyramid" or "McLean Pyramid" or any of the other xlnt public school systems in Virginia.  Do your homework and find out where they are when you purchase because that WILL be a big issue when you go to sell.[/quote]

Wow, you really really really want OP to move to VA.[/quote]

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