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Oh, and this may not bug you, but it does me: every single high school in the DCC (except Einstein and [b]Wheaton[/b]) is parked along a major busy massive six-lane road. [b]It just makes coming and going feel like you'd never want to go for a walk afterward.[/b] On the other hand, unlike DC, they have school busses. And for working parents that's pretty huge too [/quote]

Wheaton is also parked along a major busy massive six-lane highway: Randolph Road.[/quote]

I'm not following what the issue is here. If for some reason you want to take a walk around the neighborhood of the school, you could certainly do so on the smaller streets. Even if they front on a big road, all these schools have residential neighborhoods surrounding them.[/quote]

It just feels oppressive. In my opinion. Going down the "back way" of the school into a residential neighborhood doesn't really help any student that doesn't live in that residential neighborhood go anywhere.

Look at Blair, which I think has the best commercial district surrounding it. It's all on the other sides of massive, massive roads. I dont think it's particularly dangerous, I just found it oppressive. My memories of high school involved going places in my neighborhood, which was the downtown of a major city, so the places were libraries, museums, shops, cafes, etc. Was a huge part of our socialization to walk around together.

You could argue that burb kids can so that too--and you'd be right they can--but first they need to be close to somewhere they want to go.

Since the poster was asking about what they'd give up by moving to the DCC from the District... That's what comes to mind. The after school experience will be defined more by clubs and busses and sports. Regimented time. It's how a lot of people like it, and that's fine, but it is a regret that I have for our kids. And the highways are just unpleasant to walk along, to wait for the bus next to, to cross the street.[/quote]

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