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[quote=Anonymous]I second the Richmond area. 
The good: The schools are much much better than those in FFX, it's easier to get into UVA/VATech/W&M from here, the schools are not over capacity, there is NO traffic. We are an outdoorsy family and there are tons of places to hike and bike within 30 minutes, including a huge state park. The city is beautiful, both architecturally and because of the river. Lots of great restaurants and year-round farmers markets, even in the suburbs. We have kids with special needs and the medical care here is top notch because of VCU med school. We got appointments with Children's Hospital in 2 weeks, we see really good behavioral psychologists covered by insurance and all our dentists and the kids orthodontist are in network providers with big insurances. The RVA area is big enough (2MM people). Shopping is great. 
The bad: the Henrico suburb are exploding in price and a decent house is now around 750K, with over 1MM in the good developments. There are HOAs everywhere and I personally hate them. It's pretty much impossible to buy into Deep Run HS outside an HOA without spending several millions. The houses are cookie cutter but better quality than in the DC area; for example, with 1.5 MM you get all brick, good quality wood windows, real wood floors etc. I love old houses so these are still meh to me.

The city is gorgeous and safe. We couldn't afford a house in the Fan and private school, although private is not that bad; my DC2 did private K and it was $750/month. The city has public magnet schools  but they are lottery based. Not only Maggie Walker (like TJ for admission), but also Open High School and Richmond Community.

Housing in RVA:

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Richmond/2217-Monument-Ave-23220/home/55441474

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Richmond/102-Berkshire-Rd-23221/home/55452222

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