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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love how quick people are to engage in hyperbole on these forums.

Ie things like:
“Alexandria city schools are terrible.”
“Bethesda sucks“

On a national level (and international level while where at it) these two places are among the wealthiest, most educated, attractive, and safest places deep inside a major metro you can find.  I recognize neither are the tippy-top of the list in those individual categories but at the confluence of those factors both do quite well and all of these extreme claims are starting to feel like the Princess and the Pea.  People are insanely lucky to be able to live in either place. Hopefully, Amazon will be able to sanitize the area over the next decade so it's safe for children

I’m sure people will start to talk about how places are still bad and how other places are way better,  and the rationale will be a great display of all the first world problems people love to gripe  about[/quote]

you've never visited, lived, or had to travel through the west end of the city of Alexandria. There is nothing wealthy, highly educated, attractive, or excessively safe. It is run of the mill overbilt mid 20th century suburban life experiencing urban decay. Painting a pig with bike lane lipstick doesn't make it a desireable place. I agree that some of Alexandria is nice, and worthy of consideration for people alongside Bethesda but that is just a small segment of the City, and a handful of neighborhoods along fort hunt road.

Every major metro area has desireable inner suburbs. While these may be on the list, there is nothing special. Philly, NY, Boston, Chicago, SF, LA, Seattle, etc. all have their own version of desireable communities.[/quote]

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