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[quote=Anonymous]Another poster. We were a west springfield family. Live in Texas now.

The sports down here are great. I will say it is nice to have a pool at school instead of having the kids swim at Audrey Moore. The swimmers and divers aren't as great -- the DC area swim coaching is better. Football and basketball are great too.

Academics are very weak. My kids all cleared into advanced math and coursework and like the PP they were not remarkable AAP students. They are at the top of their classes without much effort, which is nice because they train a ton. UT Austin isn't promised, but we have the money to send them out of state back east. There are very few AP classes and the language classes are just Spanish and French (one kid wanted to do German and that was a no-go, which was a bummer since he was in immersion).

The property taxes in Texas are AWFUL. I cannot overstate how much I hate the property taxes. They are very, very high. Public services are very weak. There's no Audrey Moore, we pay for a swim/tennis/golf club. We pay way more than we did in Virginia when you combine income tax and property tax/car tax. The utilities are also incredibly expensive and we have reliability (Power) issues I never had in Springfield.

The houses are nicer, we have a pool and I work but not a crazy job (mostly to pay taxes and save for out of state college) because DH makes good money. But all in, the grass isn't greener. It's just different.[/quote]

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