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For us, my husband had a few job offers in various areas.

We had 2 elem age kids at the time and chose this area, because we could live here long term. If my husband lost his executive “high salary” job, there was a good chance he could find another without us having to move. I was also able to find a good job in my field. The public schools and options for private schools. (even though we say the public school are like private schools here, because you have to have a high HHI to afford the a house zoned for them). And even the debatably lower rated schools are leaps ahead of the ones where we left. Also we’re in VA so the bang for your buck and number of college options can’t be beat.

[b]We had the same initial thought about the area - congested, seemingly run-down compared the country club looking area we left, and relatively very expensive. (We literally doubled our housing budget to get something reasonably comparable to what we had and what I thought at the time I’d be comfortable in).[/b]

I absolutelylove the diversity - Not just black, white, and other. Families look different but are so similar otherwise. To me, this is the biggest appeal of this area![/quote]

We felt exactly the same way. Housing was double for a lot less house. In fact, I kept convincing myself that we would only be here for a short time. I just thought it was horribly ugly and full of strip malls. But here we are 35 years later enjoying a very nice home in a nice neighborhood. Our child went to very good schools and had every opportunity. We found the silver linings. My husband and I were always fully employed, even through a couple of job changes. We always had a job to go to. This would not have been the case where we lived before (we moved here for his job, but it turned out that the possibilities for me were much better as well). I grew a lot here in my profession.

We do have great access to the airports for travel and good medical facilities. We have access to every kind of food imaginable either through grocery stores or restaurants. Have you walked around the parks like Huntley Meadows or Greenspring or Meadowlark? Have you gone bike riding on the C&O canal path? [/quote]

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