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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids go to a county-wide lottery school in Arlington. Kids are from all over the county so my kids don't have "neighborhood friends" either. Most of their friends live 10-20 minutes away by car, and we have play dates with them often. Plus my kids spend time with their friends at after-school care and weekend sports. So I never find it an issue; in fact it's nice for us (parents) to get to know other families from all over the county.

There are plenty of kids in my neighborhood and I see them playing in the neighborhood. It's very nice, but I don't think my kids are missing out much. They have quite a busy social life (sports, after-school care, weekend play dates and birthday parties) with their friends from their lottery school.

It'll be OK as long as you think your kids' friends will be living within 10-20 minutes by car. I can't speak for older kids, but I find it totally cool with my elementary school kids.

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You didn’t grow up in a neighborhood full of kids that all played together, right? Don’t know what you missed.[/quote]

Lol, the world is not the same as when you grew up 30-50 years ago. It's no longer common to let kids roam around freely even in neighborhood full of kids. From what I can see, nowadays parents would accompany their kids (under 10) even when going to play dates just a few blocks away. So it's essentially no different from driving to a play date 10-20 minutes away. Also kids in DMV area nowadays have way more extracurricular activities than average kids 30-50 years ago, which also significantly limit their time of hanging out with neighborhood kids. [/quote]

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