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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For several reasons.
1.)  Our NWDC neighborhood is much prettier and more charming.
2.). Our kids' activities/sports/clubs are all in DC or MD.  Their friends who do live in NVA have to deal with that and it is a pain.
3.). While our kids do have some friends who live in NVA, the vast majo[/quote]

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For several reasons:
1.)  Our NWDC neighborhood is much prettier and more charming.
2.). Our kids' activities/sports/clubs are all in DC or MD.  Their friends who do live in NVA have to deal with that and it is a pain.
3.). While our kids do have some friends who live in NVA, the vast majority live in NWDC or MD.  They have as many friends in PG County as they do in VA.  Yes, we go to all these friends houses but those kids, and their parents love when we have their kids sleep over here on Friday nights. It makes life much easier for weekend activities.
4.). While we sold our N Arlington home for more than twice what we paid for it, our DC house is much nicer and worth more now than that house is.
5.). Our neighborhood is much more diverse.  Its not just about the whiteness of it.  In N Arlington we felt like everyone one was sooooo similar and if you didn't do/believe/say what everyone else did, you were interrogated and grilled as to why.  That was very clear when neighbors found out we were going to send our first child to private school.  
6.). Where we live now there are kids that go to lots of different types of schools: public, private, charter, Catholic.  
7.). It's great that I know how to get around in, and lots of the best places in, all three areas: DC, MD, and NoVa.
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