Reply to Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?

Forum Index » Real Estate

Reply to "Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Consider Falls Church part of Fairfax County, generally near or north of I66. Better schools for your $$ than S. Arlington. Elementary schools Shrevewood, Lemon Road, Westgate, Timber Lane. McLean/Marshall pyramids. Still pretty close in to DC.[/quote]

The Falls Church part of Fairfax County may be "pretty close" to DC compared to, say, Oakton, but it sure isn't nearly as close as S. Arlington.[/quote]

True, but it's not that much farther out. The OP is asking about a compromise between school quality, location, and home price. School quality is perceived as better in N. Arlington than S. Arlington. Location in N. Arlington may or not be as convenient as in S. Arlington, depending on where you work, although there are no metro stops in S. Arlington, just buses. If you want schools perceived as better than those in S. Arlington and possibly comparable to some N. Arlington schools, home prices that are lower than you'll find in N Arlington, and you are willing to be a few more miles out, then the above suggestions for Shrevewood, etc. are good. Those schools generally put you one or two metro stops further out than East Falls Church metro, which despite its name, is the metro stop for many Arlington residents whose kids go to McKinley/Yorktown and a number of other N. Arlington schools. South Arlington has buses, but no metro stop. For convenience and quality of life, I'd rather live in the areas near the West Falls Church or Dunn Loring metros than in South Arlington. Don't know how OP feels, but that's her trade-off to make. Of course, if OP works at the Pentagon or nearby, then S. Arlington/Alexandria has the location advantage, even over N. Arlington.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics