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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
We’re not smug. We’re resigned. You will be too eventually. You’ll move if you can (to a smaller crappier house) or just accept the “fine” schools.

One of my favorite bizarely untrue argument that keeps popping up is this crazy idea that all of us in South Arlington are rolling in these huge luxurious family homes and aren't moving to North Arlington because we don't want to sacrifice housing space yet are somehow being unreasonable for demanding schools that serve our kids.

Its so strange. The non-apartment family housing stock between North and South is exactly the same. There are McMansions, small single family homes (cape cods, colonials, some ranch houses, split levels and bungalows) some of which have additions, townhouses, and those tiny brick duplexes. In the most cases its the same exact floor plan across the county.  THe only difference is there are way more new builds and nice townhouses in North Arlington and way more duplexes in South Arlington. From what I've seen in my years of house hunting the NA houses usually have nicer, bigger additions as well. The average NA house is much bigger and nicer with a larger lot than most SA houses.

The only difference is price. It seems like you all are mad at the 10 people who paid 1.2 for a SA new build instead of paying 1.2 for a small NA expanded colonial. But the majority of SA people spent half that for a small crappy house south of 50 cause they couldn't afford to spend an extra 100K for the same exact small crappy house north of 50.

Then do what we did when we couldn’t buy in NA. We bought in FFX. houses are cheaper, schools are good. We prioritized schools over our comfortable commutes.[/quote]

Move out of Arlington MC Poors! If you aren't super rich or poor enough to be grateful we don't want you here.[/quote]

That’s how it is in most urban places.

And let’s get real.  The true MC is not in SA — houses are still $800k. The MC left a long time ago. [/quote]

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