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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These people are so full of shit. My firstborn Kindergartner just finished a season of Arlington soccer and snacks (if there were any) were from Costco or Safeway out of bags.  We go to Science Focus and the parents there and in are nearby neighborhood are incredibly down-to-earth, non-flash/non-pretentious.  I have no idea what part of N.Arlington these other posters are talking about. [/quote]

Talking about parents from schools in the far north of the county - Nottingham, Tuckahoe, Jamestown...

Not full of sh_t at all - saw this firsthand[/quote]
Oldest son also just finished his first season of soccer in Nottingham district and I want to echo what the Science Focus parent said. There weren't any tables and plates for postgame snacks. It was just bags of chips and Capri Suns. Normal people.   [/quote]

LOL, my kids have played on mixed Tuckahoe/Nottingham teams for years, and the snacks are Capri Suns, popcorn/chips/crackers, etc. served out of the bag they were carried in.  I haven't seen anything like the "rumors" about N. Arlington parents at our games.[/quote]

People just spread stories like this to make themselves feel better about living somewhere else.  I'm not saying North Arlington is the end all be all, but it's an extremely popular place to live, and in my experience the vast majority of people who live here are really happy they do. I hear this a lot on DCUM too.  For people who either can't afford N. Arlington or simply made different choices, I can see how it can get annoying to constantly hear about how great N. Arlington is, so they focus on a few random anecdotes that paint an unflattering picture. The truth is that everyone I know here is mellow and down to earth and buys soccer snacks at BJ's or Safeway.

And yes I'm aware that one or more of the PPs (it's unclear are different people) supposedly lives in N. Arlington. I'm not buying it. I think she just said that because it sounds more convincing than the truth, which is that she's worried she missed the boat by living somewhere else. This is silly of course, because there are lots of wonderful places to live.[/quote]

I can assure you that I live in N. Arlington.  Never said the snacks were caviar or from a catering company -- just remarked on the greater variety of the snacks plus the fact that parents brought tables and plates to lay them out on/serve them to the kids on.[/quote]

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