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Alright, but don't try to call me out at being "opaque" just cause you didn't read the thread...

Also - the stuff you said above about S. Arlington is the "politically correct" things people say.  I have lived in Arlington (north and south) for over a decade. The housing stock in S. Arlington is just fine, there is only one area I would not live in.  Some sections of North Arlington have more metro access, but I don't take the metro anyway, so personally I don't care about that. Just like North Arlington, there are areas in South Arlington you can walk to a metro, walk to restaurants, walk to shopping, walk to a libraries, etc... almost all areas you can walk to parks.   So, I can't figure out what North Arlington has "going for it" that South doesn't, besides less ethnic and economic diversity.    You know what - if that is what you want - fine, but admit it and move on.

My kids go to the schools in South Arlington (have attended two different elementary schools) and both were wonderful - 15 kids per class with an assistant teacher.  Top quality teachers, many who have taught in the school district, often the same school, for 15+ years, parents who are involved with their children and care about their education, even though English may not be their first language or even a language that they speak, their kids speak English very well thanks to a wonderful pre-K program in the county that targets recent immigrants.

Anyway, we have veered way off topic in a thread that is really old, but maybe this will encourage some people looking for a house not to discount S. Arlington.  
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Sounds like you're trying to have it both ways.  The reason why your kids attend classes with 15 students is that the other students are deemed high-risk, so those schools get extra resources to help those students.  People don't avoid South Arlington schools because they are "scared" of non-whites.   They avoid them because student performance is regularly below average.  Wakefield has a very high drop-out rate, some of the worst SAT scores in NoVa and not a single National Merit Semifinalist this year.  The other poster is also right that the housing stock is not as nice as in North Arlington.   In comparison, at TC, you're getting the best that the City of Alexandria has to offer and you can still live in one of the best neighborhoods in Alexandria.  [/quote]

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