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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The mailing address for 22153 is Springfield, not West Springfield.  [b]There are just some people who want to distinguish the wealthier part of Springfield from the areas with more Hispanics and Vietnamese.[/b] [/quote]

You are incorrect (bolded part)

http://maps.google.com/maps?psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46471029,d.dmQ&biw=1366&bih=605&wrapid=tlif136867771705010&q=west+springfield+va&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89b64d7cf1f3a015:0xda913f7675744e0a,West+Springfield,+VA&gl=us&sa=X&ei=WF2UUcKPI8i60QGe_YDoCA&ved=0CIsBELYD

And the mailing address for 22152 is also Springfield, not West Springfield.  So what is your point.  That is a nasty generalization for you to make.

West Springfield basically refers to the neighborhoods and schools that feed into [i][b]West Springfield [/b][/i]High School.  This area runs down Old Keene Mill Road, starting around the Daventry and Cardinal Forest communities (basically St. Bernadette's Catholic church) and goes into the outermost feeder schools for West Springfield HS, which include Orange Hunt, Hunt Valley and Sangster.  The neighborhoods in Springfield feed into Lee HS.  They are also more retail/urban-ish, while West Springfield is 100% suburban residential, with hardly a restaurant or store to speak of.

Many of those areas, particularly the Cardinal Forest area, are plenty diverse.  The designation has nothing to do with folks trying to separate themselves from the less affluent areas of Springfield proper.  It has everything to do with the neighborhoods being very similar in housing and schools, and all of them feeding into West Springfield High School.

You obviously are not familiar with the area or you would know this already without having to make it about race or income.
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