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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I were in your shoes, I would choose (based on current friends and local knowledge in Arlington alone)

-Williamsburg/Yorktown neighborhoods.. Once the new elementary school is built, the schools won't be as over-crowded and you "hopefully" don't have to worry about getting rezoned for elementary, middle or high schools.

-Lyon Village - in Clarendon - amazing location with restaurants, bars, tons of parks all within walking distance. Great schools, but some complain about the bar-crawls seeping into their neighborhoods.. not sure I would want to have teenagers in that area.

other neighborhoods are supposed to be fantastic as well: Cherrydale, Jamestown/Country Club Hills, Donaldsun Run. I just am not as knowledgeable about these locations. [/quote]

Don't bother with anything in Arlington.  Expensive, overrated, and poor value for the money for anyone working in Reston.[/quote]

It's a reverse commute to Reston, and if there are children in the school system, Arlington fits the bill for most of what the OP is looking for. There are amazing sports, after school activities and enrichments, and an amazing community feel in all the schools. Not to mention tons of restaurants across all cultures and tastes. [/quote]

Not really a reverse commute because Tysons is a major job center in its own right.  And Arlington is expenisve and it's just a pain to deal with all the parents trying to get their kids into the same activities, which are in comparatively short supply in Arlington because, until recently, there weren't so many kids there.  The restaurants in Arlington aren't that good, and the cultural mixing is far greater in Fairfax and Loudoun.  Arlington is much more polarized between the virtually all-white "haves" in North Arlington and the heavily minority "have-nots" in South Arlington, compared to the other counties.  Just a really bad suggestion for the OP, who can do better further west where she wouldn't be competing for everything with people commuting to DC. [/quote]

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