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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because life in the suburbs makes me want to spoon my eyes out.[/quote]

again selfish parents not thinking of their kids[/quote]

Why is it selfish of parents to raise their children in an urban area if they don't like the suburbs?  My husband and I enjoy city living as do our children.  We live in a condo, send our kids to a nurturing and very diverse public school, and we live within walking distance from our local grocery store, pizza place, parks, zoo, place of worship, library, coffe shop, community garden plot, sports fields and hiking creek.  My husband bikes to work, and I have a short commute.  I'm glad you like VA.  Personally, I wouldn't move there.  Get over it.[/quote]

Not PP, but I live in Arlington and I live within walking distance to all of those things, except for the zoo (of course). My commute to DC is 8 minutes without traffic and 25 with. I can walk to my office in D.C. when I'm not telecommuting. I don't have to stress about private school (which is good, because like most Arlingtonians I had my kid a little on the younger side -- 30).

I am liberal and I hate that VA is, on the whole, not. However, I think that the growth of NoVA will continue to push this state liberal (and hope that passionate liberals who move here work to make it a better place) and love the local politics of Arlington. If people choose not to live here because of the backwards folks in Richmond, I understand, but that's sort of like choosing not to live in D.C. because of the often eye-rollingly bad local politics there.

You might not want to live here, but it's a nice place to live, and is very urban along the orange line.[/quote]

Serious question, why are you on a DC school thread?  I have often wondered why there are so many VA and MD parents on this thread and can't figure out why.  Not trying to be rude, but I can't imagine ever going to the VA or MD forums.  Is it just boredom?  Curiosity?  Nosiness?[/quote]

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