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I already owned you, as another pp pointed out, but since you clearly have masochistic tendencies, allow me to continue to beat you down.
1) Both peer groups are strong. Again, you're bragging about a cherry. To keep a fruit metaphor going, Yorktown/McLean is an apples to apples comparison. You may wish to insist yours is a Pink Lady and Yorktown is a Braeburn, but whatever. That's your neurosis and it's immaterial.
2) No one, and I repeat NO ONE takes U.S. News's high school rankings as a reliable arbiter of anything. I guess it makes sense that you do, since you appear to lack any critical thinking skills.
3) No, no, no, no, no, no. We're not talking about "selling points" of Arlington. You initially implied McLean students/schools were better because more of them got into TJ. You were asserting academic superiority. You don't get to change your argument now and say the relatively fewer number of slots is not a "selling" point. Don't forget that Arlington has HB Woodlawn, too, which is equally as desireable as TJ, and not open to anyone but Arlington students.
4) Your peculiar obsession with million dollar homes as a measure of something positive continues. Allow me to put some things in context:
22207 has exactly 6.6 square miles of acreage. It has a total of 12,316 homes and condos. The median household value is $690,782.
22101 has 14 square miles of acreage and a similar number of homes and condos. The median household value is $794,489.
Given the value of land around here, the fact that 22101 is more than twice as large as 22207 accounts for the $100,000 differential.
The demographics are likewise identical. So, basically you're resting your entire case on a marginal difference in home values that is attributable to the land. 
Genius.[/quote]

People in Arlington usually work for people who live in DC or McLean.  This is just one more example.  Consider yourself not just owned, but fired.

BTW, no one considers HB Woodlawn as "desireable" as TJ, outside of a few Lab School types in Arlington.  And next time, learn to spell.   
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