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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people are not having as many children, nationwide, in general.[/quote]

It depends.  Recent projection was that within ~10 years over 40% of HS grads in the U.S. will have Hispanic background.   However all children born in the Americas will be outnumbered 10:1 by the children born in India and China.  Locally there will not be any low enrollment numbers, as long as Arlington builds more and more condos and apartments.  Doesn’t matter whom they’re geared to, there are many single parents with kids moving in, especially if they’re subsidized.[/quote]

A lot of people who live in single family homes think no one with a family would live in an apartment, but we know many, many families that do. And they are market rate apartments. These are people that could buy a single family further out, but choose to live in Arlington in an apartment.[/quote]

We were a middle class family living in a market rate apartment, and we were the oddballs at our Arlington school.  And no one wanted to come over for playdates because parking was a nightmare and logistics were just so complicated.  Plus no outdoor space to play.

Family orientated apartments would at least have an onsite playground and green space, usually a community room for foul weather play, etc -- these are common in Europe but don't exist in the US except maybe NYC.

The vast vast majority of families in apartments in Arlington are there because they have housing assistance and those units qualify.[/quote]

I think it's an untapped market here--condos and apartments for middle class and upper middle class families. Even townhomes should be designed and marketed to families and not just empty nesters or young professionals. Families are drawn to Arlington for various reasons, not just for the single family homes and subsidized apartments. [/quote]

We ran into two issues.

1) smells like cigarettes and pot from neighboring units

2) neighbors (DINKS often who landlords want) complained about the noise our kids playing

Not sure how that is handled in Europe or NYC[/quote]

I can answer for NYC.  The skyscrapers are very thick walled.  My direct neighbor had a baby and a toddler and I never heard them at all!  Btw they were almost all 1-Br apartments. Also Manhattan has all sizes of apartments/condos.  Many are so large they’ve got more space than most of the older single family homes here, and then there’s every size in between. You choose the building and with that your neighbors. It’s not replicable here though imo. [/quote]

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