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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As soon as we found out I was pregnant, we started looking in DC.  We had been renting in Alexandria and decided once we were pregnant we would buy.

This is not to be a VA bashing, but for us - we couldn't stand the thought of raising our child in VA.  We were renting in VA, because it was cheap.  We just felt like it was so boring.  Everyone was exactly the same.  [b]There was no diversity (color, SES, international families, anything...[/b])  We had to drive everywhere and just didn't like it.

We looked in DC and felt it fit our lives and our lifestyle better.  We've never looked back.[/quote]

I don't live in VA, but this is not true. VA might be segregated, and if you're being honest, you'll realize that DC is, too.[/quote]

I can't speak for the entire DC, but I live in a very diverse neighborhood.  It's been very good and interesting and challenging.

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Which part of NoVA are you referring to? I live in Alexandria city which has a population of 27% African-born residents. That's not African heritage or total immigrant population; that's 27% of Alexandrians were born in Africa. [/quote]

Again, I don't claim to speak for all of Alexandria or all of the experiences of people living in Alexandria and why they want to live there or leave.  In our neighborhood, there was very little diversity.  Everyone was white, everyone was upper middle class and most people were born in Virginia or somewhere close by.  That was not something we were interested in growing our child around.  Also, all the families were typical one father/one mother families.  I wanted to expose my child to a more diverse way of thinking about people.

In our neighborhood now, of her four best friends, only one was actually born in this country.  All speak different languages at home and on any given day, she is learning different cultures.  Color is not as important to me as is the fact that she learns about the world outside of her own.

This was the best choice for our small family of 3, your family may have made a better choice - and that is great.  There is no reason why all of our families can't be happy with our choices.[/quote]

I don't live in Alexandria, but I do live in Fairfax County and I invite you to my diverse neighborhood.  We are the only "white" two parent family on our street.  My wife is from Russia so she too, like our neighbors, is an immigrant.  My neighbors on one side of my house are from India.  On the other side of my house, my neighbors are from Mexico. And across the street, is a Vietnamese family.  All these are intact, 2 parent families.  Everyone on the street know one another and looks out for each other as well.  If my DD is doing something she's not supposed to, you believe sure as hell I am going to know about it.

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