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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re: Crime and bars on windows.

OP, where do you live now? In a big city, even nice areas have crime. In AU Park (which is a very nice neighborhood), there have been a number of daytime burglaries. I have an acquaintance that got mugged at gunpoint at Cleveland Park (another very nice neighborhood) a few years back. The Hill and Dupont have their fair share of crime. Basically, nowhere is 100% safe and crime free.

As to bars - our house in a pricy area of the Hill had bars on windows when we bought it and I was quite happy about it. Not to mention that it's been our practice to install bars on basement windows whenever we live if they weren't there already, just in case. That has nothing to do with the area being high crime. It's just a sensible precaution in the big city. [/quote]

Yeah, I think the OP should consider much safer schools in suburban areas.  You can never go wrong with quiet places away from the hustle and bustle of the city.  You know, quiet places like suburban Denver, maybe in the Columbine Valley.  Or maybe the countryside outside of New York, somewhere like Newtown, Connecticut.  When your child is ready for college you can send them to a bucolic school like Virginia Tech.

Too on the nose?  How about this one:

http://science.time.com/2013/07/23/in-town-versus-country-it-turns-out-that-cities-are-the-safest-places-to-live/

Let me scream it from the mountaintop:

IF YOU ARE TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR CHILD'S SAFETY, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO IS NEVER LET THEM GET INTO A CAR.  THAT WILL BE BY FAR THE MOST LIKELY WAY THEY WILL DIE OR BE SERIOUSLY HURT BEFORE THE AGE OF 18.[/quote]

OP is looking for a place walkable to metro.[/quote]

I think you missed the joke in the second post you quoted, 15:50. [/quote]

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