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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do people on this board have any idea of the level of development planned in south Arlington? Both affordable and market rate? It is all on county website. Thousands of new apartments. What I cannot understand is why this county allows all this development but does not plan for the infrastructure to support it.

Oh, and Barcroft apartment is from a practical perspective a CAF. In order for the owner to renovate and expand the units to hold more bedrooms a couple years ago they had to commit to keep it "affordable." So, the family will remain a slum lord indefinitely.

and what about the crime in west arlington? Prostitution is a regular thing around Arlington Mill and the strip mall across the street? And we wonder why no one wants to be a tenant in the community center. Robberies and assaults are a regular thing not only along the Pike, but into the single family neighborhoods as well.

No choice but to choice school route. Otherwise, people like me who can afford to leave will leave. The county does not care what happens to the single family homes say in Douglas park or barcroft. They will just make it "affordable". People like me spend money in south Arlington, north folks do not.. People like me making almost $200k a year and one kid living in a fabulous house help keep places in business and stay involved in the community and PTAs. If the county gave a crap, they would listen to people like me. [/quote]

You make an interesting point.  One that I've seen over on the MD boards talkng about the east /west disparities in montgomery county.  Namely, shouldn't they be trying to encourage the middle class residents to stick with the local schools to bring SES balance to the demographics?  Wouldn't that Be the key to providing better outcomes for everyone?  From what I can glean of the decision making in Montgomery County, they're scrambling so hard just to have enough facilities to accommodate everyone that they really don't care if you're happy with the system.  In fact, it's not an altogether bad outcome if you move or go private - because omg there's no room!  South Arlington's plight has some similarities.  I think it's been an open secret for a long time that if you want great schooks, you move to N Arlington, and with overcrowding, the demographic makeup of the studnt population of any given school takes back burner to the issue of space.  I agree with you that you are the exact kind of family they should be trying to keep in the south, but it's too nuanced to make it's way into the actual and final decision making.  Feel your pain....[/quote]

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