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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Too white & insular [/quote]

As compared to say Bethesda? [/quote]

Yes. It’s a rare thing nationally-speaking how we have such high-performing, racially diverse schools in the DMV. [/quote]

Have you been there recently? Way more diverse than it used to be. I grew up there and it was super white with a sprinkling of South and East Asians. (Also lots of Jews; we are Jewish and it's why my parents picked that area over others, for the community. The Jewish community is still very strong there.) Now I go back to visit family and see much more variety of people and also more people out walking. Car was king when I was a kid, except for kids who didn't have cars - you never saw an adult walking to do errands and now you do. Though not as much as Bethesda or Arlington where things are closer together.

I love Philly. Grew up in the close-in suburbs, worked in Center City for a few years as an adult. If I didn't have a government job tying me to DC, I'd move back in a heartbeat. Though probably not to the Main Line because I can't shake that snooty image from my youth. Probably to Swarthmore or Media or Wyndmoor. Which are probably almost as snooty but at least I wouldn't be re-living my childhood.[/quote]

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