You want to live near Great Falls st (some place that matriculates into Haycock, Lemon, or Kent Gardens elementary schools). Many of these houses are in walking distance of WFC metro and you are also right off of 66 (if your wife and you commute into DC together you can use 66 during rush hour). Lovely parks in the area, great schools, nice people .

Anonymous wrote:I was shocked that City of Falls Church was just recognized as the wealthiest area in the entire nation -- with a median income of $113K. I live in Falls Church (part of FX, not the city part) and I have always thought Falls Church was ghetto. I am near Falls Church High School, which is totally ghetto. Can someone tell me what area is nice, metro-accessible and has good schools?? I have never heard this.

The city itself and the areas of Fairfax Co north of the city itself.

If you're going to call Falls Church City "ghetto" I think you secretly want a 5-acre lot in Fauquier or Loudoun.

And why are you in the ghetto? It'll wear you down. Living in one of South Arlington's ghettos (*) nearly ruined my marriage (of course I'm the only one who'll admit on DCUM to moving out of an "up and coming" area.)

(*) ghetto, relatively speaking. Yes I am aware that there are worse places (parts of SE DC and innermost Prince George's.) At the same time, why should I put up with an neighborhood that doesn't meet my desires?

I was shocked that City of Falls Church was just recognized as the wealthiest area in the entire nation -- with a median income of $113K. I live in Falls Church (part of FX, not the city part) and I have always thought Falls Church was ghetto. I am near Falls Church High School, which is totally ghetto. Can someone tell me what area is nice, metro-accessible and has good schools?? I have never heard this.

Definitely Somerset if $ isn't an issue.

The neighborhoods north of lee highway surrounding Harrison St. East Falls Church metro is close, and the Harrison Street park is always packed.

Anonymous wrote:If money is truly no object, then I'd choose the area around Somerset Elementary. Schools are fantastic (Somerset, Westland, BCC), Norwood Park is great, and the houses are lovely.

If money is somewhat of an object, I'd look around Rosemary Hills Primary School, also a nice neighborhood but with more modest homes.

Um, where are these places?

Anything walking distance to any of the orange line metro stops in Arlington is probably going to meet all of your criteria. I seem to hear a lot about Lyon Village/Clarendon on dcum, but there are plenty of other really wonderful neighborhoods in the area that are slightly less expensive (only slightly, unfortunately). Friends of ours live in Highland Park-Overlee Knolls and they love it. There are tons of families and they are walking distance to the East Falls Church metro, the bike path, a couple of playgrounds, a swim club, and the Westover shopping area.

If money is truly no object, then I'd choose the area around Somerset Elementary. Schools are fantastic (Somerset, Westland, BCC), Norwood Park is great, and the houses are lovely.

If money is somewhat of an object, I'd look around Rosemary Hills Primary School, also a nice neighborhood but with more modest homes.

Greenacres, Bethesda. Right by Friendship Heights.

Janey ES/ Deal neighborhood. Metro accessible, close by parks, new modernized school for ES & MS.

Rosemont in Alexandria
Lyon Park in Arlington

These places are similiar in many ways. Check them both out.

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Anonymous wrote:Lyon Village. Clarendon.

Exactly.

I live in DC, so not a resident booster here, but if price was no object, and I was moving to the 'burbs, this is where I'd go. Hard to find a house for sale sometimes, and then it'll be (a) expensive, and (b) possibly really small, requiring an edition. But those are problems that can be solved with money.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lyon Village. Clarendon.

Exactly.

Yup. Lyon Park too (on the other side of Clarendon Blvd from Lyon Village).

Yep. Ashton Heights too!

just bought in lyon park for basically all of those reasons, although we are very commute sensitive as well. A long commute can eat up a lot of your family time and we think traffic is just going to keep getting worse

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Anonymous wrote:Lyon Village. Clarendon.

Exactly.

Yup. Lyon Park too (on the other side of Clarendon Blvd from Lyon Village).