Hispanic is not a race, so the PP who pointed out the high percentage of Hispanics is not a racist based simply on that data point.

Unless the person calling him a racist presumes that all Hispanics are a certain race, which is wrong, which just might be racist. Then again, it's thrown around so much by people, it has pretty much lost any heft. You say racist, I say you are losing the discussion or do not want to engage with some potentially unpleasant facts. (Or maybe not--I've yet to see a really terrible Arlington school, and my kids do go to a Spanish immersion school there. Biggest problem seems to be that the hispanic kids mostly have all learned too much English, although not at the same level.)

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Anonymous wrote:The reality is sinking in that single family home living is probably beyond our budget, at least if we're going to live in something other than a tear down. Are there any townhouse communities with families/kids? We want the great schools in Arlington, but we don't want to totally sacrifice the community/neighbors-with-kids feel. Any suggestions???

Look at Fairlington. Some of the units are huge and it's been a family neighborhood since it was built for returning GI's and their baby-boom kids in the late 40s

Bad school unless you are ok with a Spanish immersion program and opt into that school.

If you're referring to Abingdon, it's not a "bad school," nor does it run a Spanish immersion program anymore. Your information is 10 years old, and sounds just a little bit racist.

http://www.apsva.us/domain/187

+1 Abingdon is a lovely school.

Oh there's Spanish immersion

Hispanic 48%
http://www.greatschools.org/virginia/arlington/110-Abingdon-Elementary-School/

Racist

Just looked at the link I think the poster forgot to explain why

Hispanic 48%
White 23%
Black 16%

students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program 54%

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Anonymous wrote:The reality is sinking in that single family home living is probably beyond our budget, at least if we're going to live in something other than a tear down. Are there any townhouse communities with families/kids? We want the great schools in Arlington, but we don't want to totally sacrifice the community/neighbors-with-kids feel. Any suggestions???

Look at Fairlington. Some of the units are huge and it's been a family neighborhood since it was built for returning GI's and their baby-boom kids in the late 40s

Bad school unless you are ok with a Spanish immersion program and opt into that school.

If you're referring to Abingdon, it's not a "bad school," nor does it run a Spanish immersion program anymore. Your information is 10 years old, and sounds just a little bit racist.

http://www.apsva.us/domain/187

+1 Abingdon is a lovely school.

Oh there's Spanish immersion

Hispanic 48%
http://www.greatschools.org/virginia/arlington/110-Abingdon-Elementary-School/

Racist

Just looked at the link I think the poster forgot to explain why

Hispanic 48%
White 23%
Black 16%

Look into Long Branch Creek, my neighbor just put house up, open house tomorrow I think. Right off of 395 and Glebe

We live in a 4 br townhouse in south Arlington, zoned for Henry and near Walter Reed community center, with 2 kids ages 4 and 2. We are one of 3 families in our small townhouse development. We frequently go to playgrounds, walk to library and Penrose square. Works for us.

THsin Arlington are of course cheaper than the surrounding area SFHs given that the land footprint is smaller for the same sq footage TH vs SFH.

That doesn't of course mean cheap...our 3000+ sq ft TH would likely nudge a million, but the same size, same finish SFH would likely be 40-50% more depending on the property parcel.

When we bought two years ago, we figured having the more spacious home was more important to us than a big plot of land...instead of a yard we use local parks and are glad to be walkable to metro and amenities.

If you're willing to look outside of Arlington, there's a great townhouse neighborhood in Falls Church called Pinewood Greens. It is full of kids and young families, and the neighborhood kids fill an entire school bus. The neighborhood has a pool and playgrounds, and Jefferson District Park is at the entrance to the neighborhood (tennis courts, basketball courts, a full golf course, mini-golf, playground, etc). We feel like we have everything we could ever want in our backyard.

You'll find many THs in the southwestern quadrant by Lee and Glebe. Elem schools feed into Glebe elem I believe.

Anonymous wrote:Arlington is going down hard I would look at other metro accessible sfh homes with good schools.

LOL!!!!

It's an option if your budget falls between the 400k and under condos and the 750k and up houses. I have a good -sized townhouse in N. Arlington, but the ones in my development (70s-era, but big) go for 600k. If you want the super nice and new ones, those cost as much as a SFH.

My only advice in Arlington is you want dedicated parking, or else your life can be hell.

Look at Fairlington. Some of the units are huge and it's been a family neighborhood since it was built for returning GI's and their baby-boom kids in the late 40s

LOVE Fairlington. But "huge"? noooooo.

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Anonymous wrote:The reality is sinking in that single family home living is probably beyond our budget, at least if we're going to live in something other than a tear down. Are there any townhouse communities with families/kids? We want the great schools in Arlington, but we don't want to totally sacrifice the community/neighbors-with-kids feel. Any suggestions???

Look at Fairlington. Some of the units are huge and it's been a family neighborhood since it was built for returning GI's and their baby-boom kids in the late 40s

Bad school unless you are ok with a Spanish immersion program and opt into that school.

If you're referring to Abingdon, it's not a "bad school," nor does it run a Spanish immersion program anymore. Your information is 10 years old, and sounds just a little bit racist.

http://www.apsva.us/domain/187

+1 Abingdon is a lovely school.

Oh there's Spanish immersion

Hispanic 48%
http://www.greatschools.org/virginia/arlington/110-Abingdon-Elementary-School/

Racist

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Anonymous wrote:The reality is sinking in that single family home living is probably beyond our budget, at least if we're going to live in something other than a tear down. Are there any townhouse communities with families/kids? We want the great schools in Arlington, but we don't want to totally sacrifice the community/neighbors-with-kids feel. Any suggestions???

Look at Fairlington. Some of the units are huge and it's been a family neighborhood since it was built for returning GI's and their baby-boom kids in the late 40s

Bad school unless you are ok with a Spanish immersion program and opt into that school.

If you're referring to Abingdon, it's not a "bad school," nor does it run a Spanish immersion program anymore. Your information is 10 years old, and sounds just a little bit racist.

http://www.apsva.us/domain/187

+1 Abingdon is a lovely school.

Oh there's Spanish immersion

Hispanic 48%
http://www.greatschools.org/virginia/arlington/110-Abingdon-Elementary-School/

What is your budget? A lot of the townhouse communities in Arlington are filled with families with children (they do tend to be younger children though). I can give you some suggestions if I know your budget.

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Anonymous wrote:The reality is sinking in that single family home living is probably beyond our budget, at least if we're going to live in something other than a tear down. Are there any townhouse communities with families/kids? We want the great schools in Arlington, but we don't want to totally sacrifice the community/neighbors-with-kids feel. Any suggestions???

Look at Fairlington. Some of the units are huge and it's been a family neighborhood since it was built for returning GI's and their baby-boom kids in the late 40s

I love Fairlington, but those larger units are hard to find!