Anonymous
05/25/2016 19:32
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This. This. This! Even after that budget debacle, I'd still take FCPS any day.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well, because People's Republic of Maryland isn't for everyone. Keep your high taxes and schools-getting-ruined to yourselves.Anonymous wrote:I really don't know why you would choose GF over Potomac. In P you get easy access to Whole Foods, schools, etc.
Yes, and FCPS is thriving. Do they put something in the water that people cannot see how much FCPS has degraded even in the last 10 years?
SATs in FCPS are up and there were a record number of NMSFs last year. Meanwhile SATs in MCPS dropped over 25 points last year and Starr was forced out. Meanwhile APS has no clue where kids will go to school in five years. FCPS looks very good these days.
Yeah, what's a $75m budget deficit? Chump change.
That "deficit" was eliminated. Come back when MCPS has raised its scores and APS has built 5,000 more seats. Until then, GF residents will enjoy a renovated Langley, with top scores and added capacity.
Anonymous
05/25/2016 15:34
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
Anonymous wrote:This. This. This! Even after that budget debacle, I'd still take FCPS any day.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well, because People's Republic of Maryland isn't for everyone. Keep your high taxes and schools-getting-ruined to yourselves.Anonymous wrote:I really don't know why you would choose GF over Potomac. In P you get easy access to Whole Foods, schools, etc.
Yes, and FCPS is thriving. Do they put something in the water that people cannot see how much FCPS has degraded even in the last 10 years?
SATs in FCPS are up and there were a record number of NMSFs last year. Meanwhile SATs in MCPS dropped over 25 points last year and Starr was forced out. Meanwhile APS has no clue where kids will go to school in five years. FCPS looks very good these days.
Yeah, what's a $75m budget deficit? Chump change.
Anonymous
05/25/2016 15:32
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This place sucks prices dropping like bad at a rave
Where do you live and what sort of house is it? Sorry if having nice houses on larger lots is offensive.
+1
BAM! NICE!
Anonymous
05/25/2016 15:31
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:McLean's downtown seemed impersonal. No character. Are there community events- Halloween Parade, Easter Egg hunts, etc... Doesn't seem homey to me. I'd rather more rural, more community.Anonymous wrote:Pros: Top schools, pretty neighborhood, big lots/houses, prestigious, quiet, great parks, safe, like-minded population.
Cons: Isolated, septic tanks, commute to/from downtown DC can be long during rush hour.
I would prefer upper McLean, but Great Falls is a fantastic place to live. You have to take the pros with the cons of being a little further out.
+1
Nicer people in GF, too.
Case in point.
Anonymous
05/25/2016 14:58
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
Anonymous wrote:Skews old. Check census data online it's an oldsters place, relative to other zip codes at similar price points (tho there aren't too many that meet that description)
Of course it does. Who else can afford to live there? It is not a starter house community.
Anonymous
05/25/2016 14:53
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
Anonymous wrote:What's going on with River Bend Park?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Pros: Top schools, pretty neighborhood, big lots/houses, prestigious, quiet, great parks, safe, like-minded population.
Cons: Isolated, septic tanks, commute to/from downtown DC can be long during rush hour.
I would prefer upper McLean, but Great Falls is a fantastic place to live. You have to take the pros with the cons of being a little further out.
parks great no more...full of illegals! Evey try to visit River Bend Park lately?
Nothing.
My house backs up to it. We walk through it all the time - absolutely nothing is wrong with it.
Anonymous
05/25/2016 14:02
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
Anonymous wrote:This place sucks prices dropping like bad at a rave
Where do you live and what sort of house is it? Sorry if having nice houses on larger lots is offensive.
Anonymous
05/25/2016 13:43
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:McLean's downtown seemed impersonal. No character. Are there community events- Halloween Parade, Easter Egg hunts, etc... Doesn't seem homey to me. I'd rather more rural, more community.Anonymous wrote:Pros: Top schools, pretty neighborhood, big lots/houses, prestigious, quiet, great parks, safe, like-minded population.
Cons: Isolated, septic tanks, commute to/from downtown DC can be long during rush hour.
I would prefer upper McLean, but Great Falls is a fantastic place to live. You have to take the pros with the cons of being a little further out.
+1
Nicer people in GF, too.
Anonymous
05/25/2016 13:43
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
This. This. This! Even after that budget debacle, I'd still take FCPS any day.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well, because People's Republic of Maryland isn't for everyone. Keep your high taxes and schools-getting-ruined to yourselves.Anonymous wrote:I really don't know why you would choose GF over Potomac. In P you get easy access to Whole Foods, schools, etc.
Yes, and FCPS is thriving. Do they put something in the water that people cannot see how much FCPS has degraded even in the last 10 years?
SATs in FCPS are up and there were a record number of NMSFs last year. Meanwhile SATs in MCPS dropped over 25 points last year and Starr was forced out. Meanwhile APS has no clue where kids will go to school in five years. FCPS looks very good these days.
Anonymous
05/25/2016 13:41
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
What's going on with River Bend Park?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Pros: Top schools, pretty neighborhood, big lots/houses, prestigious, quiet, great parks, safe, like-minded population.
Cons: Isolated, septic tanks, commute to/from downtown DC can be long during rush hour.
I would prefer upper McLean, but Great Falls is a fantastic place to live. You have to take the pros with the cons of being a little further out.
parks great no more...full of illegals! Evey try to visit River Bend Park lately?
Anonymous
05/25/2016 12:34
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
Anonymous wrote:McLean's downtown seemed impersonal. No character. Are there community events- Halloween Parade, Easter Egg hunts, etc... Doesn't seem homey to me. I'd rather more rural, more community.Anonymous wrote:Pros: Top schools, pretty neighborhood, big lots/houses, prestigious, quiet, great parks, safe, like-minded population.
Cons: Isolated, septic tanks, commute to/from downtown DC can be long during rush hour.
I would prefer upper McLean, but Great Falls is a fantastic place to live. You have to take the pros with the cons of being a little further out.
+1
Nicer people in GF, too.
Anonymous
05/25/2016 12:24
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well, because People's Republic of Maryland isn't for everyone. Keep your high taxes and schools-getting-ruined to yourselves.Anonymous wrote:I really don't know why you would choose GF over Potomac. In P you get easy access to Whole Foods, schools, etc.
Yes, and FCPS is thriving. Do they put something in the water that people cannot see how much FCPS has degraded even in the last 10 years?
SATs in FCPS are up and there were a record number of NMSFs last year. Meanwhile SATs in MCPS dropped over 25 points last year and Starr was forced out. Meanwhile APS has no clue where kids will go to school in five years. FCPS looks very good these days.
Anonymous
05/25/2016 12:04
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
Anonymous wrote:Well, because People's Republic of Maryland isn't for everyone. Keep your high taxes and schools-getting-ruined to yourselves.Anonymous wrote:I really don't know why you would choose GF over Potomac. In P you get easy access to Whole Foods, schools, etc.
Yes, and FCPS is thriving. Do they put something in the water that people cannot see how much FCPS has degraded even in the last 10 years?
Anonymous
05/25/2016 11:08
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
Anonymous wrote:Pros: Top schools, pretty neighborhood, big lots/houses, prestigious, quiet, great parks, safe, like-minded population.
Cons: Isolated, septic tanks, commute to/from downtown DC can be long during rush hour.
I would prefer upper McLean, but Great Falls is a fantastic place to live. You have to take the pros with the cons of being a little further out.
parks great no more...full of illegals! Evey try to visit River Bend Park lately?
Anonymous
05/25/2016 11:04
Subject: Pros and Cons of Great Falls, VA?
McLean's downtown seemed impersonal. No character. Are there community events- Halloween Parade, Easter Egg hunts, etc... Doesn't seem homey to me. I'd rather more rural, more community.Anonymous wrote:Pros: Top schools, pretty neighborhood, big lots/houses, prestigious, quiet, great parks, safe, like-minded population.
Cons: Isolated, septic tanks, commute to/from downtown DC can be long during rush hour.
I would prefer upper McLean, but Great Falls is a fantastic place to live. You have to take the pros with the cons of being a little further out.