To get the discussion back on track for OP.

If you plan to use public schools and city services, FCC is a no brainer. It’s pricier than Alexandria overall with higher taxes but you pay for those services and the almost private school.

If you like waterfront living and a lot of retail within walking distance go Old Town.

Crime is substantially higher in Alexandria but won’t impact you much if you live near Old Town. Del Ray has both flooding and crime issues so would avoid even though it’s charming.

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Anonymous wrote:I dislike both. Falls Church City is nice but their tax is way too high. Falls Church that belongs to FFX is rough and has bad schools, Alexandria has horrible horrible schools. Go to Alexandria if you send kids to private schools.

Please describe, with objective evidence, exactly why Alexandria city has universally “horrible horrible schools.” This is a tired DCUM trope. See the longer post above somebody made about city schools and how the “rankings” tend to destroy schools that happen to serve non-native English speaking and lower SES families. There’s a lot of truth there.

My kid graduated in 2018 from TC- Public all the way through. Offered admissions to UPenn and Cornell. Went to Stanford. I love it when they trash TC. It makes my child's accomplishments seem so much bigger.

Right. You realize your son only stood out because of TC's demographics, right? If your son had attended Episcopal or SSSAS or a DC private school like most MC and UMC kids in Alexandria, your son would have been 1 of 500 similar kids, not 1 of 10. Your son's "accomplishment" isn't that much of an "accomplishment."

Imagine being so butt hurt about a city's reputation that you try to claim that graduating from Stanford is NBD.

Oooff. I'm actually embarrassed for you.

And the rest of us are embarrassed by you. There is a difference. You're in the worse position actually.

You're embarrassed for the person who raised a child that gained admission to UPenn, Cornell and Stanford? Are you sure you now what that word means?

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Anonymous wrote:I dislike both. Falls Church City is nice but their tax is way too high. Falls Church that belongs to FFX is rough and has bad schools, Alexandria has horrible horrible schools. Go to Alexandria if you send kids to private schools.

Please describe, with objective evidence, exactly why Alexandria city has universally “horrible horrible schools.” This is a tired DCUM trope. See the longer post above somebody made about city schools and how the “rankings” tend to destroy schools that happen to serve non-native English speaking and lower SES families. There’s a lot of truth there.

My kid graduated in 2018 from TC- Public all the way through. Offered admissions to UPenn and Cornell. Went to Stanford. I love it when they trash TC. It makes my child's accomplishments seem so much bigger.

Right. You realize your son only stood out because of TC's demographics, right? If your son had attended Episcopal or SSSAS or a DC private school like most MC and UMC kids in Alexandria, your son would have been 1 of 500 similar kids, not 1 of 10. Your son's "accomplishment" isn't that much of an "accomplishment."

Imagine being so butt hurt about a city's reputation that you try to claim that graduating from Stanford is NBD.

Oooff. I'm actually embarrassed for you.

And the rest of us are embarrassed by you. There is a difference. You're in the worse position actually.

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Anonymous wrote:I dislike both. Falls Church City is nice but their tax is way too high. Falls Church that belongs to FFX is rough and has bad schools, Alexandria has horrible horrible schools. Go to Alexandria if you send kids to private schools.

Please describe, with objective evidence, exactly why Alexandria city has universally “horrible horrible schools.” This is a tired DCUM trope. See the longer post above somebody made about city schools and how the “rankings” tend to destroy schools that happen to serve non-native English speaking and lower SES families. There’s a lot of truth there.

My kid graduated in 2018 from TC- Public all the way through. Offered admissions to UPenn and Cornell. Went to Stanford. I love it when they trash TC. It makes my child's accomplishments seem so much bigger.

Right. You realize your son only stood out because of TC's demographics, right? If your son had attended Episcopal or SSSAS or a DC private school like most MC and UMC kids in Alexandria, your son would have been 1 of 500 similar kids, not 1 of 10. Your son's "accomplishment" isn't that much of an "accomplishment."

Imagine being so butt hurt about a city's reputation that you try to claim that graduating from Stanford is NBD.

Oooff. I'm actually embarrassed for you.

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Anonymous wrote:I dislike both. Falls Church City is nice but their tax is way too high. Falls Church that belongs to FFX is rough and has bad schools, Alexandria has horrible horrible schools. Go to Alexandria if you send kids to private schools.

Please describe, with objective evidence, exactly why Alexandria city has universally “horrible horrible schools.” This is a tired DCUM trope. See the longer post above somebody made about city schools and how the “rankings” tend to destroy schools that happen to serve non-native English speaking and lower SES families. There’s a lot of truth there.

My kid graduated in 2018 from TC- Public all the way through. Offered admissions to UPenn and Cornell. Went to Stanford. I love it when they trash TC. It makes my child's accomplishments seem so much bigger.

It's actually a legitimate strategy to be a superstar at a bad school. Much better admission odds.

Anonymous wrote:Right. You realize your son only stood out because of TC's demographics, right? If your son had attended Episcopal or SSSAS or a DC private school like most MC and UMC kids in Alexandria, your son would have been 1 of 500 similar kids, not 1 of 10. Your son's "accomplishment" isn't that much of an "accomplishment."

Bahahahaa, you've just won the outrageously entitled out-of-touch with humanity snob award.

You must shake your fists at the sky when you realize mere plebeians get to breath the air you breath.

Keep on ragging on parents who are proud of their kids for all the right reasons. Stanford has a 5% acceptance rate. It is indeed a total "accomplishment.

Moron

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Anonymous wrote:I dislike both. Falls Church City is nice but their tax is way too high. Falls Church that belongs to FFX is rough and has bad schools, Alexandria has horrible horrible schools. Go to Alexandria if you send kids to private schools.

Please describe, with objective evidence, exactly why Alexandria city has universally “horrible horrible schools.” This is a tired DCUM trope. See the longer post above somebody made about city schools and how the “rankings” tend to destroy schools that happen to serve non-native English speaking and lower SES families. There’s a lot of truth there.

My kid graduated in 2018 from TC- Public all the way through. Offered admissions to UPenn and Cornell. Went to Stanford. I love it when they trash TC. It makes my child's accomplishments seem so much bigger.

Right. You realize your son only stood out because of TC's demographics, right? If your son had attended Episcopal or SSSAS or a DC private school like most MC and UMC kids in Alexandria, your son would have been 1 of 500 similar kids, not 1 of 10. Your son's "accomplishment" isn't that much of an "accomplishment."

Where did the PP say the kid was a boy?

I like Alexandria itself but I hate what our Mayor and his cronies have done to the place. And I am livid about the coverup about the brutal rape and sodomy of a 14-year-old girl that occurred in the high school in October. Again, our Mayor and his cronies in action.

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+1. Alexandria is more of a Tier 2 place to buy houses similar to Springfield and Burke.

This post may win Troll of the month. Or it’s the person who keeps saying the internet service is ruining his/her entire life and breaking Alexandria. Probably doesn’t want any more people moving here who may drive up property taxes.

You seem to have no awareness of what's happening around you. Over the past two or three days, how many posts have there been on ND complaining about Comcast? I haven't counted but I would bet it is in the hundreds.

I like Alexandria itself but I hate what our Mayor and his cronies have done to the place. And I am livid about the coverup about the brutal rape and sodomy of a 14-year-old girl that occurred in the high school in October. Again, our Mayor and his cronies in action.

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Anonymous wrote:I dislike both. Falls Church City is nice but their tax is way too high. Falls Church that belongs to FFX is rough and has bad schools, Alexandria has horrible horrible schools. Go to Alexandria if you send kids to private schools.

Please describe, with objective evidence, exactly why Alexandria city has universally “horrible horrible schools.” This is a tired DCUM trope. See the longer post above somebody made about city schools and how the “rankings” tend to destroy schools that happen to serve non-native English speaking and lower SES families. There’s a lot of truth there.

My kid graduated in 2018 from TC- Public all the way through. Offered admissions to UPenn and Cornell. Went to Stanford. I love it when they trash TC. It makes my child's accomplishments seem so much bigger.

Right. You realize your son only stood out because of TC's demographics, right? If your son had attended Episcopal or SSSAS or a DC private school like most MC and UMC kids in Alexandria, your son would have been 1 of 500 similar kids, not 1 of 10. Your son's "accomplishment" isn't that much of an "accomplishment."

the truth seems that people who overpaid to live next to a pizza shop and coffee stand in Alexandria are sensitive to the fact that they bought a home in backup market.

Housing desirability is always: Bethesda/Chevy Chase / N. Arlington / McClean / FCC - priority essentially based on what makes sense for commute when considering suburbs

Everything else is an option if you cannot get enough square footage.

Anonymous wrote:Alexandria craps all over Ballsack Church. Is this a serious question or a troll post OP?

Well, that was highly intelligent with some great reasoning and logic.

Is this a serious comment or a troll post?

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Anonymous wrote:Alexandria has some beautiful parts near the water and the historic Old Town areas that FCC lacks. Alexandria outside Old Town is not walkable and lacks metro (people drive and park).

FCC has better schools, city services, safety, better walk ability (other than Old Town) but is more expensive and higher taxes.

But like a PP said, not comparable markets. People select between FCC, Mclean, North Arlington and Alexandria is not really in that mix.

Uhhhh have you ever been to Alexandria? I live in Del Ray, walkscore 88.

Hi Neighbor!

PP is a troll that surfaces every time Alexandria gets mentioned. I'm pretty sure his ex took off with a guy from Del Ray.

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Anonymous wrote:Alexandria has some beautiful parts near the water and the historic Old Town areas that FCC lacks. Alexandria outside Old Town is not walkable and lacks metro (people drive and park).

FCC has better schools, city services, safety, better walk ability (other than Old Town) but is more expensive and higher taxes.

But like a PP said, not comparable markets. People select between FCC, Mclean, North Arlington and Alexandria is not really in that mix.

Agree, Alexandria is not in the mix of places like that plus Bethesda and Chevy Chase. Old Town is a special market of course, and I love the landscape there, but the rest of Alexandria is whatever.

Sure, if you like endless blocks of suburban-feeling houses with very few side walks than Bethesda, CC, McLean Fairfax etc are great options

Anonymous wrote:Alexandria has some beautiful parts near the water and the historic Old Town areas that FCC lacks. Alexandria outside Old Town is not walkable and lacks metro (people drive and park).

FCC has better schools, city services, safety, better walk ability (other than Old Town) but is more expensive and higher taxes.

But like a PP said, not comparable markets. People select between FCC, Mclean, North Arlington and Alexandria is not really in that mix.

Agree, Alexandria is not in the mix of places like that plus Bethesda and Chevy Chase. Old Town is a special market of course, and I love the landscape there, but the rest of Alexandria is whatever.