Anonymous wrote:Near West Falls Church Metro - McLean HS or Marshall HS - is the ideal spot for those wishing to be close to Metro and zoned for top schools.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia

Thanks you!!

And thank you to everyone else as well for your informative answers.

When I lived in the Churchill/Cooper/Langley HS district a few years back, there was a Metrobus, I think it was the 15k, that drove straight down Route 123 then headed through Arlington and dropped off at either Rosslyn or Ballston. I can't remember. (And of course routes may have changed now that the Silver line is up and running). In any event, door todoor to my job at Union Station it was an hour commute. The morning commute was a breeze, got a lot of reading done, etc, and sure beat driving on The GW Parkway (which is a parking lot by about 7 am). It was a drag coming home off hours though - if I left work past 6 I'd have take a taxi home from either Ballston or West Falls Church. So the commute from McLean is significant, but in my view no more significant than coming from non-metro accessible parts of Arlington.

Near West Falls Church Metro - McLean HS or Marshall HS - is the ideal spot for those wishing to be close to Metro and zoned for top schools.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia

Anonymous wrote:I would do what you can to live as close to his work as possible. I either drop my husband at the metro or he takes an Uber. It makes more sense to only have one car and most days, it takes him less time to get into the office.



https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/6001-1st-St-N-22203/home/11241496?utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy_link&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link

This house feeds into Yorktown and is an easy bike or bus ride to Ballston. It is bigger than your desired house but also under your budget of 1 million.

Since when is that Yorktown? The listing says W-L.

Orange line/Dunn Loring feeds to Marshall and Falls Church
Orange line/Vienna feeds to Oakton and Madison. Your best bet to live near metro and good schools 1 mike around Vienna metro. All will go to Thoreau Middle and Oakton/Madison High.