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That may have been true 10 years ago. In DC, the nicer neighborhoods have some of the best (top 400) elementary schools in the country. This is driven primarily
by matchbok 7y ago
That may have been true 10 years ago. In DC, the nicer neighborhoods have some of the best (top 400) elementary schools in the country. This is driven primarily by wealthy younger couples choosing to stay in the city rather than leave for the boring burbs.
- crispyambulance 7y agoThat's certainly possible. People have been trying to figure out what threshold of gentrification is required to keep families with means from leaving. I expect it's very high in DC and hard to replicate elsewhere. That said DC is a small place surrounded by some significantly urbanized parts of Maryland and Virginia (eg Silver Spring, Alexandria, and many of the communities with metro stops).
- matchbok 7y agoVery true. We'll see how things evolve over the next few years!