Thats as accurate as I can say.
It surprised me a bit as I'd always understood it as they had always lived in the same place, and that RW and RT had grown up together. I totally get that 5 years or so is a lifetime to teenagers, but its more the way the families talked that made me think they, RT & RW, had been around each other forever. Im not sure it matters but it was just one of those things I found out later and it surprised me.
If it wouldn't matter, it would be transparent.
Some time ago i learned that Renee and Rachel weren't next door neighbors as I was led to believe. So i assumed that they must be in the past, before A's moved, and that A's were friends with W's.
Nope. Nope. Nope.
Not friends, acquaintances who were occasionally through the A's neighbors.
Not next door neighbors ever.
They moved to FW from elsewhere... and it looks like they moved their business to FW before they moved.
But they all ended up keeping some possibly relevant info out of the spotlight.
Like why it's a mystery where the A's and W's boys were that day?
Why Julie's dad is portrayed as a distant father who abandoned the family started new life elsewhere, not interested in his kids anymore?
It seems that he lived very close WITH JULIE, taking care of her, and allegedly not supporting the other two kids while their mother struggled to earn enough to cover their basic needs?
Not hinting at their involvement but it'd make everything much clearer if it was known if they had a chance to whitness something or interacted with those who did - or if they were completely elsewhere.