What neighborhoods are best for kids?

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Anonymous wrote:Chevy Chase, DC

fails the "not so wealthy that the kids are irretrievably warped? "

I'm biased because I live there now, but most of CCDC is not the kind of wealth that results in totally out of touch kids - particularly if you send the kids to public school. The houses are expensive for what they are, but the housing stock is largely 3-4 bedroom, 2000ish sqft old builds. Some of the houses between Connecticut and Chevy Chase Blvd are bigger than that, but even still we're not talking about mansions. It largely is a UMC vibe. But schools are a huge driver of how your kids perceive wealth. Living in CCDC and sending your kids to, say, Sidwell will result in a very different outlook than a kid who goes to Lafayette/Deal/JR.

I grew up here and I went on more than one date where someone odious mansplained to me how having gone to Wilson kept them “grounded” compared to private school peers and it was sort of awful every time tbh.

Why awful? Tends to be true.

I can’t believe I have to explain this but it’s because living in CCDC and going to Wilson and living in CCDC and going to Sidwell are both very privileged upbringings with far more similarities than differences? And so it’s really gross to sit there as a young, debt free lawyer or whatever pretending that because you went to Wilson, you had a really gritty childhood? But some kids really internalize that and sort of won’t shut up about it. It’s bad to grow up in a bubble but it might be worse to grow up in a bubble but believe you didn’t.

Totally disagree. There is a very different value system in private schools versus public and school is much more influential than your neighborhood. I’m sure they weren’t all saying they had a gritty childhood, but no doubt Wilson helped keep them grounded.

I think this is silly. The schools are very similar and the families don’t have dramatically different values, with the exception of some religious schools. Do you seriously think the kid on Rittenhouse who went to private school has “very different values” than the kid on Quesada who went to public? What, specifically?

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Anonymous wrote:Chevy Chase, DC

fails the "not so wealthy that the kids are irretrievably warped? "

I'm biased because I live there now, but most of CCDC is not the kind of wealth that results in totally out of touch kids - particularly if you send the kids to public school. The houses are expensive for what they are, but the housing stock is largely 3-4 bedroom, 2000ish sqft old builds. Some of the houses between Connecticut and Chevy Chase Blvd are bigger than that, but even still we're not talking about mansions. It largely is a UMC vibe. But schools are a huge driver of how your kids perceive wealth. Living in CCDC and sending your kids to, say, Sidwell will result in a very different outlook than a kid who goes to Lafayette/Deal/JR.

I grew up here and I went on more than one date where someone odious mansplained to me how having gone to Wilson kept them “grounded” compared to private school peers and it was sort of awful every time tbh.

Why awful? Tends to be true.

I can’t believe I have to explain this but it’s because living in CCDC and going to Wilson and living in CCDC and going to Sidwell are both very privileged upbringings with far more similarities than differences? And so it’s really gross to sit there as a young, debt free lawyer or whatever pretending that because you went to Wilson, you had a really gritty childhood? But some kids really internalize that and sort of won’t shut up about it. It’s bad to grow up in a bubble but it might be worse to grow up in a bubble but believe you didn’t.

Totally disagree. There is a very different value system in private schools versus public and school is much more influential than your neighborhood. I’m sure they weren’t all saying they had a gritty childhood, but no doubt Wilson helped keep them grounded.

I went to MCPS and GDS and I totally disagree. The kids are mostly the same, especially the ones with comparable family wealth. It’s not a different world, at least not DC day schools. It’s pretty similar.

This is fascinating to me. I went to MCPS schools but played on a soccer team with kids from GDS in middle school. I was shocked by the amount of wealth and privilege. To my middle school self, it very much was a different world!

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Anonymous wrote:Chevy Chase, DC

fails the "not so wealthy that the kids are irretrievably warped? "

I'm biased because I live there now, but most of CCDC is not the kind of wealth that results in totally out of touch kids - particularly if you send the kids to public school. The houses are expensive for what they are, but the housing stock is largely 3-4 bedroom, 2000ish sqft old builds. Some of the houses between Connecticut and Chevy Chase Blvd are bigger than that, but even still we're not talking about mansions. It largely is a UMC vibe. But schools are a huge driver of how your kids perceive wealth. Living in CCDC and sending your kids to, say, Sidwell will result in a very different outlook than a kid who goes to Lafayette/Deal/JR.

I grew up here and I went on more than one date where someone odious mansplained to me how having gone to Wilson kept them “grounded” compared to private school peers and it was sort of awful every time tbh.

Why awful? Tends to be true.

I can’t believe I have to explain this but it’s because living in CCDC and going to Wilson and living in CCDC and going to Sidwell are both very privileged upbringings with far more similarities than differences? And so it’s really gross to sit there as a young, debt free lawyer or whatever pretending that because you went to Wilson, you had a really gritty childhood? But some kids really internalize that and sort of won’t shut up about it. It’s bad to grow up in a bubble but it might be worse to grow up in a bubble but believe you didn’t.

Totally disagree. There is a very different value system in private schools versus public and school is much more influential than your neighborhood. I’m sure they weren’t all saying they had a gritty childhood, but no doubt Wilson helped keep them grounded.

I went to MCPS and GDS and I totally disagree. The kids are mostly the same, especially the ones with comparable family wealth. It’s not a different world, at least not DC day schools. It’s pretty similar.

This is fascinating to me. I went to MCPS schools but played on a soccer team with kids from GDS in middle school. I was shocked by the amount of wealth and privilege. To my middle school self, it very much was a different world!

I mean, maybe you had a particularly bad draw but seriously, there weren’t any wealthy and entitled kids in your middle school? I didn’t see a lot of difference between BBC and GDS. The kids are all from the same neighborhoods, their parents have the same jobs, they go to the same colleges and play on the same club teams. How different can it be? 9th is a big entry year for GDS, or was, so maybe that made a difference.

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Glover Park

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Anonymous wrote:Chevy Chase, DC

fails the "not so wealthy that the kids are irretrievably warped? "

I'm biased because I live there now, but most of CCDC is not the kind of wealth that results in totally out of touch kids - particularly if you send the kids to public school. The houses are expensive for what they are, but the housing stock is largely 3-4 bedroom, 2000ish sqft old builds. Some of the houses between Connecticut and Chevy Chase Blvd are bigger than that, but even still we're not talking about mansions. It largely is a UMC vibe. But schools are a huge driver of how your kids perceive wealth. Living in CCDC and sending your kids to, say, Sidwell will result in a very different outlook than a kid who goes to Lafayette/Deal/JR.

I grew up here and I went on more than one date where someone odious mansplained to me how having gone to Wilson kept them “grounded” compared to private school peers and it was sort of awful every time tbh.

Why awful? Tends to be true.

I can’t believe I have to explain this but it’s because living in CCDC and going to Wilson and living in CCDC and going to Sidwell are both very privileged upbringings with far more similarities than differences? And so it’s really gross to sit there as a young, debt free lawyer or whatever pretending that because you went to Wilson, you had a really gritty childhood? But some kids really internalize that and sort of won’t shut up about it. It’s bad to grow up in a bubble but it might be worse to grow up in a bubble but believe you didn’t.

Totally disagree. There is a very different value system in private schools versus public and school is much more influential than your neighborhood. I’m sure they weren’t all saying they had a gritty childhood, but no doubt Wilson helped keep them grounded.

I went to MCPS and GDS and I totally disagree. The kids are mostly the same, especially the ones with comparable family wealth. It’s not a different world, at least not DC day schools. It’s pretty similar.

This is fascinating to me. I went to MCPS schools but played on a soccer team with kids from GDS in middle school. I was shocked by the amount of wealth and privilege. To my middle school self, it very much was a different world!

I mean, maybe you had a particularly bad draw but seriously, there weren’t any wealthy and entitled kids in your middle school? I didn’t see a lot of difference between BBC and GDS. The kids are all from the same neighborhoods, their parents have the same jobs, they go to the same colleges and play on the same club teams. How different can it be? 9th is a big entry year for GDS, or was, so maybe that made a difference.

Sure, there was plenty of wealth and privilege at my middle school (Westland) but it was nothing compared to my GDS teammates. It was WILDLY different. One small example is team dinners. We had a few of them and usually it was spaghetti or pizza. When any of the GDS families hosted, it was a lavishly catered meal.

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Anonymous wrote:Chevy Chase, DC

fails the "not so wealthy that the kids are irretrievably warped? "

I'm biased because I live there now, but most of CCDC is not the kind of wealth that results in totally out of touch kids - particularly if you send the kids to public school. The houses are expensive for what they are, but the housing stock is largely 3-4 bedroom, 2000ish sqft old builds. Some of the houses between Connecticut and Chevy Chase Blvd are bigger than that, but even still we're not talking about mansions. It largely is a UMC vibe. But schools are a huge driver of how your kids perceive wealth. Living in CCDC and sending your kids to, say, Sidwell will result in a very different outlook than a kid who goes to Lafayette/Deal/JR.

I grew up here and I went on more than one date where someone odious mansplained to me how having gone to Wilson kept them “grounded” compared to private school peers and it was sort of awful every time tbh.

Why awful? Tends to be true.

I can’t believe I have to explain this but it’s because living in CCDC and going to Wilson and living in CCDC and going to Sidwell are both very privileged upbringings with far more similarities than differences? And so it’s really gross to sit there as a young, debt free lawyer or whatever pretending that because you went to Wilson, you had a really gritty childhood? But some kids really internalize that and sort of won’t shut up about it. It’s bad to grow up in a bubble but it might be worse to grow up in a bubble but believe you didn’t.

Totally disagree. There is a very different value system in private schools versus public and school is much more influential than your neighborhood. I’m sure they weren’t all saying they had a gritty childhood, but no doubt Wilson helped keep them grounded.

I went to MCPS and GDS and I totally disagree. The kids are mostly the same, especially the ones with comparable family wealth. It’s not a different world, at least not DC day schools. It’s pretty similar.

This is fascinating to me. I went to MCPS schools but played on a soccer team with kids from GDS in middle school. I was shocked by the amount of wealth and privilege. To my middle school self, it very much was a different world!

I mean, maybe you had a particularly bad draw but seriously, there weren’t any wealthy and entitled kids in your middle school? I didn’t see a lot of difference between BBC and GDS. The kids are all from the same neighborhoods, their parents have the same jobs, they go to the same colleges and play on the same club teams. How different can it be? 9th is a big entry year for GDS, or was, so maybe that made a difference.

Sure, there was plenty of wealth and privilege at my middle school (Westland) but it was nothing compared to my GDS teammates. It was WILDLY different. One small example is team dinners. We had a few of them and usually it was spaghetti or pizza. When any of the GDS families hosted, it was a lavishly catered meal.

I just don’t believe you, sorry. I attended both schools. It’s the same families. I was the same in both places, so were the other kids who went to both schools, and there were plenty of families wealthier than mine in both schools. I also ate a lot of pizza at GDS sports team events.

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I think the answer is Wyngate, Bethesda.

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Rock creek forest

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The VP candidate left an expensive stroller on his Del Ray covered porch when the family left to go to Ohio and RNC. It was sitting there when the protective detail arrived on Monday. Safe. Diverse. Walkable. Just have to put up with insufferable liberals who hate that JD Vance has the audacity to live there.

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Anonymous wrote:Chevy Chase, DC

fails the "not so wealthy that the kids are irretrievably warped? "

I'm biased because I live there now, but most of CCDC is not the kind of wealth that results in totally out of touch kids - particularly if you send the kids to public school. The houses are expensive for what they are, but the housing stock is largely 3-4 bedroom, 2000ish sqft old builds. Some of the houses between Connecticut and Chevy Chase Blvd are bigger than that, but even still we're not talking about mansions. It largely is a UMC vibe. But schools are a huge driver of how your kids perceive wealth. Living in CCDC and sending your kids to, say, Sidwell will result in a very different outlook than a kid who goes to Lafayette/Deal/JR.

I grew up here and I went on more than one date where someone odious mansplained to me how having gone to Wilson kept them “grounded” compared to private school peers and it was sort of awful every time tbh.

Why awful? Tends to be true.

I can’t believe I have to explain this but it’s because living in CCDC and going to Wilson and living in CCDC and going to Sidwell are both very privileged upbringings with far more similarities than differences? And so it’s really gross to sit there as a young, debt free lawyer or whatever pretending that because you went to Wilson, you had a really gritty childhood? But some kids really internalize that and sort of won’t shut up about it. It’s bad to grow up in a bubble but it might be worse to grow up in a bubble but believe you didn’t.

Totally disagree. There is a very different value system in private schools versus public and school is much more influential than your neighborhood. I’m sure they weren’t all saying they had a gritty childhood, but no doubt Wilson helped keep them grounded.

I went to MCPS and GDS and I totally disagree. The kids are mostly the same, especially the ones with comparable family wealth. It’s not a different world, at least not DC day schools. It’s pretty similar.

This is fascinating to me. I went to MCPS schools but played on a soccer team with kids from GDS in middle school. I was shocked by the amount of wealth and privilege. To my middle school self, it very much was a different world!

I mean, maybe you had a particularly bad draw but seriously, there weren’t any wealthy and entitled kids in your middle school? I didn’t see a lot of difference between BBC and GDS. The kids are all from the same neighborhoods, their parents have the same jobs, they go to the same colleges and play on the same club teams. How different can it be? 9th is a big entry year for GDS, or was, so maybe that made a difference.

family money?

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Anonymous wrote:The VP candidate left an expensive stroller on his Del Ray covered porch when the family left to go to Ohio and RNC. It was sitting there when the protective detail arrived on Monday. Safe. Diverse. Walkable. Just have to put up with insufferable liberals who hate that JD Vance has the audacity to live there.

I’ve had an uppa baby and a balance bike on my porch in pg county for six months.

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Anonymous wrote:The VP candidate left an expensive stroller on his Del Ray covered porch when the family left to go to Ohio and RNC. It was sitting there when the protective detail arrived on Monday. Safe. Diverse. Walkable. Just have to put up with insufferable liberals who hate that JD Vance has the audacity to live there.

Are you okay?

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Anonymous wrote:The VP candidate left an expensive stroller on his Del Ray covered porch when the family left to go to Ohio and RNC. It was sitting there when the protective detail arrived on Monday. Safe. Diverse. Walkable. Just have to put up with insufferable liberals who hate that JD Vance has the audacity to live there.

Are you okay?

You're missing the point. Very 'inclusive' and 'diverse' Del Ray literally redefined the definition of hypocrite and limo liberal when they targeted his family.

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West Springfield, Va, especially Cardinal Forest

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Anonymous wrote:The VP candidate left an expensive stroller on his Del Ray covered porch when the family left to go to Ohio and RNC. It was sitting there when the protective detail arrived on Monday. Safe. Diverse. Walkable. Just have to put up with insufferable liberals who hate that JD Vance has the audacity to live there.

Are you okay?

You're missing the point. Very 'inclusive' and 'diverse' Del Ray literally redefined the definition of hypocrite and limo liberal when they targeted his family.

What are you even talking about? Nobody is targeting JD Vance or his family.