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Anonymous
| We will be moving to the DC area soon, and I was wondering: do you find that most moms in the area work outside the home or stay at home (or is it an even mixture of both)? I was just wondering. The neighborhood I currently live in is largely SAHMs, but I know that's not the case everywhere. |
Anonymous
| It all depends on where you live. |
Anonymous
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DC has a very high percentage of two income families - probably the highest in the country.
That doesn't mean you can't find a whole slew of SAHMs or neighborhoods with them. |
Anonymous
| What class background are we talking about here? Working class, middle, upper-middle, wealthy? |
Anonymous
Anonymous
upper-middle/wealthy |
Anonymous
Interesting. Thanks! |
Anonymous
| It seems to me that someone is asking a lot of question like this one. Are you taking a survey or writing a book? Really just want to know. I live on a street with 17 kids, I am the only sahm. |
Anonymous
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I live in NW DC. We know approx. 20 families with kids and out of these there is one other SAHM besides myself.
This is the land of two income families. |
Anonymous
| I live in Alexandria and it's about 50/50 among my friends and neighbors. Of the SAHMs I know, about half plan to stay home long-term, and half plan to return to their former careers (mainly as lawyers) or to enter a new career within a few years. |
Anonymous
| I live in NW DC in an area that would be classified as upper middle/wealthy and there are hardly any working moms in my neighborhood. Vast majority SAH. Out of all our friends with kids in the DC area, very few moms we know work full-time, but we know a few with part-time jobs. If you're talking upper middle/wealthy class, then chances are, there's a high earning husband (although the wife can certainly be the high earner). The second spouse needs to also make a lot of money to make working worthwhile financially after taxes and paying a nanny. For me as a lawyer, making a lot of money = working a lot of hours. It's not worth it to me personally to work all the time and never see my kids, plus bring home so little after taxes and nanny, so I joined the ranks of the SAHMs. |
Anonymous
| Mostly SAH in my neigbhorhood-Mt. Vernon. I'm one of the few WM. |
Anonymous
| I live in Silver Spring, and there's lots of SAHM's. But there's also lots of WOHM's... I think it just depends on your specific neighborhood. |
Anonymous
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My neighborhood has a lot of SAHMs. There's maybe 2 mothers on our block who work fulltime. And another 2 who work part time. And they rest are SAHMs. Also, most of my husband's coworkers are men and their wives are all SAHMs. At my own work, I am the only fulltime working mom. I was really surprised by this. I thought I'd know more working moms around here, but I don't.
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Anonymous
| I agree that smaller mid-size cities that are less expensive probably have more SAH moms than here. That being said, I haven't had any trouble finding SAH moms to be friends with. There are still all of the same activities and playgroups, etc. to meet people. |