Do you feel trapped in the DC area because of good jobs, but really dream of living elsewhere?

[Anonymous]

I have lived here all of my life and truly like it. That being said I would LOVE to move to and island for a year or two before DD starts school and just enjoy "living" not the daily grind

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree - Charlotte would make me very happy.

But Charlotte or anywhere south is just going to be HOTTER and more HUMID!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every.single.day.

And in the summer, several times a day.

There is no way in hell I will stay here one moment longer than necessary when we have stopped working.

Couldn't have said it better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree - Charlotte would make me very happy.

But Charlotte or anywhere south is just going to be HOTTER and more HUMID!

Not really - it's about the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Personally I don't care for the diversity.

I agree. The diversity where we live are all extremely rich (or at least they want to appear that way) asians and middle easterners that don't mingle with the lesser mortals. There kids tend to go to the public school but they rarely get involved much less invite friends over for playdates. However, these kids love to go to others houses.

[Anonymous]

NYC and N. California are the only other areas of the country that I could see myself living in and they are just as expensive if not more so than DC so it wouldn't make much sense. I lived in NYC before and find DC to be a much easier city to live in with kids. As for Northern California, I fell in love with the Bay Area my first time there but it would be so far from friends and family that I don't think I could do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree - Charlotte would make me very happy.

But Charlotte or anywhere south is just going to be HOTTER and more HUMID!

Not really - it's about the same.

Yep, and you can't go down to the Hill and lobby in Charlotte.

[Anonymous]

15:28 your post is such a generalization and racist as well

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I agree - Charlotte would make me very happy.

But Charlotte or anywhere south is just going to be HOTTER and more HUMID!

Not really - it's about the same.

Yep, and you can't go down to the Hill and lobby in Charlotte.

I am just wondering if any of you have ever lived in Charlotte. The actual city center there completely shuts down on the weekends. You can walk in the middle of the street at 11am on a Saturday. The schools there are awful and it really is rather trashy unless you can afford to live on the lake

[Anonymous]

Looks like there's a Charlottean fed lobbyist on this thread?

[Anonymous]

It's funny, I love living here and probably never would have left, but as soon as I had my daughter, I started feeling trapped. I know sincerely that I would probably never have moved away. I really only dislike the commuting and the housing prices - I'm happy with everything else - but it's weird how knowing I *can't* move makes me *want* to move, just a little. (my daughter's dad and I are no longer together and his career will likely keep him here. And let's face it, I have better career prospects here.)

For me, daycare would only be a tiny bit cheaper elsewhere and my salary might be a lot lower. So for me, the financials work. Of course I'm also giving up the dream of a MUCH bigger house elsewhere, but oh well. My friends are here and at my age, it would be hard and annoying to make all new friends.

[Anonymous]

I lived in CLT for 25 years (including city center) and disagree with what the disparaging poster has said. Gross generalization and along the same lines as saying DC is gang and crime infested, which like it or hate it we know is only the case in specific areas and says nothing about overall quality of life.

[Anonymous]

I can travel to expose my kids to other cultures, and seek artistic, cultural and other experiences. I cannot just "opt out" of the arms race of parenting and competition that is the atmosphere in DC. I'll take sanity over multi-national neighbors.

[Anonymous]

This thread is depressing me We just moved here from Madison, WI for DH's job and to be near his family. We left behind a great, family friendly town, near Milwaukee and Chicago (for bigger museums, cultural activities, etc.) Not only can we not afford our own place right now (staying with ILs right now) but I hate how it takes FOREVER to get anywhere!! Granted, I'm originally from Chicago and would probably be happier living in the city than in PG county, but the cost of housing and poor public schools in DC will probably never make that a reality. I want to go back

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is depressing me We just moved here from Madison, WI for DH's job and to be near his family. We left behind a great, family friendly town, near Milwaukee and Chicago (for bigger museums, cultural activities, etc.) Not only can we not afford our own place right now (staying with ILs right now) but I hate how it takes FOREVER to get anywhere!! Granted, I'm originally from Chicago and would probably be happier living in the city than in PG county, but the cost of housing and poor public schools in DC will probably never make that a reality. I want to go back

PG resident and Chicago native here, too. There are things (and people) I really like about living here. There are things (and people) I miss terribly. I decided on my last visit to Chicago that I'm moving back once my kid's an adult (shared custody is one thing that makes moving impossible).