Educated flight out of DC?
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Anonymous
+1. NOVA is exploding and is a great place to plant roots and start a family. DC? Not so much. |
Anonymous
Agree - the person who posted that was intentionally misleading. Ie - she posted fake news. |
Anonymous
Partner and I fit this profile. AU grad. Lawyer. Fed. There is NO WAY my partner and I would consider living in DC now; not with kids. |
Anonymous
Did you read the report? It specifically talks about DC and then extends to the metro area. Most single college grads don’t live in the burbs…though perhaps Arlington is considered reasonable because it’s directly across the river from Georgetown/downtown. Sorry dipshits…it’s DC primarily where young singles want to live. |
Anonymous
| And yet, to get into the top 1% of income earners, DC wins hands down which requires that your income be $1.2M to gain access to the 1%. That means that DC is attracting the most educated and the highest income earners in the DMV. |
Anonymous
That's your choice. My kids did great growing up in DC. Growing up with high income in DC is a completely different experience than growing up poor or middle class in DC. |
Anonymous
PP here. I too am an AU Law grad but DEFINITELY NOT a fed. |
Anonymous
Totally agree, all this shows is ignorance on the PP's part. You really think all those rich kids in Chevy Chase are screwed? My kids are having the childhood of dreams in DC. |
Anonymous
High income will do well anywhere. With the right income you can completely insulate yourself from the crime and dysfunction of DC. |
Anonymous
Seriously!!!! 56 separate ethnic groups, and that’s only counting what the Chinese government recognizes. Sooooo ignorant |
Anonymous
What do we think that number is? 750k? I guess it depends on other assets like family $. But at what point would you say someone would be reasonably able to do this? |
Anonymous
Just so you know, since the last time this was addressed the population of China remains 92% Han Chinese. Let me ask, if I had 92 white guys of similar backgrounds in a room and 8 other people of various races, would you consider this to be a diverse population? Do you think that I’d have an easier time convincing them to go golfing than a truly diverse population? Skydiving? Yes, of course. It’s much easier to convince a similar group to fall into line, especially under a pseudo-autocratic rule and educational system with tighter control of the internet. None of this is debatable, but it’s fun to see you try. Are you doing this for free or are they slipping you some yuan? |
Anonymous
Not sure what the number is. But I do know what the lifestyle looks like. It’s a house in Spring Valley, Tunlaw, or Palisades large enough for comfortable entertaining and probably a pool (these folks have never heard of the Hearst or Jellef pools). Both kids in private. Live in or full time nanny. One Tesla and a vintage beater car (that is actually an expensive classic car) for street cred. Vacation home on Nantucket or a lake in New England. One spouse “works from home” in a consultant role (his/her parent’s friends hire them for a largely no show job) and serves on charity boards. They occasionally slum-it and eat at Cactus Cantina, but feel much more comfortable at Millie’s or catered dinner at home. These are the folks with kids having a “dream” life in DC. The kids of not rich, but educated parents who have to go through metal detectors at JR everyday, not so much. |
Anonymous
My income just under $1M. I live in NE and one kid went private and one kid went to JR. Both had great experiences. NE is a little far from Cactus Cantina so no, we don't slum there. I also have no desire to have a home in Nantucket, but I do have a house in Southern MD on the Bay. No live in nanny. |
Anonymous
China respects diversity. Just look how much attention they pay to the Uyghur minority. |