Do you shade parents who rent in your school boundary?

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What? No. This nevereven occurred to me.

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Anonymous wrote:What? No. This nevereven occurred to me.

Are you sure? You spend a lot of space explaining how you could have bought in a certain neighborhood but didn’t and then came up with more reasons why other rich people might rent. You won’t judge renters because they might be secretly rich. The more appropriate attitude is that you should judge renters because you just shouldn’t judge.

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If someone was ever throwing share, I totally would not notice. Because I would deem it so ridiculous that it wouldn't even be on my radar.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my neighbors rents and has a Mercedes-Benz parked on the street. This I do not understand.

The Mercedes would make me skeptical, not the renting.

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Anonymous wrote:Murch parent here. I could care less if they rent or own. I honestly appreciate the fact that the apartments on Connecticut Ave make us a little more diverse - still not diverse enough. Friends who live in apartments are just as smart, well-educated and sometimes much better people then those who own. As to the one arguing that renters leave - not so - my kids have many friends who rent and 10 years later - they are still here. Maybe they will leave when kids go to college...but we might too.

What I don't "invest" in are folks who hate DC and want to leave because they do

We're moving into one of those apartments this summer! Really looking forward to being a part of the school community!

Welcome! Enjoy your quick commute to school. After two years, I know we will.

The original Murch poster - Welcome!! It's not perfect but it is a good community. I love that my kids have friends around in the neighborhood. Kids play at Murch after school ...or they will again...UDC not so much They play at the parks around - Forest Hills, Sheridan & Livingston. And the best is when they get older elementary and up - they can just go on their own steam. Deal is right there too.

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+100

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We don’t know many people who send their children to public schools. Is this renter vs non-renter divide really a thing? (I googled “throw shade”, so I’ve learned a few things here!)

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Anonymous wrote:Not everyone buys property. That’s okay. In many countries it is not incentivized the way it is here.

Well-educated immigrants and government employees may not have enough saved for a downpayment.

You people casually saying you throw “shade” at kids and families who rent should be ashamed of yourselves.

Government employee here who saved enough for a down payment.

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Anonymous wrote:What? No. This nevereven occurred to me.

Are you sure? You spend a lot of space explaining how you could have bought in a certain neighborhood but didn’t and then came up with more reasons why other rich people might rent. You won’t judge renters because they might be secretly rich. The more appropriate attitude is that you should judge renters because you just shouldn’t judge.

I rented while I was looking to buy, but didn't bother to tell people why I was renting because I don't care if people think I don't have enough money to buy, and I don't care about how much money other people have. It sounds like deep down "because people rent for a variety of reasons" poster does care how much money other people have.

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I rent, and I throw shade at anyone who bought a house in the last few years. See how smug you feel in a year or two, after the market crash...

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Anonymous wrote:I rent, and I throw shade at anyone who bought a house in the last few years. See how smug you feel in a year or two, after the market crash...

Said the future Walmart greeter

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t know many people who send their children to public schools. Is this renter vs non-renter divide really a thing? (I googled “throw shade”, so I’ve learned a few things here!)

Yes! There is a stigma to being a renter in DC.

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Anonymous wrote:We rented and definitely got judged for just the rental aspect. We ended up sending our children to a well known private school, which further enraged parents in the neighborhood. Lol!

Now we own, I never throw shade because there is a variety of reason why one might rent.

Mercedes are cars for old people.

Are you saying you don't throw shade because there is a variety of reasons people might rent beyond they can't afford to buy, so no judging in case someone is renting for one of those other reasons. If I know someone is renting, I do assume it's because they can't afford to buy. But I don't throw shade because who the hell cares how much money other people have?!

We could have easily bought a house but didn’t because a) not sure what neighborhood we wanted b) it was before the housing bust and we wanted to buy when the bubble burst. Other reasons include you moved from out of state and your house hasn’t sold or you’re self employed and must establish an earnings history.

Forgot to answer your question! Yes I don’t throw shade because I don’t assume renters are poor. I don’t judge a book by the cover so to speak.

And if we are poor, does that change things? Does that make us or our children less worthy of friendship?

I don’t assume one is poor because they rent. Does that make sense? If you’re homeless, I assume you’re poor. I am only friends with fun people with a sense of humor, which is income independent.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't look down at them, I look past them. There is a difference

What I look down are the OOB families who feel entitled to a reality/environment they can't sustain by themselves

We are renting for a year to test out the neighborhood before we buy, to see if the neighbors are horrible people like you.

Not PP, but similarly situated. We can fully afford to buy in the neighborhood in which we are renting, thanks! We were also testing the waters. Have been somewhat surprised by how unfriendly it has been, so we will be moving back EOTP to our very friendly neighborhood while we continue to think it over.

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Anonymous wrote:I rent, and I throw shade at anyone who bought a house in the last few years. See how smug you feel in a year or two, after the market crash...

Said the future Walmart greeter

Whatevs. Have fun being smugly over-leveraged while us current renters buy homes (sorry, "sh!tshacks" as DCUM likes to call them) at less-inflated prices when the party ends. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/business/what-is-yield-curve-recession-prediction.html