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[quote=Anonymous]We recently decided for our early elementary between DC and MD and ended up in DC for a few reasons - but either would be okay honestly. And part of what swayed us was having 2 more years of Pre-K: our kids had lottery spots in a charter school so saving &gt;$50K on preschool tuition was a big thing when we were looking at taking on a mortgage. We spent time on playgrounds in the neighborhoods in MD and DC where we were looking and more consistently ran into people to chat with and kids for our kids to play with in DC - they tended to be empty in MD or parents were less happy to chat. Not a reason in and of itself, but it seemed like an indicator of the little micro-cultural differences - we're just city people.

But... longer term, we bet the investment on our house that MoCo schools will end up being reorganized and boundaries re-drawn and options less pervasive than they are in DC for when our kids are in Middle/High School within the next decade. And we have enough time to help things change in DC, and/or save up for private if needed. But for now, seems like elementary is better in NWDC, and middle/high is better in MoCo. We have friends who tried to buy in DC and kept getting outbid and got a house in MoCo...  so also depends on what you want most for where you're living too (unless you have a $2M+ budget - we had to make some trade-offs even with $1M+)

Good luck! It's crazy here :)[/quote]

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