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[quote=Anonymous][quote=ikornika][quote=Anonymous]Just FYI: my kids are in DCPS at a school that a lot of people like. There’s no TAG/whatever but I’d say nearly all the kids would have been in the GATE program I attended in elementary. These are all bright kids whose parents care about their education. People’s expectations here are just SO different from where I grew up that I think you could send your kids to many schools without an explicit AAP program and expect them to be challenged.

And FWIW, your husband’s commute from here (we are on Capitol Hill) would be a breeze by Metro, car, or bus.

Since you’re willing to live in less that 2000 feet, DC might not be a bad fit at all. [/quote]

I honestly haven't even looked in DC as we simply did not believe we could afford to. I just automatically defaulted to elsewhere, but now I'll look in DC.

Are there areas in DC to avoid? To aim for?

Clearly, I don't even know what I don't know so asking good questions is/has been difficult. [/quote]

I can imagine! I really had the barest notion of DC when I moved here. I did it as an unemployed single woman so the stakes were much lower. Now that I am married with kids and a job, my experience with the area is very different. But I’m still glad we ended up in the city. It’s a very livable city; easy to get around, lots to do for kids, etc. Your budget would get you far in our neighborhood. The high end would buy you a gorgeous house inbounds for a good school. 700-800k would get you a nice, smaller row house or a larger one that needs some work. Our budget (and, I’d guess, our income) were far lower than yours when we bought years ago. Our 3-bedroom, 1500 sf row house plus basement would sell for around 800k (we bought it for half that) and we can walk to school, Whole Foods, etc.

You might want to skulk around the schools boards on here to see what people say about individual schools. Happy to answer any questions about living with kids on a budget in DC. :)[/quote]

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