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[quote=Anonymous][quote]What precipitated a move from NW DC to Gaithersburg? Just curious what brought you out there as most of my childless friends, myself included, wouldn't make that kind of a jump. Maybe if they were hoping to have kids ASAP, but even then, most would stay a lot closer to/in the city until they had more than one or a kid was ready for school. It seems kind of an isolating choice, and I imagine it is difficult to get anyone to go to you, especially childless people who may not own cars.[/quote]

OP here: we lived in our apartment in NW for 4 years, and while we absolutely loved our neighborhood and living in the city, we felt like we were sort of past the point in our lives where we weren't going out all the time anymore. We were also outgrowing our 1 bedroom apartment, and we want to get a dog (old apt wouldn't allow them). We'll likely be TTC in the next year or so, and we didn't want to deal with the stress of moving while DW was pregnant. Financially, we were in a place to buy a house, as our mortgage is only slightly higher than our rent was.

But, in retrospect, the social aspect has been a bit of a damper. Moving somewhere closer, like say, Bethesda, probably wouldn't have been able to work from a financial standpoint for us. While we both love having much more space, and everything else that goes with a house, we do wonder if socially it would have made more sense for us to stay in NW for at least a few more months. [/quote]

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