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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not just people in apartments, OP. It's also people who rent.

Good, solid people are supposed to live in single-family-detached houses that they own, in neighborhoods made up of single-family-detached houses, where you get around by driving. Or, anyway, that's the suburban belief. And much of Montgomery County is still a very suburban county.

I think that is changing, though, as young people are both increasingly unable to afford this suburban dream and increasingly unlikely to want it. [/quote]

+1. My spouse and I, both well educated and concerned with our kid's education, are seriously debating whether to buy a SFH right now because we just aren't sure if the tradeoff of space, yard, and equity may not be worth becoming more car-dependent, commuting longer, and giving up spontaneous play with the neighbors in our hall. You have to be a millionaire to get both the space of an SFH and the walkability/transit access you can get with an apartment.

But it seems like the "next step" because the value of owning a home is such an ingrained cultural thing. I assume looking down on renters is taking it a step further...but it's very unkind. [/quote]

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