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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd think a lot about what you are missing about DC.  After we moved to VA (I know, I know, but we needed to be near family, etc.), I longed to move back to DC and thought I would always hate the 'burbs.  After a while, I realized that I missed the "idea" of DC more than I missed the reality of it.  I may be different for you, but this was the case for me.  Once I realized that, it was easier to compare the pros/cons of the burbs.  We send our kids to public school, so that was a big pro to say in VA.  Also, a good friend reminded me that we moved 7 miles away not 700 miles!  Good perspective.  Also, remember, you can always move back after your kids are out of school.  If you do move back, definitely check out the elementary school first and make sure you are ok with it.[/quote]

We moved 1.5 miles away from our DC neighborhood into VA.  It is more urban over here.  I actually want to move back to our former DC city neighborhood where it is quieter and I feel safer having the kids walk to the parks.  My husband thinks I've lost my mind as we just bought this house 2.5 years ago.  I do realize I am somebody that always wants to move again at the 3 year mark.  That is the longest I've lived in any one house.  Maybe because my parents have been in their house for 40+ years and never moved:).  Could this be your problem to?  I get this bug and just want to move.

I consider AU Park pretty suburban so I don't know what the difference would be from any other suburb.  I do get that sometimes "the people" are just different and maybe that is why you want to move out.

My current neighborhood has a lot of high stress, type-A parents that helicopter and micromanage. They also have some ridiculous rules at the elementary school for safety that bar kids from being able to even play normally.  My old neighborhood (with the influence of a large european population) had a much more normal way of raising kids.  However, there is a small sub-set of neighbors that I love and they are keeping me here.[/quote]

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