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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're considering that same thing.  We have kids in middle school so we're really tied into the neighborhood for just about every aspect of our life.  Starting over with older kids seems really hard.  We've had friends who have left CH over the past couple years.  They all seem to be doing fine but no one seems to love their new suburban life.  Sure some things are better (like less crime and a bigger house) but other things are tougher.  We have one friend who moved to Arlington who just can't get over how insanely competitive everything is for kids (schools, sports etc.).  We have another friend who moved to Bethesda and still has no neighborhood friends after 2 years.  Apparently their neighborhood has to many retired folks and not many families.  I just don't know.  [/quote]

They wouldn’t have moved out of CH if they weren’t “insanely competitive” themselves.  Pot meet kettle. [/quote]

That's not true because we are not competitive at all and are considering moving out of CH. Though admittedly, we are looking more at Silver Spring or maybe even Howard County -- somewhere with decent schools and community, but not where people will commit crimes to get their kids into TJ or spend 3k a month on tutoring and private coaches to make sure their kid is at the top of everything.

Also, there are absolutely competitive people on CH, it's just a different kind of competitiveness. It's the nice-seeming mom who passive-aggressively talks about how much they love SWS's nurturing environment or earnestly explains how much their 7 year old loves kale. Or the person with 8 different versions of "Hate has no home here" signs in their postage stamp yard. It's almost worse because at least the hyper-competitive sports/academics parents are pretty up front about what they are doing and it's transparently about trying to ensure their kids are successful (albeit by a narrow metric). People on CH would never admit they're competitive, and might not even realize their behavior is competitive, and that lack of self-awareness is sometimes exhausting.[/quote]

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