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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Afford” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. The middle class can technically pay for a lot of things that they maybe shouldn’t. What to buy when is very important for long- term financial wealth building.

We moved to Bethesda for a shorter work commute and because we heard that Bethesda Elementary took good care of its special needs population. This was important to us since our oldest has special needs and we wanted to avoid paying for an SN private if possible.

Turns out MCPS was wonderful for our oldest. They gave him an IEP and offered services and accommodations that we hadn’t even asked for, all included with our taxes. We could afford tutoring, enrichment and extracurriculars outside of school as well.

Our other kids are taking advanced courses in MCPS. One is particularly accelerated, taking AP Calc BC and AP Physics C in 10th grade. Her school offers that flexibility and allows math courses at UMD for 12th grade.

And during this time, we invested our money in the stock market.

Now we pay for a 90k a year uni for our oldest and can afford any education, graduate school, house down payment, etc, for our children. Our retirement is taken care of.

Because we made our money work for us all these MCPS years.

The bottom line is that you can’t be impulsive about this. Financial considerations are more complex than you might think.

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Living in bounds for that ES is crazy expensive though. This is a great example where sure, but they also moved to be in bounds for an affluent public school. So it’s kind of potato potahto. And I know, they can sell the house and it will still have the premium if the policies havent changed. But you still need the funds to make the move in the first place. [/quote]

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