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[quote=Anonymous]Here's my story - have lived in DC almost ten years, all of it in Dupont Circle.  DH and I both are at work in under 30 minutes.  We now have 2 kids, one in a good public elementary school, one not in school yet.   We are currently renting a "big enough" apartment and really like DC's school but it's not what I want forever.   I can't afford a house in my current neighborhood and probably wouldn't want one because our middle school and high school options are bad and we can't afford/aren't interested in private school.  What I want is a nice, normal house with a yard in a good neighborhood with good public schools that does not give me or DH a long commute (both downtown).  That's probably not doable on my budget ($800,000ish).

So, that means I probably have to go to the close in suburbs, maybe even farther out ones.  Here's my big concern - do I have to completely remake my social life?  Most of my friends live in the district - Chevy Chase DC is about as far as anyone is from me.  Several on Capitol Hill.  Have tons of friends in my neighborhood and love going out to dinner with them (am in walking distance to all the restaurants on 14th street).  DH has more friends in the burbs than I do but most of them are in Virginia and when I go out there, it seems far.  My DC friends all complain about having to leave the district for anything.

I am honestly not trying to start a war about whether DC, MD, or VA is better - I just want to hear from people who have left DC about whether they had to make all new friends in the new location, whether MD or VA.  Thanks.[/quote]

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