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I divorced a while back, walked out of marital home with very little. I had sole custody with no child support and same income as you. Lawyer too, with a fairly demanding job. We moved from a nice house in Fairfax to a smaller townhome in Arlington so I would not have much commute. We could only afford south Arlington. So can you. You just don’t want to be with the poorer folks. You have no excuse. 170$ total income without a huge down payment is too poor for north Arlington. Just face it.[/quote]

This is OP. I don’t currently live in South Arlington, but I have. And I’d be happy to again. Except that the commute on 395 is horrendous if you drive in and takes a long time if you have to walk or drive to bus then bus to Pentagon city then take two metros. So again, it’s the commute. But I’m kind of starting to enjoy people making assumptions that I don’t want others to judge me for living in a condo and that I don’t want to live among the poors. Rather than admitting that COMMUTES ARE REALLY LONG IN THIS AREA, and that’s not ideal. No want WANTS to commute for a hour on a train.[/quote]

I understand you have limits with the kids, but now you just sound lazy and entitled. An hour commute is not that long.

If you are so obsessed with the commute, then stay where you are. There is nothing wrong with living in a condo.

Sometimes you just can't get certain things in certain neighborhoods. People on the UES wouldn't complain about not being able to afford a SFH in their neighborhood. If they wanted it, they'd move.[/quote]

An hour commute IS ridiculous to a single mom with kids. It’s shocking that these comments seems to think it’s acceptable that government workers can’t afford to live somewhere with less than an hour commute in Washington DC. So callous.

(I’m not OP)[/quote]

You seem to ignore completely that OP can afford to live within an hour commute. In fact, OP can afford to live just about anywhere in the entire DC area on her salary in a high quality property. She just can't afford every type of house available in every area, which of course, almost no one can.

Just because OP wants a SFH right next to downtown DC doesn't mean there is a problem.
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