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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We lived in DC for 15 years and now live in a Midwest capital city (suburb just outside). I think we did well by establishing a really solid network of very high achievers for 15 years. I 10x'ed my salary (31.5k as entry level at DC think tank now 300k+).

I do think DC played a huge role in the power of my network (that I would tap into for new job search) and my ability to move my career in ways I did in my 20s and 30s.

Now we live here and I'm in my 40s with three kids and I kind of want to coast here in ways I don't think I could have coasted in DC.

The best of both worlds, and maybe we will go back when our fam dynamic changes again. [/quote]

NP- but how do you feel it is raising kids in Midwest vs DC? Do you feel it’s as competitive?[/quote]

It's just less of a thought.  I had friends who had spreadsheets mapping out K3 options in DC. Another friend once told me she was mortified her three year old was not paying attention during her private school preschool interview. We lived in DC proper.

Here we have a great local public school. There is a private that maybe 3/25 kids in the neighborhood go to. It's a UMC area. It's still here some, but I would say overall less competitive for sure. I feel like even I was becoming obsessed with school talk in DC - the lottery, the districts, the paths. Way less here.

I'm of the mindset that it's more about the work ethic and hustle you put into your kids then where you go to school. I graduated from a Midwest public college with a 3.0 and "made" it in dc bc I had an underdog mentality and fought my way in. That gave me a level of grit many others just didn't have.

Long way of saying, I'll take a decent school and a gritty hustler attitude any day over the logo of a school. And that's what I'll push my kids to. [/quote]

It sounds like some of this is your circle. We live in a fairly close in suburb and it is not like that here.[/quote]

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