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[quote=Anonymous]I think logically any place with a high standard of living will dictate the need for those living race lives. Does it mean 100% do? Of course not. But the higher the living standards, the higher chances are for requiring to live a certain standard aka a rat race lifestyle.

Must major metros ie NW DC/Georgetown, Arl/Old Town, even extending to Ashburn and Falls Church City, Bethesda/Kensington req you to live in the rat races with kids.  You simply can't afford to live taking vacations, being cultural and spend the way you must otherwise.

Fr on this perspective, I'd look at moving to a second tier town that doesn't have the high standard of living aka housing costs.  But people forget that nothing is 100% perfect.

Money buys really nice enjoyable things.  Money doesn't buy you happiness but it sure buys you a lot of resources, tools and opportunities to find great pleasure!

So you can either embrace the rat race and be grateful for your opportunity to indulge in the rat race pleasures or move to a non rat race lifestyle where you can find your non rat race pleasures.  There is one or the other.  To live a non rat race life in a rat race environment for me is the true dealbreaker. I'm someone who wants to have the best of everything and if I see I can't have the finer things everyday it would depress me.  But I also take great joy in stuff that's simple so a non rat race lifestyle can offer me just as much joy.  But I can't mix it. It sucks to live in Manhattan broke. More depressing than to just live quietly in DE. Everything and everyplace has its own kind of charm.  But you have to choose.

OP I would simply look at places with lower housing costs not too far from an airport. Having kids is the big prob.  Much easier if no kids! [/quote]

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