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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As for $700k house? That is disingenuous: housing costs have far out stripped income, so $700k gets you middle class housing if you want ok schools and not extreme commute. It's not like it can buy you a mansion on an acre unless you are in WV. Median sale price for Fairfax is $500k and that includes condos/townhouses.  
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Housing is the real problem here; prices way out of whack with incomes.[/b] [/quote]

This. If it weren't for the insane housing costs, we'd be very comfortable.  Who would have dreamed that you'd have to spend 800k+ to get a fixer-upper with okay commutes (7 miles for me, 15 miles for DH).  If we didn't live relatively close in, we'd never see our kids.  And getting them into excellent public schools was a priority as well.  So, yes, dismiss us as materialistic or whatever, but we are stretched and tired all the time and dreaming of living elsewhere.[/quote]

You just don't get it. You are only stretched because you are prioritizing an updated SFH in an expensive area. There are absolutely town homes and condos in the best school districts under 800,000. There are even houses. You will be much happier if you focus on what you have, rather than what you don't have.[/quote]

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