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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bought a house in a "bad" school boundary 5 years ago.  Cheap house lets me work a dream job, instead of law firm job.   Kids just started an excellent charter school.  And, if we had not gotten into the charter, I would have happily sent them to PK and K at the local school (might have happily gone further than that, too...).

DH and I can commute to work by bike in under 20 minutes.

Don't buy more house than you can afford or more commute than you  can live with.  DC schools are getting better and in 3-5 years will be better still.
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This is Op - thanks for this!  You are describing my ideal life :)  [/quote]

You can make it work. I am certainly not alone.  And seriously, all of my neighbors and friends who stayed in the city have a school option for their 2-6 year olds that they are happy with.  Everyone!  Some where way down on waitlists and got in to great charters, some won the lottery at the start, some are in DCPS schools for PK and are really happy, some waited in line at 7:30 am for the Stokes lottery and are super happy they did.  You probably can't buy a house in Columbia Heights and work a dream job anymore.  But, you can buy a house in Brookland or Petworth.  Knowing today what I know now, I'd buy a house in Brookland that was walking distance to the metro.  Lots of charters over there.  Lots of families with little kids over there.  Lots of development going in around the metro.  And, if you have to move in 5 years, your house will almost certainly be worth more.[/quote]

Don't forget Bloomingdale and Eckington.  There are some very large houses those neighborhoods, and there's quite a baby boom as well.[/quote]

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