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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know if she’s a troll or not but I agree with her. I work at a school full of lower to lower middle class parents in the DC metro area and most of them are doing a terrific job raising kids on not much money. They would think it insane that upper middle class white collar professionals think they can’t have kids. I wonder how many of those professionals have parents with paid off homes and 5 bedrooms but they wouldn’t be willing to move home for a few years to cover costs. When families stick together it’s not hard to make it work if it’s your priority.[/quote]

I would wager that more adults from this area, with family still nearby, have kids vs. transplants who moved here for jobs. Because then they can do the things you say- live with their parents for a while and potentially have some childcare help when they do have kids.  The cost for childcare, housing, and college is especially daunting when you feel like you are totally on your own.[/quote]

I have lived here for 25 years. I have not met one person with kids who was raised here. Literally everyone I know moved here after college for jobs. No one has family here. This is very common here and hard to raise kids this way\ [/quote]

I have one coworker who grew up in Arlington. She's 10-15 years older than me and lives the lifestyle of someone making at least 3x as much, I think it was a great advantage!

I had to move to a Frederick for affordability and my spouse's job (while mine is still in DC), and it's surprisingly different here. Most of my kid's friends don't need camps for school breaks or help from friends for pickup ever, because the grandparents are so close by. I've had people say "you found a babysitter?!" in an impressed way because they never had to. I envy them, but that's also what I want for my kids. I hope they feel like they have the combination of roots and opportunity here to consider sticking around, even without a crew of local cousins and grandparents. [/quote]

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