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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does everyone need to live near DC when there are good public schools out in Loudoun and more affordable houses? Don’t you guys have remote work options? And not everyone is buying a house in 2022 lots of us have owned for 5-10 years so we aren’t paying these inflated prices. Additionally not everyone cares about muh culture or social scene which is the only reason I can think to want to live in DC besides your career. I have a remote tech job that pays 400k and live out here in Loudoun with a 2k mortgage payment on a SFH. Life is very comfortable [/quote]

Because some of us didn’t move to DC to want to live in the exurbs? I could do that anywhere. I like sidewalks and walking to everything I need/want, having the freedom to not own a car if I don’t want to, etc. Not all jobs are remote. Even in these remote times, I’m up the Hill for various things 5-10 times a week, either camping out all day in a coffee shop between meetings or schlepping back and forth to Loudon multiple times a day sounds awful. Living in DC, it’s easy for me to pop downtown and head back home.

To answer OP’s question, we live in Upper NW DC, have 2 kids, own our home, fully fund two employer sponsored retirement vehicles, are on track to fully fund private college if our kids go that route, and send our kids to public school. Our household income ranges from $350k-$400k. We are very comfortable and would not feel squeezed monetarily if we had another child, though it would likely reduce our ability to fully fund 3 private college tuitions, but we are done with kids anyway because a 3rd child would squeeze in other ways we aren’t willing to squeeze. And the kids would have to share a room because our house is 3 bedrooms and I refuse to move. [/quote]

Different values. Some things about city life sound appealing - like being able to walk everywhere and not need a car. But overall for me I don’t like having to deal with crime, homeless/drugs, traffic, city noises, small living quarters, the occasional protest/riot, and badly run city government with woke politics everywhere. You couldn’t pay me enough to live close in or inside DC. I’m in Fairfax almost to Loudoun and prefer it here. [/quote]

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