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[quote=Anonymous]Dear OP -- Unless there is some compelling reason to be here, I would not take the job.  I moved to DC when I was young and idealistic, went to law school, and now am a government lawyer.  DH, an ex-lawyer who is a SAHD, grew up here.  HHI is $145K, and the only reason we are able to make this work is because we paid off our law school loans and saved A LOT of money when we were both at large law firms.  We live in a modest house ($500K) in NoVA, about 16 miles outside DC.  My commute ranges from 35 minutes to more than an hour.

We would love to get out of this area.  The high housing costs and long commute are getting old, and this area is really intense and competitive.  The public schools are good, but your kids are competing against a lot of talented, smart kids from highly educated households.  There is no mid-West-nice here.  I am from the South, and even after living here for more than a decade, am still shocked at how brusque many people are.  But my practice area does not really exist outside DC, so I have resigned myself to being here for the long haul.[/quote]

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