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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bizarre to see the Main Line fetishizing on here. First of all, it’s the suburbs of a dangerous, declining city, not like NYC or DC. Pennsylvania is also a poor wreck of a state. Even the most well-heeled districts in PA are not immune to devastating budget cuts and MAGA book banners pressuring school boards. Even the train that the “Main Line” is named for is being threatened with a shutdown for financial reasons. These things are simply unthinkable in Bronxville, Rye, or yes, Scarsdale.[/quote]

If you are really part of the Main Line or Westchester scene, you go to EA or Rye Country Day, so the curriculum arguments you mention don’t carry much water. Even Scarsdale and Wayne have townies.

Saying PA is poor and a wreck compared to NY speaks for itself. I’ll take the PA tax rate and slightly worse services (debatable, if you’ve been in an outer borough or upstate hospital while passing through.

Go on Zillow, see what 1.5mm gets you in Ardmore v. Scarsdale. Look at the property tax. Then go on maps and see the average commute times to downtown at 7:30am. [/quote]

Except there are no jobs in downtown Philly, and the train commutes are comparable. I grew up on the Main Line, lived in Westchester in my 30s and am now in MoCo. PA is just a much more provincial place—not comparable.

But yeah, the finance industry skews things in NYC to the extent that $850k is solid UMC and nothing more. And UMC in NYC, if you’re paying your own way, still involves a little sacrifice.[/quote]

oh please. The Reddit OP can buy a gorgeous home in Westchester, send 3 kids to a top public school, pay for college, and have plenty left over. being a law partner involves sacrifice period and that is what she chose. Spare me the tears about it being “UMC” [/quote]

I live in westchester and this is accurate. You don’t need to spend 4 million dollars here to have a home “worth going home to.” They could send to private and live in a mediocre school district, or send to public living in a top district. [/quote]

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