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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are a young decent/highish earning couple (HHI north of 200k) and never considered DC for reasons in this article. Mainly the price. DC is too expensive, not enough space, and doesnt offer a good commute at all. If our jobs werent central do the DC area we would not live here. I love visiting the city, but would never live there. [/quote]

We're a young high earning couple and never considered VA or MD because we didn't want to be stuck in traffic for most of our lives.  It's very expensive here, but we love our house/neighborhood and walkability/accessibility.

Honestly if you love visiting cities but wouldn't want to live in one it probably wasn't the cost pushing you to the burbs.  Everything's not for everybody.[/quote]
DP. Young (how are we defining young here? Under 30? Under 35?) family. We used to live in DC until our HHI increased to $400k and this line of thinking really bothers me.  For the amount of money you pay in taxes in dc you should really get more than walkability and the chance at free pre-k (because depending on where you live it’s not guaranteed at your neighborhood school and most folks don’t want to have to travel far for pre k).  And add to that that you don’t get representation at the national level. No thanks. [/quote]

As people have said, it's not for everybody.  I've lived in Charlotte and Atlanta.  I LOVE DC.  People are smart here.  There is more to life than a big house.  At $700K HHI, I'm happy to pay my taxes here.  To each his own.[/quote]
PP. Who said anything about a big house? And you do know that people in places like Charlotte and Atlanta also pay taxes? My point is you get nothing for what you pay despite the fact that dc is actually financially better positioned than many other cities because it’s not heavily in debt. [/quote]
This doesn't make any sense. You get a plethora of world class museums for free. You get a liberal community. You get one of the greenest cities in the country. You get sunshine because there aren't skyscrapers blocking out the sun. You get free pre-k (which will save us close to 100k). You get clean and mostly convenient transit. Saying you get nothing in DC is patently absurd.[/quote]

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