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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Work is far from the only reason I live in DC.  It's baffling to me that folks are like "well I don't have to work in an office anymore, so I'll go live in Frederick." Like, don't you have friends? A social life?

I love the community I have here and I would not be able to replicate it in Frederick in a million years.[/quote]
I know it’s a generalization, but I think a lot of the people (myself included) who are moving to the exurbs now that we don’t have to be in a DC office 5 days a week have a community that is largely wrapped up in our kids. That community will be replicated anywhere we move because the kids will go to new schools, we will meet the kids parents, etc. The dramatic difference in housing prospects also can’t be underestimated. The 750k house that we are buying in the exurbs would cost 1.5 million or more here. It’s just people in completely different life phases and/or with different priorities. Some people think walkability is non-negotiable, and I could not care less about it. I couldn’t handle being crammed into a 1500 sq ft house with my 2 kids and DH any longer, some people find that absurd. To each their own. But DC will be back, the interns and new graduates will return to the city (just as I came after college) and help pump up the economy again, and when they are ready to leave the city won’t miss a beat because there will be a new group ready to replace them. If DC wants to hold on to a portion of those people as they get older and have families though, they might want to address some of the quality of life issues that a 22 year old isn’t much concerned with.[/quote]

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