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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s just the dc area. Move to the south or Midwest [/quote]

THIS - or mountains.  East Coast metro is the worst for rat race competitiveness.[/quote]

If you’re speaking about sports, the DC area isn’t exactly known as a sports hub.   It’s also not an area where a lot of pro athletes come from.   The travel sports are similar to cheerleaders traveling to compete.   It can be a fun activity for the whole family to involved in.    But there might be a handful that can play in college, maybe 1-2%.  Same with grades, 1% of students will get SATs greater than 1500.

So is it really competitive?  You can’t give your child the genetics necessary to be a super athlete.  He can only be the best he can be with what he has to work with. Same with academics.  So students aren’t really competing against other students, they are just working on being the best that they can be.  Parents need to be happy with that. [/quote]

It is competitive enough where you need specialized training from a young age to make it to the high school level. It isn't like in the Midwest where anyone can sign up for any sport they want. [/quote]

That’s mainly a function of huge county public school systems with 500-800 students per grade. 
Most of the country is township public schools and a high school class is 150-400 or so. 
Some states, like Texas, will just build another school pyramid once the grades start approaching 500 students. But 500 is the norm so that’s a 2000+ student high school to file a varsity team. [/quote]

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