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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this the typical NBMS family - summering in the south of France??  My kid has no chance there, it seems.  We spend a week at Deep Creek with cousins.[/quote]

Definitely NOT.

That's not the norm for NBMS families, unless the family is here with international affiliations already & are usually going back home / visiting family abroad.

Most kids from NBMS are usually at Wildwood or Old Georgetown pools all summer, with the exception of a week or two here & there spent at the beaches of Bethany, Rehobeth, Ocean City, etc or like the PP said, Nantucket, Myrtle Beach, etc.

The families from NBNS seem to be more down to earth, less showy & not extravagant / flashy with their spending.
I don't see much keeping up with the Jones's from parents &   while they may live in Bethesda & are usually UMC, not many can just call out of work for the entire summer to travel around Europe with their entire family, unless part of that travel is work related. [/quote]

I think that about 10-20% of the families at Wyngate have grandparents that live abroad.  (There are lots of IMF, World Bank, Embassy, and NIH international fellowship folks that live in the Wyngate neighborhood, plus the usual contingent of first generation Americans that you'd find in most cosmopolitan cities.)  Many of them take the summer to visit their grandparents.  It's very nice. My kids have friends from all over the world -- it's like an extra level of education.  But for the most part, they are not super wealthy or flashy -- most of them are just highly educated civil servant types that have to save up all year to be able to let their kids see their grandparents over the summer.[/quote]

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