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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not that different form here Op. the middle class people in this area do drive from Prince William county or Frederick or even PA or WV. Dual income
Couples making $350k are living in very ordinary $1 million 3 bedroom 2 bath homes in Bethesda, Arlington or DC. [/quote]

I used to live in San Francisco.  It is very different.  Here you could buy something small like a Fairlington townhouse for $400k and be fine.  There even a small house in Redwood City would cost $1million.   There are choices here that just don't exist there anymore.  My friends all bought before the boom, and send their kids to catholic school.  Some people are okay because they locked in lower prices.  Everyone else is out of options.  I used to share a flat with a friend on a receptionist's salary.  Those days are way gone there now.  [/quote]

+1.  DC isn't even expensive.  You can still buy a rowhouse with two bedrooms for less than a million dollars.  [/quote]

+1. We just entertained a job offer in sf too. Decided it was a no, even though the salary would be high and we own our current house outright.  Just cannot imagine having a $1,000,000 to $700,000 mortgage, even though the payments would be totally manageable.  It's just not in my value system, regardless of how nice the weather is.  D.C. Is totLly manageable compared to SF.  Renting would be an okay option short term, but I wouldn't do it for the rest of my life. It just doesn't make any financial sense.  It's really nice there, its
Just. It how we want to raise our family.  [/quote]

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