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[quote=Anonymous][quote] There is a certain type of family in DC, where both parents likely have advanced through life's ladders, ….make in the $200-300k range.  …..[b]There are probably [u]tens of thousands of these types of families in DC[/u]-[/b] not lobbyist level paychecks, but solid and enough to afford a $700-900K house. Now these types of people are [b]living east of Rock Creek, [/b] …. they are simply not where their predecessor cohort was, because of how expensive property has become in DC.[/quote]

So here is what I don't understand, as an affluent, educated Gen-Xer who's lived in DC since the 90s and has all the things you cite in your [edited] post:  why aren't the schools better in your D.C. neighborhood?  You're right — there are so. many. of. you 30-somethings now in DC and you are most definitely concentrated in several neighborhoods.  Like Petworth, or Brookland. You have the numbers to make Elementary School XYZ decent from K-5th grade.  So why isn't it / why the angst over just going to your IB school when Archer turns 5 y.o.?

(for a primer on how that happens over a period of &lt; 10 years see e.g. Brent, Maury, LT, Ross, Hearst.  In fact, see Deal MS — a place where _none_ of my ward 3 neighbors sent their kids in the 90s and which now has, what? 2,000 kids and is the do-or-die for most of the city).

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