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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those are two very different communities and your housing budget would place you in very different social places - you’d be rich at Chantilly and poor at Langley. What are your other priorities?[/quote]

I hear you. May be that’s the reason I want to move to GF. 
We are an Asian couple and part of me wants to transition to that social strata.

DH is afraid to make that transition. I want kids to have that taste of a different social  circle. My personal belief is that you become what group you are part of. We combined make around 275K and I am sure we would be in lower spectrum at Langley.

Please enlighten or correct me if my way of thinking is wrong. 
Is there a different lens I should be looking through as well?[/quote]

We make what you do and I would not want to spend that much money on a mortgage. We prefer to be saving for retirement, college, and other activities. Intentionally moving into a rich school knowing that you are likely to be at the top end of your budget means knowing that your kids are not going to have what their peers have. They are not likely to travel to the places their peers travel to or have the same clothes or shoes or cars. They are going to have different opportunities for colleges.

Do you really think that it is important enough to be surrounded by a different social strata that you are willing to deal with the downsides of hearing your kids talk about the trips they can't take and things they can't do that their peers are doing?

Personally, and it is 100% based on your own priorities, I would buy a house that I can more easily afford and where my kids don't feel deprived based on their classmates experiences. But that is me. I also don't care about social circles or buy into pressuring kids so they can go to schools with the elite for the networks. Different mind sets.[/quote]

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