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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Together we make about $115,000 and we have $16,000 in student loan debt and $8,000 of an auto loan (only one car).  Minimum payments are about $450/month but we are paying about $1,100 to get it over with.  We would like to have kids soon and both need to keep working (forever).  [u]How much would you budget for rent? [/u] We desperately want to stay in DC because my husband has to drive all over metro DC, MD, and VA for his job, which makes for a lot of driving, and adding a morning commute isn't ideal.  Also, I don't think we're ready for the suburbs.  I work in SW and expect to be there for a while.  We want to be walking distance of a few restaurants and a park, and 1/2 a mile to the Metro (preferably anything but red).  I would love to live in Capitol Hill, Eastern Market, Shaw, Columbia Heights, or Mt. Pleasant.  Thanks for your thoughts!

The rent is too damn high![/quote]

I know you mentioned you wanted to stay in DC because of your husband's job, but I wanted to suggest to consider Shirlington Area (Arlington). We rent a huge bright one bedroom in Shirlington House Apts for $1450. It is 10 minutes commute to dc, buses run to pentagon every 5 minutes very much on schedule, and pentagon city metro is 5 minutes away. So we very much have the same accessibility as a DC resident with lots of shops and restaurants in the walking distance of our home. We used to rent in DC, but our life style hasn't changed a bit since; we don't even feel we are not living in DC anymore. 
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