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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The richest ones [/quote]

+1, and then you have a different brand of toxicity where the private school parents subtly (or not so subtly) disparage the public schools, even if they are good. It's very hard for successful professionals to have a "live and let live" attitude, especially about their kids-- they need to be winning.

In this area I really feel like it's a "pick your poison" situation. Don't want the private-school-obsessed snobbery of McLean or parts of MoCo and upper NW? Well enjoy the obsessively competitive intensity of parents in the W schools, or the holier-than-thou condescension of Takoma Park parents who think your school is fine but you are a fundamentally bad person if you don't compost. Or the Capital Hill folks who think they are geniuses for buying a million dollar row house with a good elementary, and then will be enraged when the spot at Latin or Basis or Walls to which they felt entitled does not materialize.

There are a lot of annoying people here. There are also great, sane, level headed people in every one of the neighborhoods I just mentioned. You have to be able to ignore the annoying people and just go your thing. Otherwise, guess what? YOU are the problem, too.[/quote]

These are all exaggerated stereotypes by someone who is probably too sensitive.  Yes, people here are competitive, but most are also just generally nice people living theirs lives.  And I can't imagine anyone calling CPS because you let your kid walk to school, lol - get over yourself.[/quote]

Yes, but the OP is ironically just as full of judgement.

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