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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with this area is that it's just too damn expensive for middle class families. [/quote]

No real argument there (I'm almost-moved-to-Austin poster).  The cost of living hurts some, but it is possible to carve out a decent life here - you just have to make trade offs.  We're making about the Fairfax median income as a two-income family, and we have very few options for single family homes.  There is NOTHING close in, [b]unless you want to do condo and TH living forever - yeah, no thanks[/b].  However, even living 20 miles from the city like we do in Western Fairfax, [b]we have a pretty decent life[/b].  It isn't an upscale neighborhood, but[b] it is full of middle class families who want a good life for their kids[/b].  We can get to the city if we need to, but Fairfax County has LOTS of great amenities for kiddos, so you don't have to go downtown for entertainment - it's just nice to know it is there.

If my husband were in a field that was less specialized, we probably wouldn't stay here because it does hurt when you really are stuck with the housing costs taking such a huge bite out of your budget.  Our mortgage is about 30% of our monthly take home, but it just is and we deal with it because we have to.  His career just doesn't exist elsewhere.

Now, making less than $100K HHI is even more limiting, so if that is what you mean by middle class (which is what it is in other parts of the country), then I truly do understand the pain.  My PT job cut me back to less than half my normal hours over the summer, so we were budgeting on my husband's $90K at-the-time salary, so it made things REALLY tight.  Had to be much more frugal, and cut our usual monthly savings for a few months.  You do need to be much more conscious of where your money is going, but again, it can be done, it just is more of a challenge.
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I guess we are not good parents after all, we live in a tiny TH in the City of Falls Church, and can't be happy more! Would never move further for a bigger house. And our best friends are even worse - they live in an apartment in DC. Sure, they don't want "a good life for their kids" :)[/quote]

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