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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in a 1,900 square foot house with a 1 car garage that is 50 years old.  It cost $700,000.  See why six figures doesn't go very far here?

What do I get for my $700,000 small house?  A pleasant low crime area within reasonably short commuting time to work and a high quality local public elementary school.

That stuff might be easy to find in Richmond, but it is extremely scarce in DC and a lot of people are willing and have the ability to pay big bucks for it.

[b]Easy solution would be for me to move where you are, but if I did, I probably couldn't find a job with my skills that would pay even half of what I get paid in DC. [/b] [/quote]

Which is why teaching/police work are great!  You can live in so many places.[/quote]

In our house, DH works in a universal field where he could work anywhere around the country.  However, at his 10-month position (at a school but not a teacher) he makes almost 2x more than his friends in the same position for 12 months back in our home town.  I am specialized, hence the reason we live in the DC area.  I make 6 figures and our families think we are loaded, but I couldn't make anywhere near that if we moved out of this area.  It's hard to explain to family and friends that we aren't as loaded as they think once the cost of our mortgage and childcare are accounted for.[/quote]

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