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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WJ is indeed an economically diverse cluster. We live in a  townhome off Tuckerman and probably fall solidy in the middle of the school community in terms of affluence. Our DC went to Tilden MS, which skews a little less wealthy than the other MS, North Bethesda. However PPs are right that there are pockets of wealth throughout Luxmanor. My child has observed that the kids at WJ from Wyngate seem the most "Bethesda-like."[/quote]

My guess about Wyngate being the most "Bethesda-like" in WJ is because of the housing options.  I don't think there are any apartments or condos that feed into Wyngate and limited townhouse options.  There is no less expensive town nearby that feeds into Wyngate.  That means the majority either own a SFH or are paying quite a bit to rent a SFH in the neighborhood.

I think your income level will put you in the middle of WJ. There are people with kids in HS that moved here before the housing boom.  From my experience in the Wyngate neighborhood with many neighbors here pre-boom, in the part of town with older, small homes, neighbors aren't flashy, the kids don't have their own expensive cars and I never got the impression the parents "came from money".

What is interesting for me is to think my kids will be born and raised in Bethesda which is worlds apart from where I grew up and DH grew up.  It's not that we plan to give our kids everything we didn't have materially speaking like a car, designer clothes etc.  However, it's making sure they don't take for granted that they can do after school activities offered that costs $250 each, or going to a more expensive summer camp (though we try to budget and mix it up with less expensive camps), or having birthday parties (again, not talking over the top and we don't do them every year but still maybe $300-$400). Those things are probably, okay likely, my weaknesses of giving the kids the things my family couldn't afford to do.  I see a security and confidence in my kids, not sure how much is financial and how much is being part of these different experiences,  yet I want to make sure that they are prepared for life on their own, not taking things for granted, and have the desire/expectation to support themselves.  [/quote]

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