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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The vast majority of families living in expensive DC, Bethesda, Chevy Chase or Arlington neighborhoods and complaining about cost of living, could move to Silver Spring, or PG County, or Burke and continue to work at the same jobs, and have the same income.

The PP was right. Short commutes, high scoring public schools, "walkable communities", these are luxuries. There's nothing wrong with wanting to have them, but they're expensive luxuries. If you're paying for them, and not making major sacrifices elsewhere, you probably aren't middle class.[/quote]

Honestly that was my thought as well.  If you look at housing prices, median income levels, types of employment, levels of education, etc. many neighborhoods in PG county and Silver Spring are much more aligned with middle class than Bethesda, Chevy Chase, or NW DC. Saying "the schools are a non-starter" is fine--just know that [/b]having the means to buy in a good school district that doesn't have a horrible commute is in itself a luxury[b]. [/quote]

I think that's incredibly depressing, although accurate for this area.  Luxuries should be things like affording a cleaning service, driving a Lexus, taking a vacation to Europe every summer, owning a beach house, etc.  Being able to send your kids to a good school (not necessarily a 10 on great schools, but one with decent test scores and not a high percentage of ESOL students) and living within 30 minutes of your job shouldn't be just for the upper middle class.[/quote]

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