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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not native to either city, but we moved from Boston to DC about 5 years ago. I can't tell you how much I prefer DC. First of all, if you are planning on publics you absolutely must live in the burbs if you are in boston (which are unquestionably fantastic) but the boston public school lottery system is horrendous and there are no neighborhood schools. We had one child in a larger childcare center in boston 3 days a week and were paying $2100. Quality childcare there is exorbitant... there are very very few options. Nanny will be cheaper but not cheaper than here. The weather... I will caution you not to underestimate the weather and the impact it will have on your life. Its a major, major factor. The city is really quite small. You'll hit every decent restaurant there within the year, and they are not that good and expensive. There are fewer museums and cultural events. Its really a fairly parochial city at the end of the day. [/quote]

Agree with all of this.  Lived in Boston for six years.  Winter lasts from September to April and not only is it cold, it is super windy.  Snowed every single day for all of January one of the years we  lived there.

Least friendly, most grouchy people I ever encountered.  Also still extremely racially segregated.

It was fun for a year or two, but there is no way I'd move back.[/quote]

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