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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow did not expect opinions to be this divided. I swear this is not a troll post, but if you had over $1m in post tax HHI along with $20m+ liquid investments on top, would you view NYC private to be really worth the spend for 2 or 3 kids?[/quote]

This thread is a mess!

Anyway, in hindsight, I can offer that NYC is a fantastic place to be a teenager. If I had to go back to square one knowing what I know, I would find a way to stay. Our kids went to TT privates, but they have friends whose educational experiences here ran the gamut.

That being said, I'm a product of the suburbs myself, and I had a wonderful childhood and an excellent public school education. The same doors that are open for my DCs were open for me. The key to OP's DCs' future is their affluence, not Princeton public versus Trinity or whatever.[/quote]

Definitely one or two tangents on this thread but much better than some of the others bashing Trevor Day or some poor woman who was trying to move from SF...

It's just intriguing that opinions are this split on what I'd assume to be a very significant area of spend for any NY family in private and where presumably the experiences across families ought to be fairly universal (e.g. definitely better quality and better at developing critical thinking vs suburb publics but at a high price).

Have also heard from prominent college consultants that the brand of the HS matters less and that they do a better job packaging (at significant cost) than TT counselors. This could of course be them talking their book. Also presumably high income suburbs have plenty of parents spending on these consultants and the matriculation rate to elite colleges would seem to be worse if in fact 50% of the class is honors / AP track but comparable and perhaps less competitive if that number is closer to 20%

Just very confused about what seem to be orthogonal and somewhat contradicting viewpoints on something that should have a clear right or wrong answer.[/quote]

I would say that from an educational standpoint alone, a TT private with a national reputation wins . . . but you don’t cede much ground by choosing one of the excellent public districts in the NYC  suburbs. So what are you willing to sacrifice to stay in the city? That’s subjective. If you yearn for more space, a suburban lifestyle in general, or early retirement in OP’s case, then maybe you move. I would not and did not move, but plenty of others do and have few regrets about it. [/quote]

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