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[quote=Anonymous]PP again.  I want to underscore this point because you all seem hung up on a typo.  I have LITERALLY been saying the same thing for at least 8 years on this very site.

You can find houses that cost less than $600k without moving to bum-f nowhere.  There are houses in the city even.  You just have to change your expectations.  I said this in 2008 to 2012 and suggested places like Brookland or Trinidad or Petworth and you all whined about why that wasn’t right for you and you wanted a $300k renovated house in a perfect location with amazing schools in upper NW.  Now you’re complaining that Brookland and Petworth are too expensive and you can’t possibly survive on less than $300k.

WAKE UP!  People do survive on less.  There is a huge amount of income diversity in this city.  Many of your neighbors are literally struggling to get by.  Pretty much anyone that reads this site is affluent in some manner.  Yes, even me on around $95k HHI.

If you can’t afford Bethesda look at Silver Spring.  If you can’t afford Brookland look at Woodridge or Mount Rainier or Hyattsville.  Buy a house that’s a little rundown but livable, or better yet, get a foreclosure.  And if you don’t, don’t whine to me about how high your mortgage bill is and if only you’d bought your house when you were in high school.  Buy a house now, that you can afford and open your eyes to different neighborhoods.  In five years time, your younger siblings will be singing the same tune you are.
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