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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] My husband and I both work- live in DC, crappy school area but lucked out on charters for both kids, make about 150k EACH, and do not have a great big back yard or lots of sq ft in our 800k home.  We have a very easy commute to our jobs, like what we do, and have lots of family in the area.  But I always said, if we could make anything close to our income now (and by close, I mean 60%) of it - or if my husband could make his income  somewhere else (he is in tech, and gets 30% of his income for clearances, we should go.  [b]Here is the thing, other places would not have the same culture and city life we love, but we would have larger yards,less stress, and most importantly less assholes like 20:50.[/b]  [/quote]

I speak from experience -- don't underestimate the value of a "very easy commute" to jobs that you like, and lots of family close by. It's hard to imagine a big yard making up for losing that.

I'm one of those people who happily pays through the nose to live near Metro in a walkable neighborhood (shops, restaurants, etc) full of decent but smaller houses/lots, because it makes commuting and life in general so much better for me. Yeah, I could have a mansion out in the sticks, but that wouldn't make me happy.

So back to the OP -- it's a question of priorities, and everyone's are different, and there's no right or wrong here.[/quote]

Yep, pretty much this.  Signed, the poster originally from Cincinnati.[/quote]

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