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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sometimes wonder if there's a correlation between the increasing numbers of white families moving to DC, and the increased concern about residency fraud.  [/quote]

So you're saying white people are more likely to hold their local government accountable? Strange line of reasoning.

It has less to do with white people and more to do with the fact that the city is undergoing school-age population growth, especially among higher SES groups from all ethnic backgrounds. For about 50 years, those groups large refrained from raising kids in DC proper and instead went to the MoCo and Nova (publics) or PG county (privates).

With the growing population, there is increased competition for a small number of seats at established schools with good test scores. Complicating this are two issues: 1) free pre-K and the high demand to get into your neighborhood school that outstrips supply of seats and 2) the charters which have an incentive to ignore cheaters. Thus, the onus is largely on the parents to police bad actors.

Further, the DC government has not kept up with the changing mentality of DC parents. They expect more responsiveness and more adherence to norms. The DC government's mindset lags the DC population's mindset by 10-15 years.[/quote]

Nonsense. I’m new to DC and did not move to the suburbs specifically because I will not submit to the mentality you’re espousing. Please do not bring your suburban mindset here and expect to take over the city with it. The key to city living is tolerance and accepting that we all share DC with each other, even though we are in different situations and come from different backgrounds.[b] I do not expect more adherence to “norms.” [/b]Cities are places where freedom is increased, not policed by people who want everyone to be exactly like them and expect us all to fall in line. Residency fraud is an absurd excuse to use for persecuting people about whom you are suspicious. The attitudes I’m seeing on this thread are unconscionable. I’m ashamed of you all.[/quote]

Huh? Residency rules are embedded in the city's laws. I fail to see how following the law in this specific matter is about forcing "everyone to be exactly like them." You can still live life as you see fit, do what you want with your body, and raise your kids in whatever unconventional manner you see fit.

You just can't break the law. Is that really too much to ask?[/quote]

No, “norms” and “the law” are two separate things. You need to read the post I was responding to. Morality and the law are also not the same. It may not be illegal to follow people in their cars and photograph them before reporting them to the authorities, but it is definitely immoral. I don’t break the law, but when I read about this level of stalking/harassment towards people who are suspected of doing so, I find it sickening.[/quote]

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