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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not just cheaper housing.  It’s better schools, less crime and fewer homeless people.

Not to mention rural, towns and suburbs have caught up in terms of dining, gyms and other amenities.  You no longer need to live in a city for access to these things.  [/quote]

Yeah the Smithsonian is opening in rural towns and cities nationwide.[/quote]

I'm a diehard DC native but underfunding of the Smithsonian plus the investment that other museums in smaller cities have done is leveling the playing field.  we moved to a smaller midwestern city, hopefully its only for a little while- i want to move back to DC- butttt I've been shocked at how good the various museums, conservatory/symphony and gardens actually are. We did just get a sweet green and there is no pret a manger or blue mercury- we have to drive to a larger city for that - something I whine about to my spouse ALL the time so not having the ability to just pick up perfume while I am TJ's on 14th is something I miss A LOT.. is the inconvenience enough for me to[b] not[/b] have a sub $500k Edwardian house walkable to my kids schools, bikable to pretty much everything else we need and saving enough to buy a summer cabin and go on 3-4 major vacations a year plus private school, hit retirement goals plus 529?  we are from a 'diverse' background which is also a factor but when I compare everything we have here and what we would trade to move back to DC, despite my nagging feeling of homesickness, its a really tough choice. I am still on teh fence b.c I grew up in DC and my immediate family is there but day to day life is better and if I lived in a suburb- American suburbs are really indistuigashable. There is zero difference in living in a suburb in Raleigh, St. Louis or DC. as you move west, it changes bc of teh landscape and Phoenix, boulder etc are different but this side of the Mississippi the suburbs are all the same.[/quote]

Where are you? Don’t worry your house will appreciate a lot.[/quote]

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