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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our children have now attended two well-regarded DC schools: one a dcps and one a charter.

We are heading to dtss and are THRILLED about it. Yes, the class sizes will be larger. But so will the opportunities. And it is a functional city. I'm telling you, as another Clinton Hill expat, DC is not the same thing. Not any part of it. Not even close.[/quote]

One of the most annoying tropes on DCUM is the "nothing in DC can compare to NYC so therefore we are moving to the suburbs" trope.

My theory is that some (not all) people who live in NYC end up having a lot of their identity tied up in it, and when they leave New York they experience an identity dislocation, plus they don't have the money for the best DC neighborhoods, so they reach for the trope.  [/quote]

I agree.  I've seen this in other cities too.  In my former city the ex-new Yorkers always move to the exurbs or some crappy suburb.  Then they complain that they hate it.  No wonder! [/quote]

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