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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Saw this thread bumped, do an update.

We decided to stay in DC. For now. We might have moved this summer but a neighbor in our building listed their unit snd it took a while to sell. It just went under contract for a great price, but we didn’t want to be for sale at the same time when it was taking them a while to give a buyer.

We’re still torn, honestly. Live DC, but COL is painful. But the cost/benefit for Baltimore is tough. We looked at a ton of places this summer and CB put in offers on a couple, but it feels like owners need a certain ROI and while I get it, it also makes me cautious. We are reconsidering suburbs (Ellicott City, Columbia, Severna Park— we’d prefer to be south of the it’s because we have so many friends in DC). It’s a tough choice.

We’re still interested in Baltimore but probably the biggest sticking point is schools. If prices were 100k lower I think we’d do it and go private. But the combo of prices and taxes and schools that are worse than DC is making it hard. We like the city, but it’s just not adding up. So we’re in DC another year at least and we’ll see how it goes. Our kid is still young enough that we can postpone a year.

Still interested in perspectives though. This thread has been super informative/helpful for us during the house hunting process.[/quote]

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