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[quote=Anonymous][quote]You are right, it is a certain personality type that that prioritizes schools for my children over a great neighborhood for childless couples and more space. It is called planning. And because I planned i am happy with my neighborhood schools. If I could not have afforded a good school neighborhood in DC I would be in VA or MD where I could have afforded good schools. I also take responsibility for my choices, part of my personality[/quote]

Yes, the rest of us are irresponsible and you are sooo perfect.  Newsflash: many,many, many people in DC cannot afford rent in your fancy areas. And there are many other reasons for not buying west of the park.  Like my spouse, who moved to a less expensive neighborhood in order to send his special needs child to a private school. The idea of more children was, at the time, unthinkable. We probably can, now, afford those schools, but honestly we prefer the low key, diverse population of our school now. WIll it be great when the kids are older? Not sure, but we have to balance a number of factors: finances, proximity to private school, good public school, our commutes and the kind of kids we want our kids to be around.

and, serious question here;  if every single family who could possibly even do it moved west of the park, then how great would those schools be? YOu'd be screaming even more about overcrowding and under-resourcing schools like Janney. So, poster, you should be glad that not everyone is as responsible as you. Keeps the numbers down in your school.  [/quote]

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