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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a silly argument because it ignores reality. Do you think most people who pay 20-40k+ for multiple kids to attend private live in a 600k house in a not so amazing neighborhood? Most ppl who spend that much money can easily afford to live in expensive homes, and often much more, evidenced by overwhelmingly preppy atmosphere at privates, dominated by wealth. I personally think it would be a pretty bad decision to choose to live in a just ok neighborhood with the intent of using all the money "saved" by doing so, on a private school. Even excluding real estate appreciation and selling at some later point, kids would be more isolated in both private and maybe in their own neighborhood too. I can see if a family lives in a nice urban area with all bad schools but they do not want to move elsewhere for schools. In that case private is totally sensible.[/quote]

My DS attends Potomac school and three of his best buddies live: BFF #1: 10,000sqft home near Ballantrae and Waverly; BFF #2:  8,000sqft home in Mackall Farms; BFF #3:  10,000sqft home on Kirby Road and Dolley Madison.  My house is a small one,  3000sqft in a older Langley neighborhood. 600K house is laughable.[/quote]

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