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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]17:53 hit the nail on the head:

We are not saying there are not educated, creative, thoughtful individuals almost, well, anywhere.  We are saying, do you want to be a big fish (one of these individuals) in a small pond (of lots of other individuals not like this), or do you want to be one of a lot of well-educated, creative, thoughtful, individuals?  The latter may give you a come-uppance; you won't be a big fish in a small pond, but you'll be swimming amongst a lot of other like-minded individuals, and, in my personal opinion, everyone will be the better for it.  You will rub elbows with other educated, creative individuals; there will be a tipping point, a recognized majority, of educated, liberal-minded (and I am not speaking politically), open-minded, individuals; community and local political decisions will be made by and influenced by and based upon these individuals. You will not be who you are IN SPITE OF where you are from; you will be who you are BECAUSE OF everyone else amongst whom you live.  It is a synergy.  [/quote]

I guess I wonder just where that tipping point is.  If you work, socialize, and are politically involved with people who are interesting/stimulating - in your small city - what do you gain in the larger city?  I'll be lucky to meet a fiftieth of them, and so far, I have yet to see the end of the interesting work going on around me.  My experience has been that people work less, socialize more (and more broadly), and have more time to branch out here, so the quality of relationship has been higher than I remember having in DC.  Admittedly, it's hard to compare life stages, but still - it's not hard to find a challenge here.[/quote]

I guess that is up to each and every individual, and so that is really the crux of the decision.  It sounds like you may be happy if the ones you work with, socialize with, and are politically involved with -- are like-minded, thoughtful, etc.  I prefer, I think, to have as many as possible around me, beyond my own personal circle, so that the entire city and community is marked by this dynamism and creativity.  I don't want to feel like I have created a safe "island" of like-minded individuals [u]despite[/u] the "rest of the hoi palloi.".  I want the [u]whole community [/u](or as close to it as possible) to be like this.   I want the whole community atmosphere to be charged with well thought-out, creative, progressive (again, not using this term politically), dynamic policy-making.

But yeah, there is no one right or wrong answer.  And I have to be happy to pay more for this COL to get this QOL.  So it really is up to each and every family to make this decision, I think!  Sounds like some (yoiu?) would think it is not worth the increase in COL, so these people would think people like me are financially foolhardy.  But others like me, who want the larger community to be as I have described above, will wax eloquent about the "culture," "education," and "opportunities" here, and sadly probably alienate folks in the first category, like you, who then take it to mean, "It is only possible to live a good life if you live somewhere like I do."

Everybody can make their own decision.  There is no right or wrong.  Variety is what makes the world go round. ;)[/quote]

If you think the entire District of Columbia is marked by dynamism and creativity, you are myopic indeed.[/quote]

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