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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like most of the people on this thread who were formerly in nyc were renting there, and in some cases pre-kids. That's a different story. You can suck it up and rent a small place in a very fun walkable area. Had you stayed, could you have afforded a row house in Park Slope? If you could, then you could also afford Eastern Market here in DC or really any nice DC neighborhood. If, on the other hand, you are moving to SS or TP because you can't afford $1m, then it is possible you would have ended up in New Jersey had you stayed in nyc. The small apartment would have gotten old pretty soon after the arrival of your second kid. So this is not really a dc vs nyc thing it's a childfree renting versus parent homeowner thing. Indeed DC is a lot cheaper to buy which is a big attraction. You can own square footage in neighborhoods here that would be totally out of reach there. 
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Nope. Most of us New Yorkers were pretty happy in about 1K square feet, because we had the advantages of the city itself to counter that. Speaking for myself anyway. And, if you know where to look, there's plenty of affordable 500K-range housing in New York City. With th transit and application hs and ms options, you aren't even as tied to a neighborhood as people must be here.

I still would happily live in Flatbush, Cypress Hills, Woodhaven, Glendale, or maybe St George over Capitol Hill, Kalorama, or... well this entire metro region.

However, since this is not an option, we are here. And being here, I have found a few nice areas--Mount Pleasant is probably my favorite within city limits, then Takoma, DC--and a whole lot of meh. And Silver Spring, which I have to say, I like, I can afford, and is a lot less burblike and dull than vast swathes of the District itself. This is just my experience. I sometimes think, if we had moved here earlier, been able to afford Mt Pleasant, bought VERY cheaply in Petworth, or been a bit more cobble hill-esque and liked Capitol Hill, I'm sure my perspective would change. Everything I share is my opinion. It is a funny thing about this city however, that there is never a shortage of people willing to jump up and down on soapboxes happy to explain to someone else that their opinion is totally wrong, and a result of their moral failings, as a person.

That is our gracious District's charm. The charm of the north. How fortunate we are also blessed with southern efficiency for our noble enterprise. [/quote]

I am PP, and I like Mt Pleasant, so you and I can agree on that. I can see the appeal of Silver Spring. As to your being fine with living in 1000 square feet, there we differ. I have kids and out of town guests. I am realistic enough to admit that if we were living in NY now, we'd be in the burbs.

My point was not to question your choices (except that part about you preferring those parts of Queens to Kalorama??) just to gently suggest that if you are priced out of a Capitol Hill or Mt Pleasant rowhouse today then you were priced out of a family home in Manhattan/Brooklyn some time ago. And you seem to acknowledge that when you talk about looking for a $500k place way out in Queens. The posters upthread weren't talking about Queens/Bronx/Staten Island, they were talking about Manhattan and Brooklyn.

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PP- you were not talking to me but I agree with your point. [/quote]

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