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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worry about this as a middle class family in Arlington and it’s one of the reasons we didn’t look at houses in Bethesda or McLean. I want my kids to be in the middle and insulated somewhat from extreme wealth. My husband grew up in a commuting suburb of NYC and kids at his school had parents who were Goldman partners and F500 C-levels. His dad was a senior exec, but not at a hedge fund or large bank. He says he totally knew how much money other kids had but it never bothered him. Hopefully my kids feel the same growing up in a place where they are solidly in the middle. [/quote]

Seriously?  All of the neighborhoods around us in N Arlington have a median SFH price of over a million.  Our neighborhood's median average is $1.3 and all of the new builds are selling for over $2 million.  Where of you live in Arlington?  Yorktown and feeders into WL have extremely wealthy kids.  Many of my friends kids attend Sidwell, St. Albans Georgetown Day, Potomac School, etc.

We are in N. Arlington [b]and have a HHI[/b] ,but are trying to shield our kids so that don't grow up entitled and spoiled.  Nobody in our neighborhood mows their own tiny lots or does any household chores.  They source out everything.  We have our teen boys doing those type of chores.  Even though we can afford all of the things their friends have, we don't buy them the $300 sneakers or the iPhone X, etc.  I think that's BS to give a tween/teen with them not having to work for it.  And, getting good grades is a given, not something we pay them for.[/quote]

You have a household income?[/quote]

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