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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do any of the posters saying "Location, location, location" actually live in a neighborhood where they don't fit in socially or socio-economically?  (aside from the Cleveland Park poster who found that she didn't and chose to move)?
It's easy to say "location, location, location" until you're stuck in a neighborhood where you have very little in common with 90% your neighbors.  
We live in one (beautiful house in upper NW DC which we afforded due to a combination of factors) and we often wish we had moved to Silver Spring, Takoma Park, etc instead.  We have a decent enough income but we don't have the same lifestyles as any of our neighbors.  I SAH but I don't have a full time nanny.  I don't have a vacation home.  I don't drive a luxury SUV.  I don't wear all Patagonia. etc. etc. etc.  People are nice but we are very different and I really wish we were surrounded by a different (more international, more middle class) community.   I had no idea this would matter when I was buying a house and hadn't been in this situation.  I would have said "location" as well and I did--evidenced by where we bought our house.

We do have social circles and friends all over the city but I wish we had them next door. [/quote]

Why do you care so much about what your neighbors think about you? In the end the jokes on them when they go bankrupt and you have lived within your means.[/quote]

you missed my point entirely.  It's not about what they think.  I'm 150% fine that I buy all my clothing at Target, have never seen the inside of a DC restaurant nicer than 2 Amy's, have never been to Bloomingdales, never shop at Whole Foods, have had less than 5 hours of daytime babysitting this year, don't have a cleaning service, certainly have never been to a charity benefit, intend to use public school through high school, etc. etc.  I don't judge the choices of others and could care less about their financials but pretty much my entire lifestyle is different than that of my neighbors.  It's okay but life neighborhood life could be much better (and is for my like minded friends who live in places like Rockville).

I get that NONE of this matters to many people.  They don't look to their neighbors for community or friendships.  But many others as evidences by this post.  There are definitely 2 minds when it comes to what people want from their neighbors.  
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