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[quote=Anonymous]Go where you feel at home. I have a 2 yr old DD, bought before I knew I would be a parent in an up and coming neighborhood that stagnated when the market crashed. We're a 5 min drive from a well-to-do to wealthy neighborhood.

In my neighborhood, there's nowhere I would send DD to daycare, pre-school or elementary school. We go to the park in the well-to-do neighborhood, but despite countless attempts and opening conversations, have never made any friends -- apparently we dress well enough, speak well enough and behave well enough (my DD is more polite than a lot of those park/neighborhood kids! ) but once I answer the inevitable "where do you live," connections/rapport die.

My DD goes to a great daycare in Chantilly where I worked for a while, wonderful teachers and parents, diverse and middle class overall. DD has friends there and I've made mom friends, but getting together is a production because we don't live nearby.

If I can ever find a way to rent my place and cover the mortgage (I'm underwater currently), I'm going to cover the HOA fee myself and rent near DD's daycare. It's sad and lonely always having to get "dressed" and drive to see friends. I remember growing up with great friends in my neighborhood, going down the block to play, not having to always make plans, factor in travel time, worry about traffic. My first sleepover, I got scared and called my mom. She put on her robe and sneakers and walked three houses down to come and get me. I want that for DD, and I hope to have it in the next year.

If your kids won't have friends nearby, you'll soon see how difficult it is to try to get to a 10AM kid's function that's 30 min away when it takes an hour + to get yourself and DD dressed and out the door and she doesn't wake up til 7:30... And if she wakes up at 8 then you have 15 min to try to get some breakfast in her before you start getting ready. And don't try getting dressed (you or her) before she's done with breakfast, don't EVEN THINK about it ;)...[/quote]

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