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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you won't get the pace of HK or London in DC, even in the most urban parts.  I grew up here and think it gets bashed unnecessarily, but it's not a very big city.  That said, the wealthier neighborhoods are much more of a pressure cooker than the Midwest (I went to college in Chicago and spent about 7 years there total).  So, if you want to avoid that you can, but then you have to [b]be prepared for people to tell you your kids' schools suck, blah blah.[/b]  NWDC is lovely and friendly to people who can afford to live there.  But maybe that's a good middle ground between where you are now and the excitement you've had in the past?[/quote]

This is so right.  Parents here are relentlessly competitive and many measure their self-worth by the average test scores of their kids' public schools.[/quote]

Interesting. I would hear similar "parent stories" in HK and doing everything possible to compete for the best schools, but different story overall there. Likely every big city will have their school/kid competitiveness, however, it seems it's not 100% DC?? I'd like to think that I'm not that invested in the avg. test scores, but then maybe I'll be shamed for not being haha??!![/quote]

They won't say it to your face.  Only behind your back.  [/quote]

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