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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP,  it sounds like you’ve done a good amount of research on housing costs, but less so on career paths for lawyers in your specific situation — i.e., lawyers wanting to move, whether in the shorter or longer term, from a big-firm investigations practice to either a government job or something else.   You might want to post on the jobs forum to ask how someone like you or your spouse would find an exit path from a big firm.  That could help you assess whether DC would actually offer better professional options than staying in Philadelphia.  [/quote]

You should also consider that many firm and agency jobs in DC involve a lot of travel. If you are trying to move here to avoid regular travel to NYC, be certain that you're not trading for another job with frequent travel.

On the positive side, the DC area is very friendly and you would find it easy to put down roots, especially since you are a young family. Many people are transplants. As others have said, the schools aren't as good as they used to be, but that might be true everywhere. [/quote]

Did you say DC is very friendly? [/quote]

DP and despite its reputation, I do think the DC area is relatively friendly, at least compared to NYC and Philly (and Boston).  At least, pockets of it are.  Maybe the more expensive areas are less friendly, but I tend to think they're still welcoming to the people who can afford them.  It's not like you have to have grown up here for people to be friendly, which is the case in many parts of the country.  People sort of expect you to be from somewhere else.[/quote]

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