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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many DC families have only stayed because they are underwater on their homes.  Once it rises, absent a good school, the middle class will flee DC again.[/quote]

blah blah blah.  Could it possibly that the lifestyle in DC is worlds better than anywhere else?  Could that be the reason families stay in DC despite the kooky school situation? And guess what?  It is only getting better by the day. With new development, invigorated neighborhoods, art and culture galore.  AND NO COMMUTE.  Tell me about your lifestyle in your affordable house ( excuse me, mcMansion ) and quick dash into the museums.  Tell me the last time you WALKED your kid somewhere. Tell me the last time you were at the shopping mall. [/quote]

This post is so arrogant and blatantly incorrect on so many levels that it is laughable (although you are right about the "kooky school situation" in DC).  DC is not the center of the universe, and life there isn't "worlds better than anywhere else".  We have lived in many different places, including DC proper, and DC is hardly at the top of our list of desirable places to live.  Getting better by the day?  With all of the recent robberies and the completely dysfunctional DCPS that will only get worse with the new round of massive budget cuts?  And as far as commuting goes, here is a newsflash: not everyone works in DC.  In fact, Tysons Corner is a bigger job center than DC is now, and that disparity is only growing.  Also, not everyone in the suburbs lives in a "McMansion", and you have only revealed yourself as a trashy person for using such a pejorative term and haphazardly applying it to everyone who doesn't live in your DC fantasyland.  And here is another newsflash: there are many suburban areas that are walkable and close to Metro (Bethesda, Old Town, Falls Church City, Arlington, etc.) and many parts of DC that are not very walkable and/or not close to Metro (parts of Palisades and other parts of Upper Northwest, among many other areas).  I could go on about how lacking DC is in urban amenities compared to real cities like New York, Chicago, London, and about how "suburban" DC itself feels compared to those cities, but that would take too long.[/quote]

I'm glad you found a place you like. And yet...the price per square foot says it all. The most desirable real estate is in the city. Next most, just outside. Etc...[/quote]

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