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[quote=Anonymous]I understand your point. My wife and I grew up in the Midwest but raised our children in the pricier NOVA suburbs. It’s easy not to realize your privilege because it’s normalized everywhere a child turns - community sports, schools, friends’ houses, neighborhood parents, etc. And what’s crazy is that for whatever you have, someone else has more, which reinforces the notion that your lot is “average.” Even if you go to UVA or some other school, invariably kids with similar backgrounds flock together. It’s largely when we get outside the Metro area, particularly back in the Midwest, when we realize what our home equity and HHI would buy. We also realize we could retire immediately. At that point, you realize that you have it really good. [/quote]
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