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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I realize that I grew up in a very privileged life in the DC area. Everyone I know when to the local privates or the highly ranked publics. Everyone went to college at least or has multiple degrees. Everyone has at least 400k in savings and a 200k job by the time they're thirty. Everyone has a lavish wedding. Everyone buys property in desirable zip codes. Everyone is a parent by early thirties. Everyone takes at least 2-3 international trips every year. Everyone has a parent or two who are wealthy and successful.

It is only recently that I realized this isn't...normal and its hard to grasp. How can someone who grew up like this realize what life is like for others who aren't like them?[/quote]

Third generation DC Native here.  Since you apparently know that there are “desired zip codes” — what makes the other zip codes less “desired” by you and your peers?  I’m hoping that you’re trolling, since the trolling has recently become more elaborate.

In the course of living your life, you’ve never had a casual chat with anyone without a 200k job?  You’ve never once thought about the people working in stores where you shop, or restaurants where you eat, or teaching you in the “local privates or the highly ranked publics” that you and your peers attended?  You’ve never attended a cultural or religious activity with people who don’t take international trips?  You’ve never taken the Metro, been on a bus, or chatted with an Uber driver?

Since this level of isolation takes work, perhaps you can start small.  Take a class at the Y or a community center. Chat with someone who seems congenial.  Take it from there.

You probably can’t really realize what life is like for the rest of us — until you’re faced with a problem that money can’t fix.  Then, as you prioritize, and fill some needs while having to let others go unfulfilled, you might begin to grasp how the vast majority of people doing quite well by normal standards actually live.

On the off chance that this isn’t trolling, OP, I’ll look forward to any updates that you’d care to share.
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