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[quote=Anonymous]I would second the suggestion to look at suburbs and either pick one, like North Old Town Alexandria, Del Ray, or Arlington or even parts of Rockville where you can get by without a car or just a few Ubers every now and then. You will save so much in terms of rent, eating out, groceries, etc. As a former non-car owner, I found a car extremely helpful for shopping in America with kids, where you can buy a haul of groceries once a week or less as opposed to walking home with just what you can carry/fit in a stroller. There is also the issue of Ubers in general not being what they used to be in terms of cleanliness and safety. And of course, none of them want to transport pets or have car seats for kids!

I would say 300-400k gross but you need to reduce the SF you are willing to accept to keep rent in line. In the areas you mentioned of NW DC, rent for 2-3,000 SF will easily be over the 5k you quoted. More like 5500-7000k. Utilities will be a few hundred a month cause all the SF homes in NW are old and don’t have insulation or insulated windows. Internet is easily is $100/month. A row home in Capitol Hill is a good compromise and makes a car less desirable…[/quote]

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