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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about near Glen Echo? That area has some history. Here is a rental in your prince range:

[url]https://www.redfin.com/MD/Bethesda/6901-Rannoch-Rd-20817/home/10701155[/url][/quote]

op - love this. [/quote]

If I had to move here and commute to NYC every week I would get divorced. WHY?? It isn’t near the city. What are you going to do, hire a babysitter and drive 45 minutes to go to dinner? What is the point? The only reason to live in this location is if you work here. [/quote]

Op - I get it. I won’t be commuting (dh will). Nyc burbs are insane. Try finding a house anything like what you’d get in dc area with good schools within an hour of nyc. It’s absolutely brutal. We have lived on what feels like the edge of a rock face in terms of affordability for so long and it’s time to try something new. But we want it to be near or in a city [/quote]

No, yeah, I fully get it’s your DH who will commute. I’m saying if I were your DH and I had to move to the burbs of DC and commute to NYC so you could be “near a city” and “have a mudroom” or whatever I would divorce you. What could you possibly gain by being “near DC” that would be worth someone having to ride the train to NYC every week vs being slightly farther from NYC? I think this whole plan sounds insanely selfish but also really silly. I sincerely doubt it will end in happiness. [/quote]

I find the premise of this very odd. You have no connections in DC but are willing to add significant friction to your husband’s life  for more space ? What about the time your husband loses with your kids? DC isn’t even that much cheaper especially if you want “good schools” and “historic.”  Coming from New York standards/lifestyle will be in culture shock if you move to a place like Takoma Park. Even NWDC is very different from NY - search this forum for the many threads on how a lot of the desirable NWDC and MD (Chevy chase) neighborhoods are essentially suburban and very cut off from “the city” and less you are driving. Georgetown and Old Town are the only somewhat comparable neighborhoods but it does not sound practical with your children’s schooling need. If you want to optimize for schools and more space, there are so many more dense suburbs you’d find in NJ, CT, NY that would save your husband from the taxing commute.

There’s a lot of missing pieces here that needs to be thought through.

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