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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand the posts that say "we bought a house 10 years ago and didn't think we could have kids."  You can't put your house on the market in the 4 years (at least) that you knew that you had one?

Why don't we just get honest with each other and say we love our bigger homes that we would never be able to afford in a neighborhood with a great IB school.  I think all of you who keep harping on the OP even asking the question are full of shit.  You want a big house, close to work and you want your kid to go to a good school.   Nothing wrong with that right?  Not so much in DC.  See, you start crowding out my kids who live in a tiny space because I made a choice that my kids' education is more important and moved accordingly.  You preach diversity and gentrification as long you don't have to send your kids to the same schools.  Puhhleeaseee

In other words, I hope none of you get in my kids' school.[/quote]

OP here.  Thanks for the defense (and no the PP is not a sock puppet post).  My only quibble is that if you are IB for a good school, the OOB folks will not crowd you out because you will have admission as a matter of right, no?

Your points are similar to my friends' comments about living where they live (outer Hill, Bloomingdale, etc) vs where I live: they don't want to move up the Red line to Ward 3 because it takes longer to get to work, could only buy a crappy tiny house (see Real Estate threads on AU Park/Ch Ch DC etc).  They are actively chosing to live there, and view the lottery/no good IB school as the price to pay for that.  [b]I was interested in what others' choices are/were[/b].[/quote]

No, you wanted to be smug about what your choices were.[/quote]

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