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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, true.  It just depends on what is most important and how long OP and his wife plan to stay.  I guarantee you they could buy in 20011/20012 now and sell at a profit in five years.  The whole area is changing.  So for the next five years they could have an affordable totally renovated house and decent commutes for both of them.  [/quote]

Are you asking OP to gamble on future gentrification?

To be fair Takoma DC is far, far, far from the worst OP and spouse can do. But OP has to go in with eyes open -- that the in-bounds schools aren't the greatest, that someone used to a 1/4 acre lot in a safe Northern VA/EOTP MoCo suburb is going to have HUGE culture shock, and that housing prices can go up and can go down. If they have the cash to stomach losing a bit of money and moving out to Ashburn/Urbana (like someone, somewhere -- but not on DCUM because those are just so un-hip places -- must be doing), it's worth a try.

How many of these young professional families actually (1) stay in DCPS/charters K-12 and (2) stay in Takoma/Brightwood for all those years. [/quote]

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