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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When we were making the equivalent to what our parents made at our age and living in an 800 sq ft apartment in a crime-ridden AKA "gentrifying" part of town. When we realized we weren't happy and that life felt too hard with our commutes. We wanted a yard, a nice house, good schools, AND fun things to do in an urban setting and we didn't think those things should require making a quarter of a million dollars a year or more.

We moved to a large city in North Carolina, near where I grew up. We bought a beautiful house in the vibrant downtown area for less than the price of a townhouse in Manassas or Haymarket. Life is amazing now -- so good that sometimes I worry it means something bad is around the corner, but I'm weird and superstitious like that. We have all the restaurants and museums and parks that people in DC talk about but it doesn't require a struggle to get there. We walk or bike. No problems with parking, ever. That's been the biggest surprise. [/quote]

You couldn't pay me enough to live in NC.  [/quote]

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