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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP you are one of only a relatively few people that want to raise a family in the district. Everyone else prefers good schools and low crime.[/quote]

That's not true anymore. My DCPS is full to bursting with kids from families who have the means to move elsewhere but chose to stay in the city. DC is a great place and I'm happy to be raising my kids here instead of MoCo where I grew up.[/quote]

Once kindergarten hits A lot of people leave or use private school, even more by the time high school hits.[/quote]

That used to be the case. However, I am consistently surprised by the number of parents (often who went to private schools themselves) have been opting to keep their DC in through high school. It's just not a general rule of thumb the way it used to be. [/quote]

Many are broke and can't afford it. It will be interesting to see what happens 5 years from now once this experiment has concluded.[/quote]

In these instances it isn't a matter of being able to afford it. Plus people could always move. My cohort is old enough to have purchased before the housing boom of the early 2000s. They have huge amounts of equity built up and houses in our neighborhood are in great demand. [/quote]

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