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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading these admissions threads already have me feeling nauseous.  If you were me, with a highly-distracted 7 year old who is going to be a challenge to get to focus on either sports or a musical instrument, and you could go back in time and do something differently (or the same, if it worked out well)  -- what would you do over or do differently?[/quote]

Move to a region of the country, like southern California, where your children can be outdoors all year, where there are people from many backgrounds and walks of life, where the people do all sorts of different things, and where everyone is generally happier, and certainly less intense.[/quote]

I think LA is just as much of a rat race re HS/college admissions as Metro DC is at this point.  Endless resume building and schlepping kids to lessons and academic pressure.  My sibs still live in CA and their kids are confronting the same issues and attitudes there that mine are here.[/quote]

I had one child go through high school in L.A. and another in DC, and have spent considerable time raising my children in both places.  No comparison, the west coast is a much more relaxed, open, outdoors, less stressful, less scheduled, more independent, diverse and adventurous place to raise children.  I wish we could have stayed there throughout our DCs' entire childhood years.[/quote]

LA is not more "diverse" than the Washington DC greater metro area.   They're both ridiculously and wonderfully diverse in every definition of that word.  [/quote]

Having lived for long periods of time in both places, I can unequivocally say that yes, L.A. is much more diverse in every way than Washington.  DC is lovely, but it feels like a small, socioeconomically segregated city compared to L.A.   It's just a healthier place to raise children out there.[/quote]

Funny, having lived both places, we reached a totally different conclusion.  Both dh and I loved LA, but ultimately came back east to raise our kids because felt many aspects of the culture there too superficial, i.e. focus on physical appearance and weight starting at very young age, "Hollywood" lifestyle difficult too avoid in the private schools, and pretty crummy public schools.  Add in the ridiculous cost of housing in a desirable area.  We still hope to go back some day, but not until after kids are grown.[/quote]

My guess is that, in both Metro areas, it depends on where you live.  And each encompasses a pretty broad/diverse region.[/quote]

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