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[quote=Anonymous][quote]f job growth continues to be greater in the 'burbs, then moving closer to the city doesn't make much sense.[/quote]

Lot of folks have lost a lot throughout history betting that things would always remain the same:

http://streetsblog.net/2011/06/01/suburban-office-parks-are-losing-their-beige-tinted-shimmer/

Suburb-to-suburb commuting is just about dead; already you can barely get from Silver Spring to Rockville in any reasonable amount of time.  If population growth continues as predicted, suburban roads will be parking lots.  "Regional coordination of transportation policies" is mere hand-waving.  At the end of the day, at a certain point of population growth, the hub-and-spoke model is the only one that can work.  Which is why, aside from a few industries with captive workforces and politically-driven forces making decisions (ie BRAC) companies are moving back into the urban core.

As far as the school question:  the "best public schools" are a function of socioeconomic class.  The poor are moving out of DC; in 10-15 years it'll be a largely upper-middle class enclave.  The regional school picture will be radically different by that time.  These trends are self-amplifying.
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