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[quote=Anonymous]My perspective is slightly different than OP's, but I kind of get where she's coming from. I know a number of people who were super gung-ho about supporting their local schools, not bailing for the suburbs on the basis of schools alone, etc. I would say that since my now-4th grader entered DCPS when she was 3, most of her friends' families have been playing the lottery every year to try to trade up. EOTP until a year or two ago, that was still a reliable backup plan. Last year, one of her best friends switched to private school and didn't tell anyone. She just wasn't there the first day of school and didn't show up later in the year. It was really hard for DD, particularly because we did not have the opportunity to continue the friendship. With other friends who have left the city, we have been able to continue the friendships in various ways, but it's always been rooted in the friendships being reciprocal. We go to the BBQs in Bethesda. They come downtown for brunch and museums. That sort of thing. I do not take it personally when my friend who moved to Bethesda is excited about her new house with a great yard in a great neighborhood with a lot of kids. I have never felt like the comments about how nice it is to live there were a dig at me for making a different choice. But I also notice that those kinds of comments die down a lot once it's no longer new. Maybe OP's friends are jerks. Maybe they are just excited about this new change in their lives. Maybe neither of those things is true and OP is the jerk. [/quote]

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