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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can get a 3BR/2.5BA 2500+ square foot townhouse in Columbia Heights for $600k.  That whole area is experiencing a middle-class baby boom, and is right near EL Haynes.[/quote]

And for most people not living on either coast, $600K buys you a mansion.  My parents are currently selling their home in the suburbs of a medium-size Midwest city.  3500sq ft, 5 acres of land, good schools.  Asking price is about $330K.[/quote]

For someone living in rural Guatemala, $600k is even more outrageous.  Again, you're comparing a golf cart with an automobile.[/quote]

Maybe that's the takeaway for the entire article.  You can't really compare Omaha with Bangor with Miami with DC.  One's automobile is another's golf cart.[/quote]

Good point.  But the greater takeaway is that, for folks who are interested in moving to a liveable, walkable city with low-unemployment and a rich set of cultural attractions, DC is arguably one of the best choices.  And that when making that comparison, DC's *schools* are a net positive, not negative.

That's actually news.[/quote]

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