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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is that the DMV is squeezing out the middle class rung. That's where a lot of this resentment is coming from. For a time, it was possible to be middle class in DC and still have access to decent schools, a home that might not be huge but was large enough for a family, and access to reasonable mid-price amenities. You might have to go to PG County or Silver Spring to get it, but it was within reach for people making say 80-140k. You would never be rich, but that was okay -- you could live a full life in a vibrant community of people who invested in and celebrated each other. That has changed. It is very hard to buy a house large enough for even a small family in DC for less than 600k, and if you want it inbound for a decent school, good luck. The same is happening in many of the close in suburbs, even PG County which for many years had prices depressed due to racism but that is ending. The school situation is obviously stratified and charters have not solved the problem and in many instances have made it worse. Many rich people in DC are getting taxpayer funded dual-language or Montessori education via charters, saving them the trouble of either investing in their IB school or paying for private. There are some fortunate poor and middle class families also benefitting, but in many cases it's just a way to transfer student funds from our public schools into hard-to-get-into charters populated by UMC families. New development in DC is targeted at high earning professionals with little thought given to middle class families. Even neighborhoods that used to be destinations for MC families (Brookland, Petworth, H Street/Cap Hill) are now out of reach unless you've got 200k in cash for a down payment, plus the amenities are increasingly targeted at wealthy people making these neighborhoods less appealing to people under a certain income threshold. And then I hear wealthy people in DC waxing poetic about wanting to do something about poverty and equity in the city. Well here's a question: if there is no room for a middle class in the city, what could we possibly help people in poverty into? Even if you could help people with affordable housing (of which there isn't near enough in the city), what then? They go buy endives at Whole Foods and gather with friends at bars that charge $14 for a draft beer? What does it even mean to be middle class in this city anymore?[/quote] Well said. This is happening all over the nation.[/quote]
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