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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MA and NJ also have insane property taxes to support those schools.[/quote]

[b]Actually, since towns do not charge any income tax, when you factor that in, the taxes are about the same.

The housing stock is a lot nicer, too.[/b]
Remind me why I moved here again?[/quote]

Yep, this.  In the end, not much more expensive (sometimes not at all).
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Ok.  So what?  I wouldn't have a job (and definitely not one that pays what mine does here in DC) if I lived in NJ or MA.  I'm just not sure of the point of pointing out that in other states there are cheaper, nicer houses.  Duh.[/quote]

The original question was about whether a feature which is common in other areas is available here.

Unless you have job-hunted in NJ or MA (where the job market is robust actually), I don't know how you could know that you couldn't find one that pays what yours does here in DC.  Those three places are comparable vis-a-vis cost of living and pay scales.[/quote]

Except distances in NYC to such places from actual places of employment are not the same really comparing with DC area, you have to go at least 30 miles out from manhattan and your commutes will be to the closest suburbs at least 1 hour each way on PT.  I don't know many people in NYC who commute less than 2 hours a day and this is pretty much guaranteed if you want suburban living.  Most employment is in very dense areas of Manhattan and Jersey city, some in Connecticut, not much in between, at least this has been my experience job hunting.  [b]In DC you can have much shorter commutes and still live in a small town/suburb, plus lots of jobs are in the burbs.[/b]  Not saying traffic is great in DC, but overall distances are just smaller and this makes things easier and just gives people more options other than raising your family in an apartment if you want to be close to your job or commute 2-3 hours a day.   [/quote]

I can't speak to NYC vs. DC, but I can tell you that my sister, who lives 8 miles from downtown Boston, lives in a town like the one described above and her commute is a breeze.  Her DH bikes to work in Cambridge.  There are jobs in the Boston 'burbs (which are towns) just as there are here - with the added benefit of living in a bona fide town/community built on a human scale.

In the DC area, there are very few towns.  There are suburbs, but they are counties, not towns.  The words "town" and "suburb" are not interchangeable in this respect.

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