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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband is a Fed, I am in the arts. Our HHI is about $170. We live a very non-rat-race life in Bethesda. Family dinner almost every night. Hang out on the weekends. I agree there are some very competitive people around here, but it is pretty easy to avoid them. Honestly our friends and neighbors are pretty down to earth for the most part.

Sounds like you are hanging with the wrong crowd, or maybe your job is ruining your life.

Try to focus on what is amazing about the DMV -- the unbelievable diversity and tolerance. The free museums. Rock Creek park. Great hiking and camping nearby. Lots of cute towns in Va and Md to do day trips. Canoeing/kayaking on the Potomac. Art classes offered at Glen Echo.

And get a new job[/quote]
You are describing my life, except that we are a dual Fed couple in Bethesda. You know what’s a lot worse than growing up in the DMV? Growing up in a racist rural town. I absolutely love Bethesda and DC. We have so many lovely friends in our neighborhood (Bannockburn) and with parents on our kids sports teams.

I will say that I occasionally focus on how much friendlier strangers are elsewhere. We are hosting Thanksgiving in Bethany Beach, and I did all my shopping at the Millville Giant. I think I spoke to half the people in the store, from the man who was grocery shopping for what seemed like the first time ever and needed help finding sweet potatoes and picking ripe avocados, to the lady who warned me not to step on a slippery spot and blessed me for helping her find buttermilk, to all the people who apologized for leaving their cart in the way, and to the checkout guy who grew up near White Flint mall in a house his parents bought for $15k in the 1950s.  I like both places a lot. [/quote]

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