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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think OP is right and PP is right about housing costs. For those of you disagreeing, you clearly aren’t trying to buy a house NOW.  And Mr. Boomer, yes going camping without my cell phone would make me happier - for like 2 days - but then I’d have to come back to the reality that I’m renting an expensive condo for God knows how long because I cannot afford to buy a house.  [/quote]

Lol I’m not a boomer, I’m gen x but maybe that’s worse these days?.  I did buy a sub 500k small house in an exurb before the pandemic, and that was lucky.

But Look, everyone thinks they want to live in Bethesda and that’s fine but it will make you feel poor just like it does to live in Manhattan.  You need to own that and recognize how it’s really a mirage.

I actually choose to work half time so we can reasonably manage our three kids.  Our combined income is 250 but obviously it could be higher.  It’s not really about income for us it’s about time/priorities.  My friends who live in Bethesda with an only child chose to do private school, so they work many hours to afford that lifestyle, that works for them.  Other friends opted for a townhouse in Rockville to afford two kids.  That is how they choose to use their time and money.

Op implies no one has a choice.  It’s not true.  Op thinks his choices are the only way he can be happy but he’s clearly not that happy.  He likely doesn’t know what he really wants because he could easily find it in this day and age.  In most important ways Umc has more options than previous generations, not less.  People who don’t see this are just fooling themselves.  Bethesda was a rural suburb to our parents.  Same with Rockville.  Everyone made trade offs. [/quote]

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