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Yes, but what large metro area DOES have all these things? Not DC. It does a lot to offer. No, it's not perfect. To live close-in/downtown, in a non-cookie cutter house, but also have good schools, and jobs for the picking, and a decent tax rate, and good public transportation is going to be a tough bill for any metro area to fill. DC can't. [/quote]

I didn't say DC was perfect in all of these.  We wound up staying here because my husband is easily employable here - which at this point in time, is a critical factor in picking a place to live.  We are about 20 miles from downtown DC, and we now live in a pretty cookie cutter neighborhood, although a subdivision developed in the 60s/70s so we have mature trees and decent sized yards.  We are not completely car dependent, since we can walk to all 3 well-rated levels of school, the local public library, several parks and a decent sized shopping center with most of the basics.  There are busses and park and rides we have access to which can get us to downtown within an hour during rush hour.  Neither of us work downtown, so this isn't a problem for us.

Austin is a pretty great town, which is why we considered moving there, but people shouldn't go into it blindly.  TX has no state income tax, but has high property taxes.  Food, childcare and gas costs tend to be cheaper there, which would have made up for some of that.  But let's be honest - TX is NOT perfect.  If you just want a big cheap house, good for you - move to Houston or San Antonio.  But, make sure you work in an industry that is still hot there, because otherwise, many the jobs created have been low paying and lack benefits.[/quote]

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