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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have lived on the hill a decade now with no plans to leave - [b]DH is obsessed with being in the city[/b] and we can't afford upper NW so for the foreseeable future we plan to stay in our townhouse. Both kids are in a DCI feeder school so we are putting all our eggs in the DCI basket. Will try for one of the Latin campuses in 6th if we don't get into DCI.[/quote]

You should prod DH on whether he really believes that people really he cool because he lives near the federal government.[/quote]

I am the PP who is moving and my DH was like this too, and actually it really is worth it to unpack why one or both partners are very attached to living "in the city." For my DH, he had this idea that moving outside the city was moving backwards because he'd lived in the suburbs in his 20s before finally moving into DC and being much happier to be close to friends and things to do. He moved into DC around the time we met, and he associates moving into DC as the time his life got really good.

But that was over a decade ago, before we married, owned a home, or had kids. When I'd suggest moving, he'd talk about how lonely he was in the burbs and how much less lonely his is now, and it took some time for me to convince him that living in a 1-bedroom apartment in the suburbs at the age of 26 is a totally different deal than living in a 3 bedroom house with your wife and family in your 40s. I actually think that potentially we will be more social and go out more once we move, because our lifestyle will be more in line with neighbors and also the lower cost of living will leave more money for babysitters and date nights.

It is somewhat comical how long it took to convince him of this but eventually he came around. But yes, initially he was incredibly attached to staying in the city, like if he left it would be some kind of tragedy. We're talking about moving 30 minutes away to a close-in suburb![/quote]

Different strokes for different folks.

My sister and her DH are home homebodies and burbs would fit them fine.

Whereas we do a lot of things in the city with dining out, Kennedy center, theater, concerts, family friendly activities in the city.  Even if we moved just 1/2 hour outside, there is no way we would do 2/3rd of the things we would do because of the hassle of driving into the city.

It’s much easier though because we have only 1 and more time for outside interests/hobbies/friends and don’t need a huge place.

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Different strokes +1. Happy for all the people who realize they want to leave the city and are able to. As someone who grew up in the DC suburbs, I don't want to recreate that for my kids or for my spouse and me. We'll stay put in our tiny rowhome and charter school. I'm relieved we can stay.

Agree with all the posters who say there are quite a few options for middle and high school for Hill families. As my kids get older, I am taking a closer look at Banneker, McKinley, and Duke Ellington as well as Basis and Latin.[/quote]

This. I feel like this forum is frequented by people who want to share what went wrong, or problems they have. Which is fine, and is helpful to some. But people who are content and busy with day to day life don't frequent sites like these as much to say things are going just fine. Kind of like reviews of anything online -- it is much easier to find motivation/time to post anything when you have an axe to grind. Our child is just in the second week of 6th grade at our DCPS feeder, so I am not the expert yet, but we have friends at both SH and EH, and I know people at Jefferson and CHML - all of whom have had good experiences and are choosing to stay at those schools. For parents who want a full picture of a school, coming on here is helpful but only one piece of the puzzle. Connecting with somebody who is currently at the school or just finished is a great way to learn more. I know these people are often labeled 'boosters' on here, but talking to people who are happy with a school and want to share what is going well is not a bad thing. True, their view may not be shared by all, hearing why some people are happy at a school can be valuable to younger families.[/quote]

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