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[quote=Anonymous]I think you need to look at your earning potential honestly and choose where to live accordingly. If you get sucked into wanting “the best” because you see what other people have, it’s not realistic and you will always feel lacking. 
A wedding is the obvious place to save some money. You can honeymoon in Mexico or Costa Rico instead of the Maldives or Thailand. You can wear a $700 dress instead of a $7k one. You can have beer and wine instead of open bar with liquor. 
You can raise a kid in an apartment - lots of people do. Including tons of rich people in NYC. Depending on moving costs and how much you can save, you can also consider sizing down to a 1 bedroom until your yet to be conceived child is 1-2 yrs old. 
You don’t have to have a nanny or a big daycare center like Bright Horizons that costs $$$$. In NoVa at least, small in-home daycares are 2/3 the cost of a center. 
For a while in elementary, your kid can have a full and interesting life with County Parks and Rec swim lessons, public library programs, rec league sports, and County or church-based day camps. The DC area is full of free or low cost things to do for outdoor activities and educational enrichment. 
In this area there are also tons of fun, drivable family vacations to take without ever splurging on flights or a fancy hotel - you can AirB&B a condo in Ocean City for a long weekend or stay in the cabins in Shenandoah. 
Finally most kid stuff can be acquired for cheap or free. I wanted new, best everything for my 1st kid and quickly realized that besides the car seat, used would have been just fine. [/quote]

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