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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She already said she was in CT.

I'm guessing Greenwich or Darien and she's thinking about moving to Ridgefield, Kent, Litchfield, Washington or somewhere like that.

I'm in a coastal CT town an hour outside of DC and the community, activities/sports, and efficiency are much more important to me than I realized they would be.  We were looking at more rural locations as well, but I'm happy where we are.  We drive to the above locations on a weekend day for a hike some times.

One thing to keep in mind is that private high school is about 50K a year and then 60K? with fundraising.   That's 240K per child.  That adds up!

Your home value will appreciate more in your current location I'm guessing.  Maybe wait a year or two and think it over?

Another thing is proximity to airports.  Being close to the major NYC airports and HPN is nice.

And if job situations change it's also nice to be closer to NYC[/quote]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.  In our case, the inland town we are considering actually is pretty big on kids sports/activities and community as well.  It also has easier access to a relatively big airport than we do now at the beach town.   The private schools are expensive but the houses there are so much cheaper compared to our current town, financially it will be a wash even if we send 3 kids through the private high school route.

The big concern we have is that we are going to be much farther from NYC for an easy day trip with kids on top of losing beach access.  Also home value appreciation difference will be a big factor if the difference is too huge.  [/quote]

Can you do math OP? It will not be a wash unless you are sending your kids to a religious private which in that area is literally dumb.

I am from there, moving inland from the beach is fine but it will not be much cheaper and if you do private you are losing out on a great education.

I'd move and to shorten your commute and be closer to the airport. [/quote]

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