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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK hate is a little strong. We have lived here three years and our neighbors are so unfriendly! Everyone is so busy/important. I have lived all over the world, so I am comfortable moving to a new place etc.

I love: the schools, the libraries, the pools, the parks, the metros, the commute to work, great shopping, access to nature, the safety/low crime.

But: I feel like I am bringing my kids up in a really unfriendly materialistic environment.

I know this is probably just life outside a major city. But the idea of staying here for 15 years really gets me down.

Anyone have advice? Should I just "bloom where I am planted" or try to make a change?[/quote]

Lot's of good feedback here, but I live in the SE Washington Ghetto.  [b]We don't have pools, parks that are safe or libraries that are open more than about three hours per week.[/b]  We don't go in them anyway, could get mugged or worse.  Oh, and the schools are such that you all in Bethesda would not step foot on the grounds without fear for you lives.  I'm so sorry that your kids are living in an unfriendly, materialistic environment.  You chose it for them.  Come live ghetto love and you won't whine so much.[/quote]

You're wrong. SE DC has three of most beautiful libraries in the city. The DC library system has hired architects from as far away as London to redesign the libraries into showpiece community facilities. The goal is for every library in the city to be completely rebuilt. In SE they are open until 5:30 or 9PM depending on the day. And the parks are plenty safe. Schools in Upper NW like St. Albans play ice hockey and run in Fort Dupont Park in SE. [/quote]

[b]From London, wow![/b][/quote]

PP, you're hilarious. And previous pp, Fort Dupont is in NE, I think, maybe I'm wrong.[/quote]

Fort Dupont Park is off of Minnesota Ave in SE DC. These are two new libraries in SE. If only the suburbs had the vision.
http://www.designboom.com/architecture/adjaye-associates-two-libraries-for-washington-dc/[/quote]

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