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[quote=Anonymous]As one who grew up in the burbs with a parent who commuted before remote work was trendy, I can say that it only works if one parent is also working in the burbs and/or can work from home most of the time (or isn't working at all). If both parents work in the city and need to be there most of the time, you can have the best nanny/au pere/whatever else set up, it just doesn't work. Particularly not if you want to be an involved, present parent.

Contrary to popular opinion, it isn't that hard or expensive to get decent apartment in a good public school zone. It might be a bit cramped and definitely isn't like a suburban house, but it is not four people in 600 square feet. Or you can game the system in various ways to get your kid into a good public elementary - again, not that hard.

This makes the math a lot different. Yes, things get very slightly more challenging for middle school and can be a lot more challenging for HS, but if you had free for K-8, the math works a lot differently.

But to a large extent this is a lifestyle choice. People should be very well informed about the differences, which some of the posts here are helpful in explaining (some are not). But you can't tell other people what to do.[/quote]

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