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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, the problem I have with the PP who says there are too many options is I think think she/he fails to see that ALL of those options still require a certain HHI.

It is expensive even to get a small apartment in MOCO.  So let's not fool ourselves.  I lived in Takoma Park in the early 2000s, and it was expensive then (and I lived in a 1-bedroom apartment that didn't have AC).

People who say move to PG and then you can afford private school don't realize that for a lot of people, even living in, gasp, PG county is expensive!!!  Not all salaries in DC support the high COL.

Personally, I don't care about scores.  I don't care about getting a kid into an Ivy League.   For me, the issue is safety and behavioral issues.  And that is a serious concern in the public school choices in D.C. and PG and parts of MOCO.  that's what scares people.  And because of those issues, private schools are hard to get into and expensive.

I hate when people act like people are overdramatic.

Personally, I plan to give public schools in PG a try, but I live in a section that feeds to a more stable school.  And where I live isn't dirt cheap, like people pretend PG is, but MOCO doesn't work for me for financial and commute reasons.

And yes, it is reasonable for people to consider commute.  If a person has to commute over an hour to and from work, it does affect how much they see their kid.  Not to mention it adds to before and after care costs, and even then MOST of those after care places require you to be there by 6pm.  Some long commutes don't allow for that.

So while I believe there are solutions and trade-offs, I still think it's very hard for the true middle class in the d.c. area (by middle class, I mean 100k hhi).  [/quote]

Couldn't have said it better myself.  And for those of us who can get good jobs, we can be better off financially too.  Really, DC is not the be all end all.  It really isn't.[/quote]

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