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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree that it happens at every school. We are at Oakland Terrace in Silver Spring and it doesn't happen. The moms are not fake, nobody has $500 purses, and I can't remember the last time I saw a luxury SUV. Most of the parents I know are feds, some in the sciences and some in policy, some small business owners, teachers, tech workers, construction. Apparently the snotty parents don't move to this neighborhood. If I were to hazard a guess it would be because we do have about a 1/3 immigrant population in the school, to which snobs tend to be allergic. Frankly many of those kids are performing as well or better than my white kid.[/quote]

I live in Bethesda, and most of my neighbors are feds, in the sciences, in policy, small business owners, teachers, tech workers, and in construction.  So your point is....?[/quote]

My point was that none of the parents I know at our school are the snobs the OP described, and I tried to back it up with some kind of description of the non-snobs, in my words. It sounds like the people who live near you are similar. Though I admit it truly is news to me though that most of the parents in Bethesda are feds, scientists, teachers, etc. I figured that since the average home price is something like $800K+, people in the professions I mentioned, who might make something like $100K at the best, could not afford to live there. Am I wrong about that? I truly don't know so I'd be curious. The two families I know well who live in Bethesda are 1) big law; and 2) double-physician family. [/quote]

She didn't say most families in Bethesda.   She said most families in her neighborhood in Bethesda.  That's very believable to me because it's true in my neighborhood in Bethesda also.  And I'm part of a two fed family living in Bethesda, soooo.  [/quote]

Yes.  We left the private sector because the money-grubbing and back-stabbing was soul-killing.  Lived responsibly while we were making good private sector salaries, now we are a one fed, one stay-at-home family in Bethesda.  I drive a beater car and live in a modest house...been here less than 5 years.  Many of our neighbors are fed-fed, fed-teacher, fed-something else, scientists, tech people, and self-employed.  Some retired.  There are a few biglaw lawyers, but I am struggling to think of any doctors.  Normal folk, down-to-earth.  More nerdy than glitzy.  I'm sure there are fancier places in Bethesda, just as there are fancier places in DC, so why the broad-brush tarring of everyone who lives in a W cluster as snobby?  If you take the time to look past the stereotypes, you'd probably be pleasantly surprised.  [/quote]

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