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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, this is the schools forum, but most of the above seems like a self-justification entitled, "why I chose to be on the right side of residential segregation and don't want to be judged."

There's a premium for everything in Upper NW, from higher cost of housing to higher cost of living to limited transit, etc., that makes living there a deliberate choice.

Live with it.  We all vote Dem, we just don't all live the liberal lifestyle in practice.  We can all do better from the position we're in, so just try to do that.[/quote]

New poster. First off, I voted for Obama but I try to avoid voting Dem in city elections, and I hope more of you will consider doing the same, especially if you care about education.

Second, I didn't see the deleted thread. But on its face your critique of OP of this thread is unfair. Everyone seems to assume that wotp real estate is universally more expensive than, and wotp people universally more affluent than, the eotp houses/people. That's not the case. For example you can spend a lot more on average in Logan Circle or Mt Pleasant right now than in parts of the Lafayette district. That was even more true in 2009-2010 when a lot of people bought houses during the recession. I don't blame people for prioritizing schools and low crime over walkability to cool bars and transit service. It is ridiculous to assume that wtop people are paying a premium to avoid diversity, if that is what you were trying to suggest. 
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It's really pointless.  The PP is far too focused on her own self-importance to concern herself with things like facts and reality.

If he/she could come back and explain to me about my limited transit I would appreciate it.  I am within a 10 minute walk of the metro, the L2, L1, H2, H3, H4, and the entire 30 line.  How many more options do I need to qualify as an acceptable neighborhood?  Also I am interested in this higher cost of living.  Is the Giant near my house charging higher prices than the ones EOTP?  [/quote]

+1. Her self-righteousness and condescension, especially in conjunction with her utter cluelessness about Upper NW, are really nauseating, and do not represent most EOTP parents.[/quote]

New poster here.  From EOTP..  I appreciate the OP outlining the ways that we're all pretty much the same. [b] What I find offensive are the posts claiming that only parents who buy/rent WOTP are making responsible decisions.  [/b]I realize that thaese are people suffering status envy - a citywide epidemic - but there's a prevalence of posts that suggest the only "right" decisions for schooling are JKLM.  Which is just impossible for the majority of parents in DC.

Yes, I take everything within these forums with a grain of salt.  But the only path to equitable public schooling is a broader swath of households accepting and attending their neighborhood schools.  Period.  If you don't want overcrowding in your ward 3 schools, stop promoting them as the only [i]responsible[/i] choices that parents can make.

We're pretty content with our EOTP DCPS, and I think a lot of parents are discovering the same.  It's an outcome we should all want because it broadens the field of choices.  We just have to get a few people to stop acting like assholes.[/quote]

Sigh.  I don't think that is what most people are saying (or at least me).  The OP made it very clear that her priorities were walking to school and an easy commute to her/her husband's jobs.  Never does she say that these are the only universally responsible choices, just that for [b]her [/b]family and their commutes, those are the right choices.  I am in the same boat (one of us works in VA, the other in DC).  If that weren't the case we certainly would have looked in other neighborhoods.  I had a friend who LOVES Brookland but her husband's commute would have been a nightmare so they looked elsewhere.  I personally didn't want to commute across the city everyday for school, but I totally understand how people in my neighborhood who value bilingual education choose to do so to go to an immersion school.

People use many different factors when they are deciding on housing and it doesn't automatically mean they are judging people who use different criteria for their choices.[/quote]

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