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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^pp.  save enough for a downpayment on a one bedroom coop.  Then you'll at least have your apartment paid off for retirement.  [/quote]

Absent a potential marriage bringing you back to NYC, I doubt you'll leave DC once you see how much further your downpayment will go here. I left NYC after 9 years for grad school in DC, thinking I'd return after two. 
My life in DC was just so. much. easier. in every imaginable way. I couldn't give up the higher quality of life to go back to crappy NYC apartments and smell of stale urine and hot garbage in the summer. DC made me soft  :? [/quote]

I'm the PP you guys are advising. You're probably right. I left NYC saying -- I'm DONE. Not coming back. DC seemed like a good option. Now I'm here and it's meh -- except for a fantastic COL -- and I feel REALLY left out. I don't know if I can/will pull the trigger of going back bc you're right real estate was a HUGE draw for me; it's stunning to me that I pay $600-700 less/month for a truly luxury high rise than I did for a 1970s construction studio in Manhattan which had constant leak issues that no one cared to fix but was considered very nice by NYC standards as it was huge.

The NYC smells never bothered me . . . the dirtiness is part of the character. And the summers are MUCH cooler than here -- that 5 degree difference and lower humidity make it doable.

Regardless I am saving as if I will head back. I think going back with a sizeable down payment in hand puts you that far ahead of the game.[/quote]

I understand.  Sounds like you have a good plan.  In the meantime I'd make the most of your time here.  I would online date like crazy.  Long term NY is probably a better city for being single.  However if you were to meet mr right here in DC I have a feeling your desire to return to ny would wane.  Make the most of your time here.  [/quote]

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