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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two things you need to accept:
1.) count your losses as early as possible and thing about long term benefit. Pay to break out of your lease and find somewhere there is drastically cheaper, which leads to point #2
2.) If you haven't learnt by now, with a convenient/"safe"/hip neighborhood you pay an exuberant premium. Ward 3 is way above your pay grade being in the low six figures. You need to consider neighborhoods that were a bit outside your comfort zone before moving here. 
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+1.  Sorry OP, I know you're in a tough spot but there is no magic math to be had here.  You cannot afford to live where you want to live.  You'll need to break the lease and look elsewhere or plan on going into fairly substantial debt to make ends meet.

We LOVED our old neighborhood in Ward 1 but we knew we needed to move to be able to afford rent and daycare.  We moved to a way less fun, way less fancy neighborhood on the west side of Alexandria that is safe but boring.  I miss our old neighborhood all the time but it is what it is.  Our rent + daycare costs here are only $200 more than just rent was in our old neighborhood.  [/quote]

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