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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Problem with cities like NY and Washington is that a lot of us "professionals" really are the former equivalent of working class.  It just happens that[b][u] the working class in this city works in the factory called government or non profit or education ect.[/u][/b]   So we want to think of ourselves as middle class because that means we are at least doing as well as our parents when [b][u]the reality is that we are at best treading water.[/u][/b]  All I know is that my parents had way better options for housing, education both k-12 and college than I do or will likely have even with a master's degree. [/quote]

argh! you depressed me.

but thank you for the reality check.[/quote]

Right. Our parents had on the average much much better options. Not.

Do you really envy them their wonderful, unsafe, lead-spewing breakdown prone cars? Or their wonderful old small screen TVs, with so many entertainment options? Or access to those wonderful dental and medical technologies on the 70ies and 80ies. And the great way they communicated with folks across the world using their magic rotary land line telephones? And not having to bother to plan holidays because air travel was so expensive. And not to mention higher pollution levels. And the opportunity to live in houses that were, on the average, about 30% smaller than they are now. I could go on .... [/quote]

I think you miss the point.  Upward mobility was more available 20-30 years ago.  My grandparents were penniless farmers in the 1930's and yet able to move up to good professional jobs.  They did not worry about the quality of their neighborhood or of its schools or even god forbid have to face any number of lotteries that might determine their kids chances at opportunity.  They were average and yet they could make it.  I have a master's degree, I have a good professional job, I cannot afford to move to an area that has schools where even 60% of the kids can read or write on grade level, no other fancy request here like extra language otherwise.   I am one of many, many in this boat in this area. Plasma, tv, the internet or leaded gas aside this country does not provide options for upward mobility in the way it used to and that upward mobility starts with the crappy state of at least half our schools. [/quote]

Where do you live and where have you considered moving?  You may not have the house you want or the commute you want, you may not live in DC, Arlington or Bethesda, you may have to rent and not own, but are you stating there is nowhere in the DC metro area that you can afford to live that has acceptable schools?  Close in is very, very expensive and you get a lot less for your money.   There are, however, other options that many people do not want to consider.[/quote]

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