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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, Parenting Magazine is talking about [b]in the city.[/b]  Commutes are actually fantastic if you live in Capitol Hill and commute to, say, DOJ.  I walk my kid the half block to school every morning, and my neighbors do the same, then ride their bike the 20 min to work.  The commute is not just "reasonable", but enjoyable.  As far as "affordable homes", it depends on where you draw the baseline.  Obviously a house is going to be cheaper out in the exurban wastelands of the greater Manassass/Dumfries metropolitan area--but then of course you're living in Manassass/Dumfries.

I know plenty of folks who've moved to DC from NYC specifically because it's more family friendly and comparatively dirt-cheap.

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This.  We moved from NYC to a neighborhood near the NY metro red line.  Our 3 bdrm, 2 1/2 bath renovated rowhouse was under $500K.  We have a wonderful private backyard and parking.  Can walk to work - 10 minutes.  Got our kid into a immersion language charter which is about a 15 minute drive in the morning.  Love it here.[/quote]

Exactly.  My brother makes a ton of money in finance, and is raising his two kids on the Upper East Side.  His commute doesn't suck--in fact he can walk to work.  But his kids have to commute to private school downtown, and he's hemorrhaging money.  He's totally jealous of our upper middle-class life in DC.[/quote]

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