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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sure Hawaii, La Jolla, Jackson hole are beautiful places but we also need good jobs, kid stuff, easy logistics.[/quote]

You act like they don't have schools and kid activities in places like La Jolla or Hawaii. Lots of regular people live in places like that, with regular kids and regular lives.

We left DC for a "let's live where we love" place. I'm currently working from home literally looking out at the ocean 75 feet away from me while I type this. So far today I went for a lovely 1 hour bikeride, went for a 30 minute walk on the beach with DS, and had a casual lunch with DS and DH at a fish shack on the water.  We'll work a bit this afternoon then having friends over for cocktails in the sand tonight.  I'll admit that I usually work more during the day, and have less 'fun' stuff, but DS goes back to school next week so we're living a little.... DS attends a magnet public school that is ranked in the top ten schools in the country.

I appreciate not everyone can do this. But a lot of people can, if you make choices for your lives. A lot of people around us are DC and NY transplants who strategized on ways to make their professional lives more geographically flexible.

People like the PP who are like "oh but if you want kids and jobs, then you just have to accept that life is a 40 year drudgery..." are pretty symptomatic of DC.

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Some of us don’t find out lives and jobs in DC to be drudgery. Agree that if you do you should try to find something else. But it’s dumb to pretend we can all move to beach towns with remote jobs. You probably inherited a lot of $$. Also OP’s wife appears to have zero plans for how to make a life elsewhere. [/quote]

"Drudgery" is a pretty common complaint for people living in DC. That may not be your experience, but I'm the PP who said I never had a single friend in DC who wasn't just running out the clock to be able to live somewhere better.

I didn't inherit any money. My parents are both alive - but granted they did pay for law school (I'm an immigrant so wasn't eligible for loans). DH grew up on food stamps, and now makes 7 figures. How? We both hustled our butts off during our 20s and early 30s in DC, and we strategized a ton for careers that would eventually give us geographic flexibility.  We also probably both make less, and might have a shorter career, than we could if we'd stayed up north, but we're okay with that trade off.

OP hasn't come back at all, so he still hasn't even told us if his wife works or not.  [/quote]

Ok well most people don’t earn 7 figures. “Just move and buy a house on the beach!” lol.

I know a lot of people who profess to hate DC but generally they weren’t the types to enjoy what DC has to offer.  I’ve lived in DC and NYC and find that NYC had the bigger exodus (due to schools/COL). [/quote]

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