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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for the helpful advice re older colonials and fixer-uppers.

For the rest of you, here's some background info: I grew up in a (non-immigrant) community where kids constantly were saying "we live in "fill in with name of posh neighborhood". This is not about the "values" that I teach my own kids but a regrettable fact of life.

In any case, it is nice to know that we will live among such nice and non-judgmental people. [/quote]

I don't think OP is insecure - it is a totally valid question.  Fact is, DH and I are pretty minimalist and we'd be totally happy living in our 2BR/1BA house with two teenagers.  We just don't need that much "stuff" and we're frugal, living below our means.

But I too concern about being on the far, far extreme of the wealthy area where we live. We both grew up in more normal circumstances for where we lived and I'm just not sure its fair to impose such aeseticism on middle schoolers or teens.  Where I grew up the one apartment complex was heavily stigmatized, and it was similar where my husband grew up.

Those who are quick to criticize need to at least appreciate that a person who is asking the question, is living below their means and doesn't care too much about the "extra bedroom" or the "bigger kitchen" for themselves.  Just want to think critically about what's right for kids and whether its right to live in the 1% of being a buddhist monk.

(We're ttc and plan to stay in the little house as long as possible, btw, but we'll probably feel cramped for space (and move) before having to reach the issue of whether to move because of social issues for our high schoolers.  You have to give OP credit for being forthright with the issue and non-materialistic, I think.)[/quote]

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