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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m looking for some advice. My husband and I currently live in NW DC. He works in financial services and I work in industry. We had a baby last year who will be an only due to our ages and preference. We have lived here for four years now. It fills me with complete dread to think about living here (the DMV) past year six or seven or around the time we need to start selecting a private school for our child. I do not want to raise our child here. Life feels difficult here and challenging. My husband is concerned that moving away from a major city will bring other challenges like a smaller economy, which is a reasonable concern. For those who have had to make this decision, what did you decide, how did you decide, and how is it going? Any advice is welcome. [/quote]

Get away while you can.  Once kids make friends in elementary school moving gets harder and harder.  Move before they start school.

This is not the best place to raise a family- super expensive, lots of pressure, aging infrastructure and high taxes.  Plus it’s a super transitory place- your friends will leave!

After 20 years I don’t feel at home here.  And it gets worse every year.

Schools in MoCo are in terminal decline.  DC may be better- but even in north west your kids will be battling the politics- there will be behavioral issues they see and keeping them away from violence etc requires private school.

I wish I had left about 10 years ago!

That said- it will get better once Trump is gone.

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