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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Read the first page - not sure if this has been mentioned.  I realize you said you would not consider Ward 3 but...good elementary schools, solid middle and high school.  Your kid can walk to all three if you live in Murch or Janney district which lightens the single parent load.  Mine were allowed to walk on their own starting in 4th and definitely in 5th.   And either one has access to Red Line so you can Metro to work.  Realize cost would mean smaller space but more green space up here.  The school playgrounds are all full of kids after school.   I didn't realize once we moved how nice it was to have the easy walk for us. [/quote]

I have a sub-3% interest rate on a 3 bedroom rowhouse (that I rent out to cover the mortgage and a little extra). I've done the math 20 different times, and I can't afford to buy in Ward 3, even a small 2 bedroom condo. Rents on apartments up there are also high. The math just doesn't math. Believe me, I'd love to live in a neighborhood with a great elementary school where my kid can walk and there are tons of kids. So would a lot of other people, which is in part why prices are so high. Instead, I'm hoping to get one of these jobs back in DC so I can stop being a landlord and be only 3 hours from my parents instead of 9. I know schools are a thorny, complex problem in DC and I'm trying to make a best of the cards I've been dealt.[/quote]

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