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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP means white people.  [/quote]

Name a safe neighborhood where you would be fine with your kids walking at night around that is affordable for two school teachers who want something besides a 2 br apartment. Middle class does not mean crime ridden neighborhood that is relatively inexpensive to these types of neighborhoods because of the area we live in.

This has nothing to do with “white people.” Places like Ashburn have more minorities than white people in most schools but are still incredibly safe. The problem is that they are 40 miles from DC.[/quote]

OP means white people.  And you're assuming that every black neighborhood in DC is unsafe.[/quote]
Which black neighborhood has low crime rates, decent schools and will be welcoming to a non black family who doesn’t have any street smarts 
Which one do you recommend?
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While OP may or may not be white; the DCUM assumption is that OP does mean white people - and i would agree, because although there are many groups that are in fact middle class, the stereotype defaults to white.

I've often asked "where do the poor white people live in DC?"  And this is what OP is asking without being explicit about it.  There are no middle class neighborhoods in DC, unless you are a gentrifier, and can push out brown people from wards 7 and 8.  You can be middle class if your middle class family from yesteryear passed your childhood home down to you, but you can't live middle-class lifestyle in DC (as we imagine it) on two teacher income in DC.  You can take advantage of programs etc., but let's face, it is very unlikely you will be hooked up with a sweet row house in the tony part of town.  You will get a place that allows the city to claim a win - and read the fine print.

Sorry, OP; time to do what has been implied up thread - move outside DC.  For the middle class quality of life you imagine, you are priced out of the District. Welcome to the 'burbs...[/quote]

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