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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would really like people to define their specific challenges with the DC area because I have no idea what these criticisms mean. Is it the commute? Do you have some evidence that people in this metropolitan region work longer hours per year than other cities? I do know the cost of childcare is high, but I haven't seen much else that is actually quantifiable in these complaints. I hear people saying everyone in DC defines themselves by their jobs, but no one I know does. I used to live a few hours away from here and everyone I knew wanted to move to DC. If you really hate it that much, it's probably your job and your life you hate, not the city.[/quote]

I posted earlier about wanting to escape but not wanting to leave my rewarding career here. I actually like DC and always enjoyed living [b]in[/b] the city. Now that I'm married with kids, though, we need more space - nothing crazy, just a basic house - but we can't afford anything that's in a walkable neighborhood with a decent commute and decent schools. I'm not looking for top of the line anything, either, I would happily live in Ward 4 as another poster suggested, but anything other than northern VA/NW DC makes my commute a nightmare.

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