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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, OP. Your friends "grew up" and decided this shit is real so, instead of working THAT hard and spending THAT KIND of money trying to keep up the millennial pretense of being cool, it was time to face facts. Kids are involved now....time to grow up.[/quote]

Totally! This was us. Gave up on the coolness of being 15 mins from work and walking distance to amenities. Like another poster said, our stress levels decreased dramatically when we moved. Even our cat is happier, no less the kids. It's a wonderful feeling to open your door and feel comfortable with your children being able to run around outside while you sit in the kitchen and cook. And don't even get me started on the schools. I don't think it's racism either. I'm AA and left for the burbs because I sought more diversity for my children. [b]DC is pretty segregated along race and class.[/b] [/quote]

And gentrification is making it worse![/quote]

Why?

Simply move to PG and thrive in your choice of "diversity"[/quote]

This comment is so ignorant that I hesitate to respond. Diversity meaning a mix of race, ethnicity and class. DC is mostly populated by high SES whites and lower SES blacks= lack of diversity of race, ethnicity and gender. PG County is mostly populated by higher SES blacks = lack of diversity. Suburbs are mostly populated by a mix of white, blacks, hispanics, asians = diversity. Of course, i'm speaking in very general terms so no need to go pull census data. Hopefully, you get the point and if you don't I won't bother any further. [/quote]

Please go and research a bit of DC demographics.

DC is becoming the most diverse ever in decades THANKS to gentrification.
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