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[quote=csabdalla]Okay, I came to this board for help and not the snarky comments below. I GREATLY appreciate the generous help that has been given, but I am coming in blind from a very different part of the nation that is weathering the worst the economic crisis.

"I would have to say the "can't comment on" is code for "I don't have a job" or "I haven't finished my background check" - not I work for NSA or CIA. As so many people here work for NSA or CIA and freely comment on it (vs. the work they do for that agency...it's only a person who is new to the area that feels the need to be so hush hush)."

We live in Detroit, it's an intimate city and not a "government community"like DC. You are usually no more that 2-3 degrees of separation of anyone. There are field offices and unless you work for the FDA people DO NOT advertise where they work or what they do,  nor are they encouraged to do so. I am completely unfamiliar with Washington culture but where I live people with with certain work deflect direct questions as a rule.

My self and my husband  (this should read "My husband and I") are in the same field and where he will be situated is also up in the air and is the reason I just want a feel for the general area so we are able to weed out area's not worth looking at and focus on what is.

As for my math skills...
"OP, hopefully you are not working for Treasury because you need some help with your math skills. You are willing to pay $3,200 in rent, PLUS childcare on a 125K Dual HHI?"

They are pretty good considering we own little to NO debt short of some student loans. Are cars are paid for, as well as every piece of lovely furniture, we have no credit card bills and live within our means.
I had NO idea childcare there is more than I pay for one child's monthly tuition at an elite private school here. $125 - 140K in Detroit and you live pretty damn good. But it's still Michigan and it's time to move on.

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