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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let me offer the alternate view to the prevailing voice in this thread. We moved from DC to Florida and I miss the DMV's Type A personality. The people here are, for the most part, lazier and dumber. The public schools are pretty bad. The job market sucks unless you're a bartender or DJ.

And DC may be hot/humid in the summer, but it has nothing on Florida.

I know OP isn't asking about Florida, but the point is this: you may not realize how much you actually enjoy the DMV's Type A personality until you move elsewhere. [/quote]

Also not directly responding to OP, but I totally agree with this. I've been so grateful to be in DC and not in the Midwest where I'm from or south where friends have relocated since the pandemic hit. Call it the coastal liberal bubble, but it is a big weight off to be somewhere where everyone's on the same page and we're not fighting culture wars over public health decisions. We also intentionally stepped away from the big law track and have chosen a slower pace (for DC, it's all relative) in a more diverse, less fancy neighborhood. We don't have nearly as much as my law school friends, but I don't regret it for a second. DH and I talk about moving out of DC, but we're settled, life is manageable, and we have local family here. So we're probably lifers even though this area isn't perfect and is more expensive than we like. [/quote]

OP. Sounds like you have found a groove, which is great. Thank you. Do you think you would stay if not for the family, or might you choose a different bubble?[/quote]

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