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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And I will never be able to afford a Lamborghini and make do with my 12 year old Honda that is running just fine. I will also never be able to afford to go on a safari in Africa, so, we visit the National Zoo and make due with a week at the beach.

You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you find
You get what you need [/quote]

This is OP. I hear this point. I hear that posters are saying I sound entitled. And you’re right. I suppose I
AM feeling entitled. I think a successful lawyer who has been practicing for 20 years should be able to afford a small SFH in the DC with a commute of 45 minutes or less door to door and good schools. [/quote]

I hear you OP, I find it totally absurd that with my education and career level I have to commute in on a long train ride, but it's literally a numbers issue. Yes, we *should* have a standard of living where this is reasonable! But there is a limited amount of land and too many other people got there first. If you want to be grumpy about it I won't blame you![/quote]

Thank you, PP. I don’t know yet whether I want to be grumpy about it or move! But I do find it absurd. Of course I understand supply and demand rationally.  But if you had told me when I graduated from law school and was choosing which market to accept a job in that if I picked DC, I wouldn’t be able to afford a SFH in the DC area within a reasonable commuting distance if I ever got divorced, I would have laughed at you. Of course that’s true for New York or San Fran, but not DC! Yes, it’s true for DC too.[/quote]

Your problem is probably that you work in the city. You can get a beautiful house on your income with good schools, but not if you’re trying to keep it to 45 minutes into downtown DC. We can ruminate endlessly on why that is and whether it’s “fair” or not, but it just is what it is.

Personally, if this bothered me so much I would try to find a job outside of DC proper. Even if you worked in Arlington it would be much easier to commute from say Burke or West Springfield or Fairfax. I’m sure there are fed lawyer positions at federal annexes all over the area. [/quote]

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