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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree that Boston is segregated and racist--it is quiet and always shocking. They are also the most conservative liberals I have ever met. DC is a bunch of crazy social climbers/strivers who are also racist. Different since most Boston people I knew had intergenerational wealth. In DC, they are also crazy about schools being as white as possible. And while I say "hi" to my neighbors in DC, I have had neighbors who won't even acknowledge my existence. You have to have lived in my neighborhood at least a decade to be acknowledged.

If I had money in Boston, I would live on Cambridgeport and send my kids to the Cambridge Friends School and then the Commonwealth School. I don't like DC enough--except the MD part, like Silver Spring--to live there long term.  I definitely don't think the environment is good for kids. NYC I haven't had the chance to live in, which I regret. [/quote]

I live in Silver Spring, and if I lived in Cambridge I would send my kids to Cambridge Public schools, especially Cambridge Rindge and Latin. It's very strange to me that you wouldn't do that, given that you like Silver Spring.[/quote]

My daughter went to King Open for kindergarten before we moved.   We have friends and family still there and are in the public schools.  I never understood the people who bought a house in Cambridge and had nothing to do with the community.   Segregating their kids from the majority of Cambridge kids.

Cambridge Rindge and Latin has a program for qualified jr. and sr students can take classes at Harvard Extension School.    They also have a free six week program at Harvard for CRL HS working with professors from the education department.  If your kid is studious they’ll do alright.

Private school can be considered racist if you live in a diverse city but will not register your kids in the schools.  [/quote]

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