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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC makes me feel suffocated. [/quote]

Not sure why you say that but I would think a lot of that is on you. Much of the "DC rat race" is self-imposed.

I have a "DC job" that I like to do not just because it is challenging and interesting and I get to work with great people but because I find it meaningful to use my days doing something that I think makes the world a little better. Now you can say I am wrong or that someone would do my job  if I wasn't here but the fact is that I would feel I was wasting my life a bit if I took that replacement job in some corporate support office in Tampa or Portland or wherever. It's not that I am in a prestigious job or am ambitious to move higher but I am making a contribution that I think I can be proud of when I retire. In the meantime I've managed to arrange my life so I hardly ever have to drive -- weekends are spent walking to the library not shuttling my kid to multiple activities.  For all the complaints about metro and MCPS I think there aren't many places in the country that have schools and walkability/public transportation as good as here and overall, having moved here from Boston and with friends and relatives in RTP and on the west coast, we feel pretty lucky to be here. [/quote]

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