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+1.  It is a very short drive to a lot of things.  Lots of people end up a 5-10 drive to things rather than a 5-20 minute walk because it expands options considerably and generally will be less expensive.   People at all budgets make this trade off, but particularly at OP's budget it makes a lot of sense to do so.[/quote]

That trade-off really gets you once the kids are middle-school and especially high-school age, though. Old enough to get themselves places, if they CAN get themselves places - which they can't, if the only good way to get themselves there is by car.[/quote]

Most places that are that close to other things have other ways to get around.  Where I live, there are buses that people can take.  At a certain age, kids could ride bikes.  For times those don't work, there are ubers or it will still be no big deal for me to drive the kid 10 minutes like I have for the previous 14 years.

You are also ignoring some of the ways suburbs are logistically easier.  If you aren't close enough to walk to school, you get a bus.  That is vastly easier that one many people have once they aren't going to their neighborhood school in DC.[/quote]

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