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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, Washington, D.C. is hell on earth. And though it sounds like you're well-off, that will only add to the stress of raising children here. The intensity and competition among the upper class famlies here is very toxic. Do not do it. Biggest regret of my entire life. I was raised in a nice suburb outside Philadelphia where people are focused on raising nice, warm famlies. DC is nothing like that. [/quote]

OP. Thanks for this. Any extended family connections aside, would you have chosen Philadelphia to raise your kids?[/quote]

Yes. 100%. I grew up on the Main Line. I was pressured into moving here by my spouse and it was a horrible decision. Unfortunately, I wound up being the breadwinner in a pretty niche career track, which I couldn't replicate up there, so we're stuck here until retirement. We will not retire anywhere in the mid-Atlantic, though. But if I could do it over and raise my family on the Main Line, I absolutely would! All the benefits of life in DC and then some, but without the intensity and arrogance. [/quote]

OP. You make Philly sound great. Thanks for this.[/quote]

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