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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Olney/Brookeville has wealthy families without the rat race. [/quote] I’m the poster who left and always thinks about coming back and Olney/Brookeville is exactly where I keep getting drawn to. Can you tell me more about the vibe there?[/quote]

It has the wealth of Potomac/Bethesda/CC without the striver element.

It’s a mix of UMC to affluent families with very little (hardly any, really) low income housing.

No metro, so minimal issues with riff raff.

Plenty of UMC families still use public schools. Others use the local privates or schlep down county or into DC for private (mostly legacies).

Lots of second or third generation locals who love the old school, small town way of life.

Diverse racially/ethnically but not socioeconomically. (Again: no real low income housing; few rentals).

Sports are big. Some kids ride horses.

Lots of families with beach houses and money, but you rarely see designer or showy accessories.

I think a lot of MoCo locals strategically moved out here to avoid the rat race and the pressure it imposes on all facets of life. And some moved out here because they no longer recognize parts of down county that have changed too much. [/quote]

:roll:

What is the "rat race" for the wealthy people exactly? Can you please describe what someone with many millions in NW would be suffering if living in Bethesda/Potomac/Mclean/GF/CC/Arlington exactly? Keeping up with who if you are already loaded? [/quote]

Getting into the best private schools

Doing a million sports and extracurriculars and test prep/private tutors to ensure admission to the best college

Prestigious camps (think: sailing camp in NE)

Interior designers who help you redecorate and renovate periodically (far more regularly than necessary)

Making sure your kids have the best clothes, go to the best concerts, drive the best cars, etc.

Taking the best vacations

Poor mom must be skinny, have gorgeous skin and hair, wear the best clothes, etc.

For whatever reason, the dc metro area lacks a critical mass of old money families who know better than being flashy, so we are forced to endure the rat race perpetuated by greenhorns in the close in fancy burbs.

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I think what you're describing is just what it means to not be complacent.  If you want to leave the rat race, you have to be complacent, aka "happy where you are."[/quote]

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