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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op again. We are navigating the summer camp thing now. $450 (or even higher... Smithsonian camps are closer to $540/week with aftercare!) seems to be pretty standard unless you do a city camp or Ymca type camp, which are ok but not for the whole summer. They aren't always well organized. We are looking at sending kids to stay with relatives for part of the summer.

I honestly think a big problem is the cost of living here. $450/week per child for camp is so crazy. Housing is so expensive. Even food is more expensive. Daycare most expensive in nation. I would love to move somewhere cheaper. But I am a fed and DH also works on the Hill. [/quote]

DH and I live in Loudoun County (I'm thr poster who got out of 100k in consumer debt in 18mos) and EVERYTHING is more expensive in DC. Not a single summer camp is 450/wk where I live. I'm in a SFH with 4BRS 3.5BAs and a full suite in the basement for our AuPair for 2500/mo.  Granted we work in Reston/Tysons, but that is no accident. We didn't want to be in your position, high income and stretched to the max. I really think that people like you who live in DC are outrageous. I simply don't get it whrn there are so many jobs elsewhere. The government doesn't even pay well (relatively speaking). I see no upside.  If I need a "DC" experience we just trek it there with the kids.[/quote]

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