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[quote=Anonymous]so back to the original question - when you first asked, my thought was: i wouldn't give it a second thought. dc is so preposterously expensive, and transient, and there are a zillion nice apartments. so buying is fine but renting seems completely unremarkable.

having procrastinated my way through six pages of thought, i suppose that if you really asked me to think about what you renting likely means - i guess it means that you aren't ready to settle down in dc yet for one reason or another. either you think that your life situation is going to change and that would lead to wanting a different place to live. or you don't have the money yet to buy in a place where you'd actually want to live (which was my situation in dc - i could live in a much better part of town as a renter than as a buyer). or you think you won't stick around in dc for the long haul.

but really, it seems unremarkable to rent an apartment in dc, no matter your age. i'm surprised to hear that so many people are remarking on it.[/quote]

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