Anonymous
Post 09/16/2024 08:15     Subject: Educated flight out of DC?
Unless you are young and ambitious with a preference for urban lifestyle, why wouldn't you move to cheaper suburbs?
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2024 08:02     Subject: Educated flight out of DC?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The educated are long gone from DC. As well as anyone with any common sense.


So strange how Americans hate their cities. Since cities are really social hubs where people come together for work and culture, it really reflects how much Americans despise each other.


We lived in the city for 20+ years and outlasted many of our neighbors but the crime and homelessness issues got to be too much. It’s the politicians who hate the cities by letting vagrants and criminals overrun them.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2024 05:53     Subject: Educated flight out of DC?
Anonymous wrote:The educated are long gone from DC. As well as anyone with any common sense.


So strange how Americans hate their cities. Since cities are really social hubs where people come together for work and culture, it really reflects how much Americans despise each other.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2024 20:56     Subject: Educated flight out of DC?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The educated are long gone from DC. As well as anyone with any common sense.


Nah, we’re still here. And some of us are waiting for the complaining transplants to move to Virginia.

Actually though, DC is a small expensive city, surrounded by suburbs, with quite a lot of space taken up by Federally controlled properties. It shouldn’t be a surprise that many people— especially those who moved to the area primarily for work — would live in the suburbs and exurbs. I know a lot of people whose first homes in DC as singles or couples were rental apartments— who then moved further out in search of houses that they could afford, especially when they had kids. It’s a pretty common pattern in areas with expensive cities and less expensive, more expansive suburban options.



It was nice while it lasted. Now there are some that want to urbanize the suburbs. I suppose that nice things can’t stay nice forever.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2024 20:51     Subject: Educated flight out of DC?
The truly smart ones left in the 80s. It has been a long slow exodus since then. If you haven’t left by now, you are misjudging your intelligence by a wide margin.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2024 20:13     Subject: Educated flight out of DC?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What are the real numbers then?

Are educated people fleeing DC or not?


Not. We're all still here.


Statistically irrelevant sample size.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2024 12:31     Subject: Educated flight out of DC?
Anonymous wrote:The educated are long gone from DC. As well as anyone with any common sense.


Nah, we’re still here. And some of us are waiting for the complaining transplants to move to Virginia.

Actually though, DC is a small expensive city, surrounded by suburbs, with quite a lot of space taken up by Federally controlled properties. It shouldn’t be a surprise that many people— especially those who moved to the area primarily for work — would live in the suburbs and exurbs. I know a lot of people whose first homes in DC as singles or couples were rental apartments— who then moved further out in search of houses that they could afford, especially when they had kids. It’s a pretty common pattern in areas with expensive cities and less expensive, more expansive suburban options.

Anonymous
Post 09/15/2024 10:21     Subject: Educated flight out of DC?
Anonymous wrote:What are the real numbers then?

Are educated people fleeing DC or not?


Apparently they have all fled to Arlington.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2024 10:20     Subject: Re:Educated flight out of DC?
I can see it. The most educated are also people who work knowledge jobs that can often be done remotely. They can move elsewhere, where the cost of living is lower; closer to family; or just less traffic/hassle.

I work with a few such people in the IT industry, and more than a few have moved out of this area in the past couple years. They can work remotely so it's not an issue employment-wise.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2024 10:13     Subject: Educated flight out of DC?
The educated are long gone from DC. As well as anyone with any common sense.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2024 08:47     Subject: Educated flight out of DC?
Anonymous wrote:What are the real numbers then?

Are educated people fleeing DC or not?


They adjusted the numbers to include an “equity” score and college dropouts. The rankings are a social justice score now, they don’t actually represent anything.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2024 08:41     Subject: Educated flight out of DC?
Anonymous wrote:What are the real numbers then?

Are educated people fleeing DC or not?


Not. We're all still here.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2024 08:40     Subject: Educated flight out of DC?
What are the real numbers then?

Are educated people fleeing DC or not?
jsteele
Post 09/14/2024 23:43     Subject: Re:Educated flight out of DC?
Apparently Forbes changed its methodology. So DC may not have changed much, just how Forbes decided to rank cities.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2024 22:46     Subject: Educated flight out of DC?
https://www.arlnow.com/2024/09/09/arlington-drops-to-second-most-educated-city-in-america/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2mjPwgcO6lZKVezEJb8WHUghT-lubMO4MKQHnDmUGdfsITedzTINHdIlU_aem_DYRvLvyzsZhg0weButBV4A

Buried in this article about Arlington is the fact that DC slipped from #3 to not top 100 for educated individuals. That's pretty shocking.