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@skinnylatte I’ve lived on the Maryland side of DC suburbs my entire life and at least on the food front I think we punch above our weight because of decades of immigration from El Salvador, Ethiopia, Thailand, Vietnam, India, etc.
When it comes to housing costs, this area isn’t much better than SF because of the huge price run-up since the crash in 2008. My being a homeowner (2-garage townhouse) is just good fortune. Absent any one of the following factors (CS degree, no student loan debt, enough money saved for a downpayment, affordable real estate market in 1998) I might still be a renter today.