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Cost of living are both near the top of the list. In DC the Northwest quadrant is the best and safest area; a lot of the neighborhoods east of 16th street are very seedy.
These are the two cities that I'm looking at moving to. They are two of my favorite cities, but both of them seem like they will make me want to kill myself due to the cost of living. haha They both have so much to do though that you don't need to pay money for. Both are cities that are awesome to be in even if you are just walking around the neighborhoods.
Pretty solid comparison here. Both are dense vibrant cities historic cities with excellent cores but very expensive to live in. Lots of similarities between the two. I choose DC slightly though because it has more of what I prefer. However, DC's public schools are not that great.
San Francisco's public school system compares favorably to most other big-city districts-at least as far as test scores. Of course its not perfect but there are many bright spots-including one of the finest public high schools in the nation-Lowell.
The majority of school aged children in the city of SF actually attend private schools btw.
The majority of school aged children in the city of SF actually attend private schools btw.
Uhh, are you sure about this?
There are around 110,000 people in SF under 18, and the SFUSD serves 56,000 kids. I don't see how the majority of students could possibly attend private schools seeing as the number of kids in public schools are more than half of the total population under 18.
Being very familiar with both cities, the COL to me seems a whole lot higher in SF. Even if you travel to the burbs in SF like the east bay or south bay, and so on, be prepared to pay a lot compared to DC metro.
Dollar for dollar, you get more land and finished living square footage in DC than SF. When it comes to a metro comparison, DC metro is a bargain compared to SF metro.
I grew up in Alameda Public Schools on the east bay, so I have no clue what the schools in SF are like. I would easily assume that the Public Shools in SF are much better than DC. However, some of the best school districts in America are located in suburban DC.
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