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Re:Why Americans Work So Much Despite Keynes's Prediction by marchenko on Monday January 11, 2016 @04:29AM (#10879781)
The house/ school district connection is not a small matter: it transforms housing into a positional good, and (under present conditions) a zero-sum game. In many places, it is not possible to exercise a preference for a cheaper, more modest home without also accepting a tradeoff in school quality.
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Re:Why Americans Work So Much Despite Keynes's Prediction by mhuffman on Monday January 11, 2016 @04:36AM (#10879805)
> The house/ school district connection is not a small matter

If you are a parent, it is a BIG deal. Over the past 10 or so years my location movements have had available education in the top three criteria (along with price and crime rate).

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