[uberman]

The average home price in the USA is about 300k so clearly this is wildly overstated.

Yes some parents would rather send thier kids to a private school and to be frank, we do, but that is a choice not a requirement.

I don't know any place where the only option for schooling is an expensive private school.

Saying that kids are not financial worth it, then constantly moving the goal posts to create a strawman to justify it is a waste of people's time.

If someone wants to argue that kids with special needs who require private schooling and a fully detached house in Palo Alto are expensive and a stretch to financially justify that is one thing but let's get a clear play field so that the goal posts are not constantly in flux.

[agent008t]

We are on HN, and the average US home price will not get you very far in NY, London, SF etc. If you want a decent academic environment (which again, I would assume most HN people would require, unlike non-HN US average), it seems like you pretty much have to go private in those cities.