[quote=bearishgurl]Perhaps you are not reading the OP’s current commute and desires here. He/she currently has zero commute and resides within an excellent school attendance area. Those were his/her main criteria. What’s not to understand?
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My understanding is the OP IS willing to commute for a good deal on a larger house/good schools, that why s/he IS looking into SR and PQ. He didn’t say zero- to little commute is his MAIN criteria.

I actually think that schools are the main criteria within his/her choices of areas.

And I would NOT call UC schools EXCELLENT, just good – Curie may be called excellent, but not Middle and HIgh.

If the OP cannot find something s/he likes in UC, or if s/he thinks the schools API differences are worth the commute, probably PQ is better bang for the buck than SR with schools almost as good as SR, IMO.