What’s so bad about living in a townhouse?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is off the rails. I DO live in a TH because I can't afford an SFH, I DO lack good space for hosting, and I AM embarrassed sometimes. But a lot of you PPs judging other people for not being rich enough are people I would never have any interest in hosting or hearing your opinions anyway, because you're complete jerks. I can't believe people actually think and write this crap.

I’m sorry you are embarrassed to live in an TH.
Our TH has 4100 sqft and a big backyard. It has an elevator.
Maybe you just bought the wrong TH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is off the rails. I DO live in a TH because I can't afford an SFH, I DO lack good space for hosting, and I AM embarrassed sometimes. But a lot of you PPs judging other people for not being rich enough are people I would never have any interest in hosting or hearing your opinions anyway, because you're complete jerks. I can't believe people actually think and write this crap.

I’m sorry you are embarrassed to live in an TH.
Our TH has 4100 sqft and a big backyard. It has an elevator.
Maybe you just bought the wrong TH.

Yikes
What judgey people
Everybody does not have to be rich
If you win the rat race, you are still a rat in the end
So what if you get to be the richest man in the grave yard

I loved living in a crappy $300k townhome in an area you all despise
And I love my job and am content and do not surround myself with the kind of people who would look down on me because of my lifestyle choices

Right now, if I had the money, I would not trade up to a more expensive house, I would just rather invest, fund 529s, buy a yacht and travel

A townhome is convenient, lock up and go

[Anonymous]

I love my townhouse and living in the city. When I was a kid I always dreamed of having a townhouse (albeit one in Georgetown) rather than a SFH. We've never heard our neighbors, these things come with thick brick walls.

[Anonymous]

I live in a 2500 Sq ft house for a family of 4. 4 bedrooms 5 bathrooms. We have a yard, a garage, and plenty of space for “entertaining”.

People here just have unrealistic expectations and want a 6000 sq ft SFH for no reason just to have some guests over 2-3 times a year. If that’s worth it to you, so be it.

[Anonymous]

I think there’s a difference between a townhouse in a prime area of DC and a townhouse in a nova suburb. The 2M dc townhouse is very desirable and you’re making a trade off for location. The suburb townhouse is just a lack of funds to afford more land and thereby a SFH.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember on one of the Real Housewives shows the rich women were gossiping about a woman and roasting her for living in a townhome. The subtext was she and her husband were too broke to afford a real house. Maybe that's cruel but that's pretty much the reputation townhomes have, whether you want to admit it or not.

Yeah totally, townhouses are only for the poors.


Like this one


https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7507-Sawyer-Farm-Way-UNIT-2001-McLean-VA-22102/338273368_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

It’s zoned to west gate elementary and in Pimmit hills. I.e next door to all the poor folks that can actually afford McLean.

I would love to be a poor that can afford a 1.4m home. Please make me poor.

If you were in west va, your 1.4 would buy a mansion. In McLean the 1.4 is a step up from a tear down.

[Anonymous]

Lots of insecure and stir crazy townhome owners/renters in here. First thing they’d do if they got a windfall of money would be…buy a SFH. Y’all aren’t kidding anyone. And yes, everyone judges you. Because that’s what people do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of insecure and stir crazy townhome owners/renters in here. First thing they’d do if they got a windfall of money would be…buy a SFH. Y’all aren’t kidding anyone. And yes, everyone judges you. Because that’s what people do.

Not everyone wants to be a suburb bumkin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember on one of the Real Housewives shows the rich women were gossiping about a woman and roasting her for living in a townhome. The subtext was she and her husband were too broke to afford a real house. Maybe that's cruel but that's pretty much the reputation townhomes have, whether you want to admit it or not.

Yeah totally, townhouses are only for the poors.


Like this one


https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7507-Sawyer-Farm-Way-UNIT-2001-McLean-VA-22102/338273368_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

It’s zoned to west gate elementary and in Pimmit hills. I.e next door to all the poor folks that can actually afford McLean.

Oof. LVP and carpeted floors and it's not even that big. Only two bedrooms on the upper level. To each his own I guess?

[Anonymous]

My parents rented a duplex. Both parents had a high school education or much less. Dad was a complete idiot and a narcissist who never bothered to save so we lived in a duplex. We only lived in apartments and that duplex. Never liked shared walls and never will. I don't speak to my dad anymore and hopefully I can become rich like y'all who were BLESSED and PRIVILEGED enough to come across the good luck to be able to have a good career and a spouse with a good income to afford a sfh in this costly area. Heck today I had mcdonalds and a meal cost $13. Crazy.

[Anonymous]

Noise
Bugs
My neighbors had a fire that impacted us

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of insecure and stir crazy townhome owners/renters in here. First thing they’d do if they got a windfall of money would be…buy a SFH. Y’all aren’t kidding anyone. And yes, everyone judges you. Because that’s what people do.

I guarantee many of these folks townhouse is worth more than your SFH is worth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My parents rented a duplex. Both parents had a high school education or much less. Dad was a complete idiot and a narcissist who never bothered to save so we lived in a duplex. We only lived in apartments and that duplex. Never liked shared walls and never will. I don't speak to my dad anymore and hopefully I can become rich like y'all who were BLESSED and PRIVILEGED enough to come across the good luck to be able to have a good career and a spouse with a good income to afford a sfh in this costly area. Heck today I had mcdonalds and a meal cost $13. Crazy.

That sounds like a “you” problem. Who the eff spends 13 bucks at McDonald’s?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of insecure and stir crazy townhome owners/renters in here. First thing they’d do if they got a windfall of money would be…buy a SFH. Y’all aren’t kidding anyone. And yes, everyone judges you. Because that’s what people do.

I guarantee many of these folks townhouse is worth more than your SFH is worth.

This! If we move to townhouse in old town Alexandria it will be more expensive than out sfh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of insecure and stir crazy townhome owners/renters in here. First thing they’d do if they got a windfall of money would be…buy a SFH. Y’all aren’t kidding anyone. And yes, everyone judges you. Because that’s what people do.

Not everyone wants to be a suburb bumkin

Lots of nice sfh wotp, sweetie. But enjoy your shared walls and narrow floor plan.