WFH - Rank These DMV Neighborhoods -$1.5M Budget

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Arlington / Fairfax and moco are pretty much the same. If you think otherwise, then you are not comparing apples to apples.

North Arlington, Mclean, Bethesda, Chevy chas are all around $1-$1.3 for typical quarter acre lots with new construction around $3. Little pockets like Lyon Village, edgemoor Chevy Chase village, and town of Chevy chase are more. One thing mclean has that moco doesnt have or have less of are the river frontage lots and $4 million once acre lots.

Then outside of these prime areas Gaithersburg and Rockville are like Reston and Herndon. Georgia avenue corridor is like annandale and route 1.

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Bethesda-Chevy Chase is the nicest place to live out of all MD and VA suburbs. Nicer downtown and not as dense as Rosslyn-Clarendon-Ballston.

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda-Chevy Chase is the nicest place to live out of all MD and VA suburbs. Nicer downtown and not as dense as Rosslyn-Clarendon-Ballston.

If you want a suburban feel, I would agree with this. I actually wouldn't consider the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor a suburb. Ballston is the densest neighborhood in the entire DMV. That part of Arlington just isn't a suburb.

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda-Chevy Chase is the nicest place to live out of all MD and VA suburbs. Nicer downtown and not as dense as Rosslyn-Clarendon-Ballston.

If you want a suburban feel, I would agree with this. I actually wouldn't consider the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor a suburb. Ballston is the densest neighborhood in the entire DMV. That part of Arlington just isn't a suburb.

If I wanted a nice suburb I’d look at Potomac. McMansions have really ruined much of Bethesda.

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Anonymous wrote:Arlington wastes money on really high end things other counties cannot afford.

It has the ridiculous water facility built for Olympic athletes, crazy soccer fields on the Potomac across from dc, the capitals practice facility which the best skating available in the area, the best sakeboard park probably in the mid Atlantic that skater across dmv drive to use…it’s stupid stuff like that in a very, very small area that makes it hyped up.

Wrong. Despite what’s been said here, the county is well run, not because of county managers per se, but because of the level of community involvement. Say what you will, there's a high quality of life vibe here. And a number of national surveys rank it with some of the best recognized places to live.

It’s ranked so high because of the aforementioned attractions. Throw in a convenient airport and of course the county has way more to offer than most in the country per square mile.
I would say it’s more that Arlington won the infrastructure genetic lottery than anything else.

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda-Chevy Chase is the nicest place to live out of all MD and VA suburbs. Nicer downtown and not as dense as Rosslyn-Clarendon-Ballston.

If you want a suburban feel, I would agree with this. I actually wouldn't consider the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor a suburb. Ballston is the densest neighborhood in the entire DMV. That part of Arlington just isn't a suburb.

+1 it's a lot more similar to living in parts of DC than it is to farther north Arlington, Falls Church, McLean, etc.

Shortly after I moved to Arlington (Ashton Heights), a friend visited from out of state and said, "I thought you lived in the suburbs, but you don't, you live in the city."

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If you are looking for walkability and good schools, you are looking at a townhouse on this budget, not an SFH, unless it's a tear down/fixer upper quality.

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Anonymous wrote:Old Town or Del Ray? Get kid friendly and much much more walkability and an actual WFH community so you're not too isolated.

I WFH and looked at these neighborhoods for that reason. The schools aren't as bad as DCUM makes it out to seem (they've gotten better in the past 3 years maybe) and if you're truly upset (which I actually doubt) put the kiddos in private.

OP wants good schools.

For UMC kids from educated parents, AC is arguably the best HS in the region, barring TJ. It's OK to not know this.

ACHS?? You have to be joking.

Why would I joke about a school hat sends more kids to Top 20 universities than pretty much any other FCPS HS?

Just go ahead and admit you're scared of brown people.

ACHS is monstrously big. About 1300 freshmen at Minnie Howard, and around 1100 seniors at the main campus.

No FCPS is that size, nor would FCPS let a high school get that big.

Oh. So...... Radford....... is better than...... Wisconsin Madison?

[Anonymous]

I live in FCC and find it very walkable, with tons of restaurants, parks, grocery stores, library, etc. within 10 to 15 minutes of my house. There is also the bike trail that cuts through the town. My kids were able to easily and safely walk to school and to their friends houses. The school is small, but a previous PP is wrong about new students. FCC gets a lot of state department families coming and going, and the school/students are very open to new kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda-Chevy Chase is the nicest place to live out of all MD and VA suburbs. Nicer downtown and not as dense as Rosslyn-Clarendon-Ballston.

If you want a suburban feel, I would agree with this. I actually wouldn't consider the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor a suburb. Ballston is the densest neighborhood in the entire DMV. That part of Arlington just isn't a suburb.

That literally is the best place of Arlington.

If you want to consider walking to Italian store in westover or mostly vacant Lee-Harrison shopping center cool have at it.

Walking to orange line is only reason to live in Arlington.

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda-Chevy Chase is the nicest place to live out of all MD and VA suburbs. Nicer downtown and not as dense as Rosslyn-Clarendon-Ballston.

If you want a suburban feel, I would agree with this. I actually wouldn't consider the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor a suburb. Ballston is the densest neighborhood in the entire DMV. That part of Arlington just isn't a suburb.

That literally is the best place of Arlington.

If you want to consider walking to Italian store in westover or mostly vacant Lee-Harrison shopping center cool have at it.

Walking to orange line is only reason to live in Arlington.

Ok. But that still doesn't make the R-B corridor suburban. It's more urban (and yes, that's what makes it so walkable and full of amenities).

[Anonymous]

The average age of people in this thread must be 22. There are zero indiciduals over 40 with kids that would ever pick Ballston.

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Anonymous wrote:The average age of people in this thread must be 22. There are zero indiciduals over 40 with kids that would ever pick Ballston.

God grant me the unwavering confidence of a moron

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Anonymous wrote:The average age of people in this thread must be 22. There are zero indiciduals over 40 with kids that would ever pick Ballston.

You think it’s 22 year olds buying $2.2 million houses? https://redf.in/ww6Jva

There are 20s-30s people in the Ballston apartments, but the SFH and townhomes are largely 40+ year olds (some mid-late 30s).

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Anonymous wrote:The average age of people in this thread must be 22. There are zero indiciduals over 40 with kids that would ever pick Ballston.

You think it’s 22 year olds buying $2.2 million houses? https://redf.in/ww6Jva

There are 20s-30s people in the Ballston apartments, but the SFH and townhomes are largely 40+ year olds (some mid-late 30s).

+1. And there are tons of people in apartments that aren't in their 20s. I don't know if they have kids. But to the point made upthread, that area isn't suburban so yes you have all kinds of people there. People who want a traditional suburban feel should look elsewhere.