Would you like to move to exburbs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Ashburn and that's exurb and I can assure you, you won't be having chickens out here.

I have friends who live in truly rural Loudoun county and their piece of property is beautiful and their lifestyle idyllic. They have an enormous garden and chickens and beautiful mountain views, plus a pool. They bike to Dukiene winery, which is so much fun. Despite that, I could never live like them. I'm a terrible planner. Right now I live .5 miles to a grocery store and make emergency runs all the time.

I am where I am due to our jobs (15min away) and the fact that we are living in a home with a mortgage nearly paid off and are 2 years away from complete financial freedom. I don't want to start again.

Love, love, love Ashburn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is an exburb ? You mean the country ? Just say country.

Saying country isn't pretentious enough.

Does none of you know nothing about exurbs? Take all the criticam lobbed at the suburbs - conformist, ticky tacky, somewhat separatist, lower income than those who are able to live in the most expensive parts of the city, conservative - and crank it up a notch. Ashburn and points west are Nova's exurbs. You have your still tiny patch of grass in Ashburn, as well as your monstrous Barbie mansion, and going further out, then you get your weekend farmers. The exurbs are not the country. A useful way of measuring it in an area where country and exurb sit atop one another: the big money that lives in the country just lives in the country and calls it the country (but probably has a place in the city, too), but the exurban dweller lives in Purcellville and calls it "the Shadow of the White House." Unironically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is an exburb ? You mean the country ? Just say country.

Saying country isn't pretentious enough.

Does none of you know nothing about exurbs? Take all the criticam lobbed at the suburbs - conformist, ticky tacky, somewhat separatist, lower income than those who are able to live in the most expensive parts of the city, conservative - and crank it up a notch. Ashburn and points west are Nova's exurbs. You have your still tiny patch of grass in Ashburn, as well as your monstrous Barbie mansion, and going further out, then you get your weekend farmers. The exurbs are not the country. A useful way of measuring it in an area where country and exurb sit atop one another: the big money that lives in the country just lives in the country and calls it the country (but probably has a place in the city, too), but the exurban dweller lives in Purcellville and calls it "the Shadow of the White House." Unironically.

I have no idea what you are saying because I can't get past your grammar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is an exburb ? You mean the country ? Just say country.

Saying country isn't pretentious enough.

Does none of you know nothing about exurbs? Take all the criticam lobbed at the suburbs - conformist, ticky tacky, somewhat separatist, lower income than those who are able to live in the most expensive parts of the city, conservative - and crank it up a notch. Ashburn and points west are Nova's exurbs. You have your still tiny patch of grass in Ashburn, as well as your monstrous Barbie mansion, and going further out, then you get your weekend farmers. The exurbs are not the country. A useful way of measuring it in an area where country and exurb sit atop one another: the big money that lives in the country just lives in the country and calls it the country (but probably has a place in the city, too), but the exurban dweller lives in Purcellville and calls it "the Shadow of the White House." Unironically.

I have no idea what you are saying because I can't get past your grammar.

I think she was trying to say - I am an elitist and on top of that, a snob.

To be fair, she is in a tough spot. She is jealous of the people she lives around because they are wealthier than her and have a new build while she has an updated rambler in a 'good pyramid', and yet part of her wants the bigger house and less aggressive lifestyle required farther out.

She was trying to throw a bunch of words like exurb and country and mix it with a little venom - didn't really work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is an exburb ? You mean the country ? Just say country.

Saying country isn't pretentious enough.

Does none of you know nothing about exurbs? Take all the criticam lobbed at the suburbs - conformist, ticky tacky, somewhat separatist, lower income than those who are able to live in the most expensive parts of the city, conservative - and crank it up a notch. Ashburn and points west are Nova's exurbs. You have your still tiny patch of grass in Ashburn, as well as your monstrous Barbie mansion, and going further out, then you get your weekend farmers. The exurbs are not the country. A useful way of measuring it in an area where country and exurb sit atop one another: the big money that lives in the country just lives in the country and calls it the country (but probably has a place in the city, too), but the exurban dweller lives in Purcellville and calls it "the Shadow of the White House." Unironically.

I read this twice and I still have no idea what you're trying to say.

Were you educated in the city or the suburbs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is an exburb ? You mean the country ? Just say country.

Saying country isn't pretentious enough.

Does none of you know nothing about exurbs? Take all the criticam lobbed at the suburbs - conformist, ticky tacky, somewhat separatist, lower income than those who are able to live in the most expensive parts of the city, conservative - and crank it up a notch. Ashburn and points west are Nova's exurbs. You have your still tiny patch of grass in Ashburn, as well as your monstrous Barbie mansion, and going further out, then you get your weekend farmers. The exurbs are not the country. A useful way of measuring it in an area where country and exurb sit atop one another: the big money that lives in the country just lives in the country and calls it the country (but probably has a place in the city, too), but the exurban dweller lives in Purcellville and calls it "the Shadow of the White House." Unironically.

I have no idea what you are saying because I can't get past your grammar.

I think she was trying to say - I am an elitist and on top of that, a snob.

To be fair, she is in a tough spot. She is jealous of the people she lives around because they are wealthier than her and have a new build while she has an updated rambler in a 'good pyramid', and yet part of her wants the bigger house and less aggressive lifestyle required farther out.

She was trying to throw a bunch of words like exurb and country and mix it with a little venom - didn't really work.

So much free-floating hostility crammed into the last two posts. Whatever happened to live and let live?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Exurb, not exburb

Because an exburb still has baggage from the divorce.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is an exburb ? You mean the country ? Just say country.

I don't care what is trendy. I just like living in privacy. Quiet peaceful unassuming real down to Earth existence.

This morning a baby bunny graced my patio. You can have your urban hell.

Just passed a rabbit today on my morning walk. Lots of wildlife in our quiet part of DC close to Rock Creek Park. Best of both worlds.

A rabbit is your sign of nature? I have deer in front of my home in Pleasant Hills/Brookland. I do not live in the country lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is an exburb ? You mean the country ? Just say country.

Saying country isn't pretentious enough.

I actually think it can be more so! I have a colleague moving from NW to a home they bought "in the country" ,"our nreast country home".....it's freaking moving to Olney, just own that you want more than an acre and that necessitates the burbs.

Olney is the country now? There's a HomeGoods

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is an exburb ? You mean the country ? Just say country.

I don't care what is trendy. I just like living in privacy. Quiet peaceful unassuming real down to Earth existence.

This morning a baby bunny graced my patio. You can have your urban hell.

Just passed a rabbit today on my morning walk. Lots of wildlife in our quiet part of DC close to Rock Creek Park. Best of both worlds.

A rabbit is your sign of nature? I have deer in front of my home in Pleasant Hills/Brookland. I do not live in the country lol

Not sure who your comment is directed to, but I'm the DC poster. We also have deer, foxes, raccoons, all sorts of other animals in our quiet neighborhood. PP's "urban hell" comment definitely doesn't apply to all of DC, especially when you get out of downtown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is an exburb ? You mean the country ? Just say country.

Saying country isn't pretentious enough.

Does none of you know nothing about exurbs? Take all the criticam lobbed at the suburbs - conformist, ticky tacky, somewhat separatist, lower income than those who are able to live in the most expensive parts of the city, conservative - and crank it up a notch. Ashburn and points west are Nova's exurbs. You have your still tiny patch of grass in Ashburn, as well as your monstrous Barbie mansion, and going further out, then you get your weekend farmers. The exurbs are not the country. A useful way of measuring it in an area where country and exurb sit atop one another: the big money that lives in the country just lives in the country and calls it the country (but probably has a place in the city, too), but the exurban dweller lives in Purcellville and calls it "the Shadow of the White House." Unironically.

I have no idea what you are saying because I can't get past your grammar.

I think she was trying to say - I am an elitist and on top of that, a snob.

To be fair, she is in a tough spot. She is jealous of the people she lives around because they are wealthier than her and have a new build while she has an updated rambler in a 'good pyramid', and yet part of her wants the bigger house and less aggressive lifestyle required farther out.

She was trying to throw a bunch of words like exurb and country and mix it with a little venom - didn't really work.

Damn. That was rough but hilarious.