This. People complain about 270 - rightfully so. But 495 around tysons is brutal even on weekends. |
Hit the nail on the head! |
GO BULLETS! |
Anirban Basu gets paid by the real estate development industry to talk about the horrible business climate in Montgomery County. |
VA has terrible traffic too. Freddie Mac a lot of folks don't want to deal with the traffic. Getting out of parking lot and on the highway is 15 minutes alone.
And getting companies does not always equal good real estate values. Also where someone is from matters too. I know a CEO-level African American From NYC housing hunting in Potomac for his new C-level job in Tysons Corner. First his wife is from New York, they go back and forth that way, you get a big mansion for price of VA in Potomac, wife does not work, kids want a great school. CEO starts work early and leaves last. Traffic at 630 am and 8 pm not bad. And only color in Potomac is Green. There are a decent amount of Indian and Asian minority neighborhoods near Tysons in VA but not many black ones. |
I used to live in Prince William County. Driving on I66 toward the beltway was horrible. It's far worse than Montgomery County. |
And getting companies does not always equal good real estate values." Sorry, you are just wrong. "Searches in the other winner of Amazon's sweepstakes, Crystal City, Virginia, jumped 84 percent. Real estate agents say they're hearing from investors who'd like to become landlords and from sellers who've decided to pull their homes off the market, sit back and wait for prices to go up, up, up." https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Suddenly-a-pair-of-quiet-real-estate-markets-are-13392187.php |
If Virginia was smart they would diversify more out of tech. The tech industry knows it’s over valued and is preparing for a correction. |
Right!? Tech will be over and done with when this whole internet fad ends! Not to mention, the pentagon and fedgov have no need for technology. NOVA should diversify into social justice experiments (like MD) or maybe coal mining. |
oh yeah, 66 IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.....on a weekend...is usually a mess! |
Haha Look, I am from MD and can acknowledge this is a major loss. Moved to Sunnyvale in 2003 for 10 years and then Seattle for 3 years. The change is going to be pretty dramatic. Most people do not work for companies with trillion dollar market caps and can’t see their transformative power. Arlington is going to get rich, no if’s and buts. So will DC and MD though just like Fremont did wrt San Fran. It’ll take longer than Arlington but it will happen. |
I used to live in Sunnyvale and the Bay Area in general for over 10 years. Even places like Morgan Hill and Gilroy have gotten expensive, and Gilory is over 30 miles from the center of SJ. In comparison, Rockville to CC is 22 miles. So yes, outer areas will eventually get more expensive if the tech sector around here gets bigger. Man, who would've thought Gilroy, the garlic capital of the world would demand almost $700K for a 3 br/2ba 1700sqft house with a lotsize of 2400 sqft. Crazy. I left the Bay Area in part because of the crazy real estate prices. |
^ good point |
I hope all jurisdictions stop these massive giveaways to corporations. It's pathetic. I am glad MD lost. |
It's two longish blocks. |