Falls Church vs. Alexandria

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Almost anybody reading this who is legitimately familiar with either place understands both are excellent places to live and raise a family. And people trying to knock one to praise the other are obnoxious rich people who apparently have nothing better to do than sling mud.

To some extent I agree. Alexandria does seem to have some serious systemic issues though (flooding, internet, shooting of the high school student by another student, cover-up of the rape at the high school).

[Anonymous]

Want historic houses walking distance to Old Town retail and waterfront, but don’t care about public school or city services? Alexandria.

Want small town functional government with great schools and new developments ongoing and in the pipeline? FCC.

FCC is closer to Tyson’s and NW DC through metro and driving and Alexandria is further on metro but a short drive. It’s personal choice.

The issue you are going to have with FCC is very low to non existent inventory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost anybody reading this who is legitimately familiar with either place understands both are excellent places to live and raise a family. And people trying to knock one to praise the other are obnoxious rich people who apparently have nothing better to do than sling mud.

To some extent I agree. Alexandria does seem to have some serious systemic issues though (flooding, internet, shooting of the high school student by another student, cover-up of the rape at the high school).

Not fooling anyone…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost anybody reading this who is legitimately familiar with either place understands both are excellent places to live and raise a family. And people trying to knock one to praise the other are obnoxious rich people who apparently have nothing better to do than sling mud.

To some extent I agree. Alexandria does seem to have some serious systemic issues though (flooding, internet, shooting of the high school student by another student, cover-up of the rape at the high school).

Not fooling anyone…

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost anybody reading this who is legitimately familiar with either place understands both are excellent places to live and raise a family. And people trying to knock one to praise the other are obnoxious rich people who apparently have nothing better to do than sling mud.

To some extent I agree. Alexandria does seem to have some serious systemic issues though (flooding, internet, shooting of the high school student by another student, cover-up of the rape at the high school).

Not fooling anyone…

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Same old troll.

[Anonymous]

Both are gross.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Alexandria has some beautiful parts near the water and the historic Old Town areas that FCC lacks. Alexandria outside Old Town is not walkable and lacks metro (people drive and park).

FCC has better schools, city services, safety, better walk ability (other than Old Town) but is more expensive and higher taxes.

But like a PP said, not comparable markets. People select between FCC, Mclean, North Arlington and Alexandria is not really in that mix.

Agree, Alexandria is not in the mix of places like that plus Bethesda and Chevy Chase. Old Town is a special market of course, and I love the landscape there, but the rest of Alexandria is whatever.

Sure, if you like endless blocks of suburban-feeling houses with very few side walks than Bethesda, CC, McLean Fairfax etc are great options

+1. Not to mention the ugly power wires. Gross. And the overrated schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Alexandria has some beautiful parts near the water and the historic Old Town areas that FCC lacks. Alexandria outside Old Town is not walkable and lacks metro (people drive and park).

FCC has better schools, city services, safety, better walk ability (other than Old Town) but is more expensive and higher taxes.

But like a PP said, not comparable markets. People select between FCC, Mclean, North Arlington and Alexandria is not really in that mix.

Agree, Alexandria is not in the mix of places like that plus Bethesda and Chevy Chase. Old Town is a special market of course, and I love the landscape there, but the rest of Alexandria is whatever.

Sure, if you like endless blocks of suburban-feeling houses with very few side walks than Bethesda, CC, McLean Fairfax etc are great options

+1. Not to mention the ugly power wires. Gross. And the overrated schools.

All those areas, including FCC, have better schools than Alexandria by all measures but are also uniformly wealthy with very little poverty and lower middle class (or even any middle class really) unlike Alexandria.

[Anonymous]

The latest published data from NVAR shows that Alexandria is basically a backup market for those that can't get into Mclean, FCC, and N. Arlington.

Alexandria: Median 546k, Mean 649k (lower than literally every jurisdiction in NOVA).
Falls Church: Median 709k, Mean 760k (highest or second highest depending on which month you look in NOVA).

Again, not comparable markets.

https://www.nvar.com/realtors/news/market-statistics/market-statistics-february-2022

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The latest published data from NVAR shows that Alexandria is basically a backup market for those that can't get into Mclean, FCC, and N. Arlington.

Alexandria: Median 546k, Mean 649k (lower than literally every jurisdiction in NOVA).
Falls Church: Median 709k, Mean 760k (highest or second highest depending on which month you look in NOVA).

Again, not comparable markets.

https://www.nvar.com/realtors/news/market-statistics/market-statistics-february-2022

What a careful analysis. You forgot to do an apples to apples comparison. Alexandria has substantially more condos than Falls Church. Go back and do s SFH comparison, and then do a price per square foot comparison.

And it's certainly not a "backup" market except in your petty little mind.

[Anonymous]

I live in FCC and work in Old Town. For years I've been trying to pull the trigger on moving to OTA, as I love the walkability and the liveliness. But, we stayed in FCC for the schools. There are some really nice homes in Alexandria, but then we would need to send the kids to private, and the school commute has not been worth it. I guess it really depends on what you need in terms of schools- FCC has an amazing IB program, and Alexandria has...a lot of problems.
Also to get back to the pot issue- I work on Fairfax St. in Old Town and there is almost always a group of men smoking pot on the corner. I don't mind though, our street has never felt unsafe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The latest published data from NVAR shows that Alexandria is basically a backup market for those that can't get into Mclean, FCC, and N. Arlington.

Alexandria: Median 546k, Mean 649k (lower than literally every jurisdiction in NOVA).
Falls Church: Median 709k, Mean 760k (highest or second highest depending on which month you look in NOVA).

Again, not comparable markets.

https://www.nvar.com/realtors/news/market-statistics/market-statistics-february-2022

What a careful analysis. You forgot to do an apples to apples comparison. Alexandria has substantially more condos than Falls Church. Go back and do s SFH comparison, and then do a price per square foot comparison.

And it's certainly not a "backup" market except in your petty little mind.

Don't you think that's the PP's point? They aren't apples to apples.

Alexandria has made a choice to support cramming more people in by building more condos. FCC has not made that same choice.

No wonder everyone is stuck in Alexandria not able to go anywhere. Their infrastructure isn't made to support their choice to chase property tax dollars made on condo owners. They are reaping what they sow. Oh well, lesson learned?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The latest published data from NVAR shows that Alexandria is basically a backup market for those that can't get into Mclean, FCC, and N. Arlington.

Alexandria: Median 546k, Mean 649k (lower than literally every jurisdiction in NOVA).
Falls Church: Median 709k, Mean 760k (highest or second highest depending on which month you look in NOVA).

Again, not comparable markets.

https://www.nvar.com/realtors/news/market-statistics/market-statistics-february-2022

What a careful analysis. You forgot to do an apples to apples comparison. Alexandria has substantially more condos than Falls Church. Go back and do s SFH comparison, and then do a price per square foot comparison.

And it's certainly not a "backup" market except in your petty little mind.

Don't you think that's the PP's point? They aren't apples to apples.

Alexandria has made a choice to support cramming more people in by building more condos. FCC has not made that same choice.

No wonder everyone is stuck in Alexandria not able to go anywhere. Their infrastructure isn't made to support their choice to chase property tax dollars made on condo owners. They are reaping what they sow. Oh well, lesson learned?

Alexandria City is like 14 sq miles while FCC is 2 sq miles. It's hard to compare them especially if you're talking about condos. A better comparison is Old Town to FCC but it's hard to get data on just OT.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The latest published data from NVAR shows that Alexandria is basically a backup market for those that can't get into Mclean, FCC, and N. Arlington.

Alexandria: Median 546k, Mean 649k (lower than literally every jurisdiction in NOVA).
Falls Church: Median 709k, Mean 760k (highest or second highest depending on which month you look in NOVA).

Again, not comparable markets.

https://www.nvar.com/realtors/news/market-statistics/market-statistics-february-2022

What a careful analysis. You forgot to do an apples to apples comparison. Alexandria has substantially more condos than Falls Church. Go back and do s SFH comparison, and then do a price per square foot comparison.

And it's certainly not a "backup" market except in your petty little mind.

Don't you think that's the PP's point? They aren't apples to apples.

Alexandria has made a choice to support cramming more people in by building more condos. FCC has not made that same choice.

No wonder everyone is stuck in Alexandria not able to go anywhere. Their infrastructure isn't made to support their choice to chase property tax dollars made on condo owners. They are reaping what they sow. Oh well, lesson learned?

LOL. You live in a fantasy land.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in FCC and work in Old Town. For years I've been trying to pull the trigger on moving to OTA, as I love the walkability and the liveliness. But, we stayed in FCC for the schools. There are some really nice homes in Alexandria, but then we would need to send the kids to private, and the school commute has not been worth it. I guess it really depends on what you need in terms of schools- FCC has an amazing IB program, and Alexandria has...a lot of problems.
Also to get back to the pot issue- I work on Fairfax St. in Old Town and there is almost always a group of men smoking pot on the corner. I don't mind though, our street has never felt unsafe.

So I love Old Town for its historic character, it's unique and truly beautiful, but "liveliness?" I honestly never experienced much of that. I lived off of N. Fayette for 15 years and it was never lively. It always felt pretty much dead, at least in the areas around me.