WFH - Rank These DMV Neighborhoods -$1.5M Budget

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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).

Yea come on, we’re mostly 30-40 something attractive millionaires in great shape wirh perfect kids.

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I live in a much less expensive neighborhood and use a private school. For me, it’s the best of both worlds. I think more people would do it except they want to be able to get the money back on the house. Which is totally valid, but depends on our school system staying the way it is and our house has actually appreciated a lot. I mean, I’m not going for optimizing, but I love our life.

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Cherry picking one SFH sale at 2.2, when the age of the buyer is unknown does not for a minute convince me or anyone else that the vast majority of people in Ballston are sub 30.

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*are NOT sub 30

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Fairly accurate take.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Potomac is the original McMansion place in the DMV. In the 80’s through 2000’s they built so many white brick houses with columns it’s absurd. Bethesda is more modern mcfarmmansion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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).

Yea come on, we’re mostly 30-40 something attractive millionaires in great shape wirh perfect kids.

All the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in a much less expensive neighborhood and use a private school. For me, it’s the best of both worlds. I think more people would do it except they want to be able to get the money back on the house. Which is totally valid, but depends on our school system staying the way it is and our house has actually appreciated a lot. I mean, I’m not going for optimizing, but I love our life.

My parents did this with us. Had a great education. That said it only works for certain kids. If they have/need an iep the right private school might not be easy to find.

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Anonymous wrote:Cherry picking one SFH sale at 2.2, when the age of the buyer is unknown does not for a minute convince me or anyone else that the vast majority of people in Ballston are sub 30.

FYI when people say “Rosslyn - Ballston corridor” in OP’s walkability SFH context they mean Lyon Village, Lyon Park, Ashton Heights, parts of Waverly Hills and Cherrydale, parts of Bluemont, and parts of Arlington Forest.

You know, the areas ADJACENT to the urban centers incl Ballston. Of which all new builds are mid 2s to mid 4s, and teardown lots are $1M+.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cherry picking one SFH sale at 2.2, when the age of the buyer is unknown does not for a minute convince me or anyone else that the vast majority of people in Ballston are sub 30.

FYI when people say “Rosslyn - Ballston corridor” in OP’s walkability SFH context they mean Lyon Village, Lyon Park, Ashton Heights, parts of Waverly Hills and Cherrydale, parts of Bluemont, and parts of Arlington Forest.

You know, the areas ADJACENT to the urban centers incl Ballston. Of which all new builds are mid 2s to mid 4s, and teardown lots are $1M+.

Thank you for explaining this to the people who don't know anything about the areas they are commenting on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Potomac is the original McMansion place in the DMV. In the 80’s through 2000’s they built so many white brick houses with columns it’s absurd. Bethesda is more modern mcfarmmansion

Potomac at least has nice big lots. It looks a lot less ridiculous than Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cherry picking one SFH sale at 2.2, when the age of the buyer is unknown does not for a minute convince me or anyone else that the vast majority of people in Ballston are sub 30.

FYI when people say “Rosslyn - Ballston corridor” in OP’s walkability SFH context they mean Lyon Village, Lyon Park, Ashton Heights, parts of Waverly Hills and Cherrydale, parts of Bluemont, and parts of Arlington Forest.

You know, the areas ADJACENT to the urban centers incl Ballston. Of which all new builds are mid 2s to mid 4s, and teardown lots are $1M+.

Thank you for explaining this to the people who don't know anything about the areas they are commenting on.

Oh...... so the idiots are the people thinking "Ballston" was in reference to ... "Ballston". The smart people are the ones using..... "Ballston" to refer to.... Cherrydale.

Got it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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).

Yea come on, we’re mostly 30-40 something attractive millionaires in great shape wirh perfect kids.

There are plenty of people in their late 20s or early 30s buying townhouses and sfh in the DMV area. They just get the downpayment from their parents.

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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.

Have fun with the apartment buildings surrounding your sfh. MOCO just upzoned major parts of Chevy Chase and Bethesda for high density apartments.

[Anonymous]

Courthouse to Ballston is still suburban. It is more dense around Wilson Blvd with apartments and condos. It is like Tenleytown-Friendship Height-Bethesda on the Red line but with more apartments.