I will never be able to afford a house in Arlington

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And I will never be able to afford a Lamborghini and make do with my 12 year old Honda that is running just fine. I will also never be able to afford to go on a safari in Africa, so, we visit the National Zoo and make due with a week at the beach.

You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you find
You get what you need

I went on a safari at 20 years old. Trust me you can go that is not super luxurious only if you make it that way.

In 20 years it will be “I make $400k/yr and I will never be able to afford a house with a car garage and more than 2 bedrooms, get over it!” It’s interesting how people think that the answer to the rising COL is to continuously decrease your standards of living, rather than fix the systematic issues that continue to fuel it. It’s definitely the American way of thinking. Everything has a finite value to it, especially something as arbitrary as location and school quality. Especially with increasing modes of transportation, inner-ring burbs will crash in value once transportation evolves and high-speed railways become increasingly common. I think that deep down, everyone knows that the problem exists, but the DCUM crowd doesn’t want to fix it because they already decided to pay $1.5M to live in a shitshack, and decreasing the cost of living to a more normal range would involve their property values being decreased. But it’s not everyone else’s fault that they chose to buy a house in an area where the values are not even driven by the quality of the house itself, and they are not entitled to appreciating property values just because they want them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And I will never be able to afford a Lamborghini and make do with my 12 year old Honda that is running just fine. I will also never be able to afford to go on a safari in Africa, so, we visit the National Zoo and make due with a week at the beach.

You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you find
You get what you need

I went on a safari at 20 years old. Trust me you can go that is not super luxurious only if you make it that way.

In 20 years it will be “I make $400k/yr and I will never be able to afford a house with a car garage and more than 2 bedrooms, get over it!” It’s interesting how people think that the answer to the rising COL is to continuously decrease your standards of living, rather than fix the systematic issues that continue to fuel it. It’s definitely the American way of thinking. Everything has a finite value to it, especially something as arbitrary as location and school quality. Especially with increasing modes of transportation, inner-ring burbs will crash in value once transportation evolves and high-speed railways become increasingly common. I think that deep down, everyone knows that the problem exists, but the DCUM crowd doesn’t want to fix it because they already decided to pay $1.5M to live in a shitshack, and decreasing the cost of living to a more normal range would involve their property values being decreased. But it’s not everyone else’s fault that they chose to buy a house in an area where the values are not even driven by the quality of the house itself, and they are not entitled to appreciating property values just because they want them.

Neither is OP entitled to have a SFH in the exact location with the exact commute length that she wants.

[Anonymous]

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/432-Park-Ave-82-New-York-NY-10022/2078304565_zpid/

Manhattan still has 90 million dollar condos if interested. DC is cheap

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/432-Park-Ave-82-New-York-NY-10022/2078304565_zpid/

Manhattan still has 90 million dollar condos if interested. DC is cheap

They need to clear out that wooded area and drop in some split levels and phony colonies just to be fair.

[Anonymous]

I worked in NYC many years no one making under 400k could afford to raise a family in Manhattan since at least 1993.

You would need 800k at least. That will be DC in 20 years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I worked in NYC many years no one making under 400k could afford to raise a family in Manhattan since at least 1993.

You would need 800k at least. That will be DC in 20 years

I don't think so. We don't have the high-end wealth that NY has that drives the Manhattan market.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And I will never be able to afford a Lamborghini and make do with my 12 year old Honda that is running just fine. I will also never be able to afford to go on a safari in Africa, so, we visit the National Zoo and make due with a week at the beach.

You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you find
You get what you need

This is OP. I hear this point. I hear that posters are saying I sound entitled. And you’re right. I suppose I
AM feeling entitled. I think a successful lawyer who has been practicing for 20 years should be able to afford a small SFH in the DC with a commute of 45 minutes or less door to door and good schools.

You are a maxed out government lawyer. You are not a successful lawyer.

So, this is not a criticism, but that is exactly what I was thinking, LOL. I am also a government worker so I think I can say that.

LOL. Over half of the lawyers in big law would kill for a maxed out GS15 position. Sorry, but making partner at big and mediocre isn't successful. Sorry you don't understand the legal profession, but maybe stfu?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And I will never be able to afford a Lamborghini and make do with my 12 year old Honda that is running just fine. I will also never be able to afford to go on a safari in Africa, so, we visit the National Zoo and make due with a week at the beach.

You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you find
You get what you need

This is OP. I hear this point. I hear that posters are saying I sound entitled. And you’re right. I suppose I
AM feeling entitled. I think a successful lawyer who has been practicing for 20 years should be able to afford a small SFH in the DC with a commute of 45 minutes or less door to door and good schools.

You are a maxed out government lawyer. You are not a successful lawyer.

So, this is not a criticism, but that is exactly what I was thinking, LOL. I am also a government worker so I think I can say that.

LOL. Over half of the lawyers in big law would kill for a maxed out GS15 position. Sorry, but making partner at big and mediocre isn't successful. Sorry you don't understand the legal profession, but maybe stfu?

Hurt feelings of a government lawyer?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is divorced PP. I don’t know what you are talking about with an hour long commute. I live near route 50 near ffx line and it takes me 20 min to get to metro center in the morning. 30 minutes to get home. I have also commented from fairlington recently and I don”t know what you were doing, but it doesn’t take an hour.

Yes commutes can be really long, even if you have money. Sorry, no sympathy here. I chose a short commute and small townhome. I would love a bigger place, but isn’t happening. Part of what makes arlington expensive is the proximity to DC.

I will also second what some have said-you chose the easy route by staying in govt. the only govies I know in Arlington have a spouse making at least as much income. Working outside govt can be a trade off, but perhaps you should consider in house or something that has less of a salary cap.

I call “rounding down commute.” Your commute does not take 20 minutes door to door from the Fairfax line to Metro Center.

In the morning, yes it does. I leave about 7:15 in the morning. Sitting at my desk, after parking and elevator and walking, at 7:45. I take route 50. That was all precocidad. Don’t know now. Been doing this commute fir several years. Granted, if there is an accident or bad weather it takes longer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And I will never be able to afford a Lamborghini and make do with my 12 year old Honda that is running just fine. I will also never be able to afford to go on a safari in Africa, so, we visit the National Zoo and make due with a week at the beach.

You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you find
You get what you need

This is OP. I hear this point. I hear that posters are saying I sound entitled. And you’re right. I suppose I
AM feeling entitled. I think a successful lawyer who has been practicing for 20 years should be able to afford a small SFH in the DC with a commute of 45 minutes or less door to door and good schools.

You are a maxed out government lawyer. You are not a successful lawyer.

So, this is not a criticism, but that is exactly what I was thinking, LOL. I am also a government worker so I think I can say that.

LOL. Over half of the lawyers in big law would kill for a maxed out GS15 position. Sorry, but making partner at big and mediocre isn't successful. Sorry you don't understand the legal profession, but maybe stfu?

Hurt feelings of a government lawyer?

Sure sounds that way. Law firm partners don’t agonize about not being able to live in Arlington. They either avoid it entirely or explain why they bought there even though they can afford better areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread has hit the wall. OP has many options but chooses not to take them. There isn't much point in further discussion.

Agreed. She finds excuses not to live in south Arlington and excuses to not take a different job that brings in more money.

OP, you didn’t plan for wealth building.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/432-Park-Ave-82-New-York-NY-10022/2078304565_zpid/

Manhattan still has 90 million dollar condos if interested. DC is cheap

They need to clear out that wooded area and drop in some split levels and phony colonies just to be fair.

LOL.

Those views remind me why I actually like DC's height restrictions and low density. I would have vertigo looking out of those windows. And would never be able to sleep at night because of nightmares of being trapped in a towering inferno.

[Anonymous]

OP- What is your price point for a SFH? We are close to putting ours on the market. Its a great house.

[Anonymous]

OP must be troll. a life of public service is NOT a path to riches. look I want to live in Beverly hills too but reality is that i don't make that kind of money.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And I will never be able to afford a Lamborghini and make do with my 12 year old Honda that is running just fine. I will also never be able to afford to go on a safari in Africa, so, we visit the National Zoo and make due with a week at the beach.

You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you find
You get what you need

This is OP. I hear this point. I hear that posters are saying I sound entitled. And you’re right. I suppose I
AM feeling entitled. I think a successful lawyer who has been practicing for 20 years should be able to afford a small SFH in the DC with a commute of 45 minutes or less door to door and good schools.

You are a maxed out government lawyer. You are not a successful lawyer.

So, this is not a criticism, but that is exactly what I was thinking, LOL. I am also a government worker so I think I can say that.

LOL. Over half of the lawyers in big law would kill for a maxed out GS15 position. Sorry, but making partner at big and mediocre isn't successful. Sorry you don't understand the legal profession, but maybe stfu?

Hurt feelings of a government lawyer?

Ignorant post of a non lawyer or a 3L who doesn't know better?