What’s so bad about living in a townhouse?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My parents rented a duplex. Both parents had a high school education or much less. Dad was a complete idiot and a narcissist who never bothered to save so we lived in a duplex. We only lived in apartments and that duplex. Never liked shared walls and never will. I don't speak to my dad anymore and hopefully I can become rich like y'all who were BLESSED and PRIVILEGED enough to come across the good luck to be able to have a good career and a spouse with a good income to afford a sfh in this costly area. Heck today I had mcdonalds and a meal cost $13. Crazy.

That sounds like a “you” problem. Who the eff spends 13 bucks at McDonald’s?

That's how much it is and indicates issues since they're going to be laying off workers who can't even afford to live by themselves but need a roommate. It's so bad there are homeless people outside asking if someone can buy them a burger since a dollar isn't going to get them anything now.

Also it's not a me problem. The people who are lavish and have single family homes in this area are majority double income, good career path, went to good high schools, made connections, well off parents, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of insecure and stir crazy townhome owners/renters in here. First thing they’d do if they got a windfall of money would be…buy a SFH. Y’all aren’t kidding anyone. And yes, everyone judges you. Because that’s what people do.

Not everyone wants to be a suburb bumkin

Lots of nice sfh wotp, sweetie. But enjoy your shared walls and narrow floor plan.

You get the suburb feel while technically being in the city - worst of both worlds, congrats!

Dp. To YOU. Pp maybe perfectly happy. Why are you arguing?

[Anonymous]

i loved our TH, but we busted out of it when kids were 10 and 6. i also had always envisioned a SFH and a yard but i would have been fine living in our TH. i just really would have needed to decluttered a lot. we never had a problem with thin walls or weird smells.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of insecure and stir crazy townhome owners/renters in here. First thing they’d do if they got a windfall of money would be…buy a SFH. Y’all aren’t kidding anyone. And yes, everyone judges you. Because that’s what people do.

Not everyone wants to be a suburb bumkin

Lots of nice sfh wotp, sweetie. But enjoy your shared walls and narrow floor plan.

You get the suburb feel while technically being in the city - worst of both worlds, congrats!

Dp. To YOU. Pp maybe perfectly happy. Why are you arguing?

It was the PPs arguing that townhomes are inferior and that the only reason people would want to live in them is because they can't afford a SFH. I argued that many people like living in the actual heart of the city, not the suburbs, or WOTP, which is effectively a suburb.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of insecure and stir crazy townhome owners/renters in here. First thing they’d do if they got a windfall of money would be…buy a SFH. Y’all aren’t kidding anyone. And yes, everyone judges you. Because that’s what people do.

Who is everybody?
Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you would not need to impress people you do not like?

Probably not. These people live to spend life savings to impress people who don’t even give a shit.

It’s the oddest thing…but not surprising for this area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My parents rented a duplex. Both parents had a high school education or much less. Dad was a complete idiot and a narcissist who never bothered to save so we lived in a duplex. We only lived in apartments and that duplex. Never liked shared walls and never will. I don't speak to my dad anymore and hopefully I can become rich like y'all who were BLESSED and PRIVILEGED enough to come across the good luck to be able to have a good career and a spouse with a good income to afford a sfh in this costly area. Heck today I had mcdonalds and a meal cost $13. Crazy.

That sounds like a “you” problem. Who the eff spends 13 bucks at McDonald’s?

That's how much it is and indicates issues since they're going to be laying off workers who can't even afford to live by themselves but need a roommate. It's so bad there are homeless people outside asking if someone can buy them a burger since a dollar isn't going to get them anything now.

Also it's not a me problem. The people who are lavish and have single family homes in this area are majority double income, good career path, went to good high schools, made connections, well off parents, etc.

What area? The vast majority of homes in the DC region are single family. You're obviously obsessed with a couple few neighborhoods you want to live in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is off the rails. I DO live in a TH because I can't afford an SFH, I DO lack good space for hosting, and I AM embarrassed sometimes. But a lot of you PPs judging other people for not being rich enough are people I would never have any interest in hosting or hearing your opinions anyway, because you're complete jerks. I can't believe people actually think and write this crap.

I’m sorry you are embarrassed to live in an TH.
Our TH has 4100 sqft and a big backyard. It has an elevator.
Maybe you just bought the wrong TH.

Maybe you completely missed the point. This thread is full of arguing over whether a TH is better or people only live in them because they don't have a lot of money, in ways that are super insulting. Glad you love your giant TH but I didn't buy the "wrong" one (mine is 1500 Sq feet and didn't even have AC when I moved on), I bought the one I could afford.

My point was that even people whose choices are restricted by their budgets don't deserve to be talked to the ways PPs on this thread are talking ("the poors," "not sophisticated," "too bad you're in a crappy area," etc). I'd rather have nice friends than rich ones. Fortunately there are plenty of nice middle class and poor people in my area to hang with!

[Anonymous]

There’s only one th development that I’ve seen that I would sell my McLean SFH for. It’s probably more than all your houses though.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1400-N-Meade-St-Arlington-VA-22209/59701643_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

[Anonymous]

these new SFHs are so close together they might as well be THs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:these new SFHs are so close together they might as well be THs

+1 look at monitor lane in McLean. 3 million bucks each but 15 feet between each house. Atleast the builder made a lot of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:these new SFHs are so close together they might as well be THs

Yeah I don’t get the point of having a SFH and my yard between us is me extending my arms and being able to touch both houses. I see this style popping up all over McLean and Fairfax. It’s ugly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s only one th development that I’ve seen that I would sell my McLean SFH for. It’s probably more than all your houses though.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1400-N-Meade-St-Arlington-VA-22209/59701643_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

Yuck. This looks like something that my grandma would’ve loved in 1985.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:these new SFHs are so close together they might as well be THs

So true and some of these SFHs aren't even coming with backyards either. My DH and I decided to explore new builds for a day and ended up at a development in Brambelton. Neither of us had ever been but we figured we'd check it out. The homes had very little space between them and left us with a bit of claustrophobia driving through the neighborhood. They apparently also came with 0 yard space, just a really tiny, tiny screened in patio. I mean what's the point of being way out there with no yard space? As far as I'm concerned the set up was no much different from a TH with a roof top terrace.

I see the pros and cons to TH vs. SFH on both sides but a lot of these new SFHs are cutting corners on some of the pros that a SFH is supposed to have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:these new SFHs are so close together they might as well be THs

So true and some of these SFHs aren't even coming with backyards either. My DH and I decided to explore new builds for a day and ended up at a development in Brambelton. Neither of us had ever been but we figured we'd check it out. The homes had very little space between them and left us with a bit of claustrophobia driving through the neighborhood. They apparently also came with 0 yard space, just a really tiny, tiny screened in patio. I mean what's the point of being way out there with no yard space? As far as I'm concerned the set up was no much different from a TH with a roof top terrace.

I see the pros and cons to TH vs. SFH on both sides but a lot of these new SFHs are cutting corners on some of the pros that a SFH is supposed to have.

There are SFH’s near me in Loudoun that have zero lawn. And look like townhomes. What’s even the point?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/Hillside-at-Broadlands-Ashburn-VA-20148/2062656155_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:these new SFHs are so close together they might as well be THs

So true and some of these SFHs aren't even coming with backyards either. My DH and I decided to explore new builds for a day and ended up at a development in Brambelton. Neither of us had ever been but we figured we'd check it out. The homes had very little space between them and left us with a bit of claustrophobia driving through the neighborhood. They apparently also came with 0 yard space, just a really tiny, tiny screened in patio. I mean what's the point of being way out there with no yard space? As far as I'm concerned the set up was no much different from a TH with a roof top terrace.

I see the pros and cons to TH vs. SFH on both sides but a lot of these new SFHs are cutting corners on some of the pros that a SFH is supposed to have.

There are SFH’s near me in Loudoun that have zero lawn. And look like townhomes. What’s even the point?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/Hillside-at-Broadlands-Ashburn-VA-20148/2062656155_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

Exactly. I'm not sure what these developers are thinking!