Which neighborhoods to avoid in NoVa?

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Do you have something to say? Because that post is entirely content-free. You want to have a dialogue about which areas of NoVa to avoid. I think Pimmit Hills is near the top. The housing is crap and once you hit a certain price point, virtually nothing there moves. It had its moment for people who wanted to tear down the decrepit shacks and build ugly McMansions, but nicer houses can be found all over the rest of Falls Church and the people chasing yield are largely looking elsewhere now.

You are free to think what you like, who is there to stop you? People are also free to correct you when you're posting nonsense.

"One you hit a certain price point, nothing moves" - the same can be said about virtually any neighborhood, including downtown Manhattan.

A healthy clip at which teardowns in PH sell contradicts your point that the moment when people wanted to tear down shacks and build McMansions has passed. It hasn't. It's very much ongoing.

"Nicer houses" is relative, Southeast DC is full of nice houses. Does it make it a nice place to live?

"Chasing yield", by and large, doesn't happen in nice neighborhoods, fyi. It happens in low-profile neighborhoods poised for growth. Established locations grow at a slower rate.

So really, the only true part of your post is that you don't like PH.

I remember watching a comedy show a few years ago where the character said, in a complaining tone of voice: "What's with the hateness?", meaning hate.

I think this term would be a 100% hit for the PH-hating poster. What's with the PH hateness?

I am going to bet the response from the PH Hater from Faux Church will go something like

"Pimmit hills still suck badly because of a trailer park in alabama and it sucks just like pimmit hills. The pimmit hills schools suck terriblely because 100% of the graduating class don't even attend ivy leagues. It's ugly !!!!!!"

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I am going to bet the response from the PH Hater from Faux Church will go something like

"Pimmit hills still suck badly because of a trailer park in alabama and it sucks just like pimmit hills. The pimmit hills schools suck terriblely because 100% of the graduating class don't even attend ivy leagues. It's ugly !!!!!!"

Quotes got away from me.

I remember watching a comedy show a few years ago where the character said, in a complaining tone of voice: "What's with the hateness?", meaning hate.

I think this term would be a 100% hit for the PH-hating poster. What's with the PH hateness?

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Some people like PH, and others just not that crazy about it. McLean is awfully expensive. Arlington is just about as expensive. And if you want to walk everywhere, it's gonna cost ya.

[Anonymous]

What people have to say about Pimmit Hills on another forum:

"I drive through Pimmet Hills about twice a month. It's still a run-down hole to me. I don't see a lot of building going on. It reminds me of the southside of San Antonio."

"Tiny little boxes built in 1955, or gee-normous overpriced McMansions."

"Pimmit does have kind of a run down feel to it too. Probably because so many of the houses are tiny and inexpensive compared to nearby neighborhoods."

"The homes are old and the lots are small. The area is cheap for a reason. It's going to take decades for the lots to be bought up one by one and rebuilt."

"Don't ever move to Pimmit Hills it's fairfax county's version of the ghetto."

"I have driven through the neighborhood a few times trying to find shortcuts that don't exist, and I can't say that I would recommend it to a family with small children. As you indicated, it seems a little rough around the edges. Remember, you usually get what you pay for in real estate around here, and if the houses in Pimmit Hills are cheaper than those in nearby neighborhoods, there is a reason for that."

"The story was that houses had been build 40-50 years ago as temporary housing, suppose to be replaced by decent houses in 5-10 years, but it never happend. Most of the houses in worst shape that you can imagine, but have some that have been taking care off."

"I grew up in Vienna and Pimmit Hills was always known as one of the worst areas to live in, this was in the 80's and 90's. I worked at Marshall High School in 2000 and it was considered bad then too."

"There are many tacky new homes and additions in Pimmit Hills."

"Over all these years, Pimmit seems to retain its "slightly sketchy" character. No offense intended for residents, and I don't mean to suggest it's a truly dangerous area, just a little sketchier than typical Fairfax County. It has changed a little, but why hasn't it changed more?"

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Anonymous wrote:Sales over $800K in 22041 since beginning of 2013 - 14
Sales over $800K in 22042 since beginning of 2013 - 10
Sales over $800K in 22044 since beginning of 2013 - 14
Sales over $800K in Pimmit Hills since beginning of 2013 - 5

So the number of $800K sales in the supposedly crappy areas of Falls Church is almost eight times greater than in Pimmit Hills.

I know, the DIYers are buying old homes in Pimmit Hills for $450K and building million-dollar homes. That mostly look like total shit.

I just pulled the stats and there have been 8 homes sold for above 800k in Pimmit Hills since 3/31/2013.

That would only be the case if the homes weren't identified as being in Pimmit Hills when listed/sold, which is perhaps understandible.

Do you think that people who buy a 800K+ house in PH are somehow oblivious to the fact that it is indeed located in Pimmit Hills? Seriously? You think they bought it under the impression that it is somewhere in North Arlington?

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Anonymous wrote:Falls Church City (22046) is for all intents and purposes about as close to DC as North Arlington and its schools are well regarded. It's so small there is only one high school, but make sure you are in the city boundaries. The rest of Falls Church (referred to as just "Falls Church") is within Fairfax County and the schools are good, but not as good.

Falls Church is the city. Those who refer to Skyline and Baileys Crossroads and other parts of Fairfax County as "Falls Church" are (a) the Postal Service and (b) people who enjoy being wrong.

My mail is delivered to my house in Falls Church, VA. How else do you suggest I refer to where I live?

22041 here, +1

7 corners or bailey's crossroads.

I don't live anywhere near 7 corners of Bailey's Crossroads. There's really no other way to describe where I live other than Falls Church, which -- I repeat -- IS MY MAILING ADDRESS. I'm not sure why you think you're so much smarter than the post office.

PP, ignore this idiot. I moved to Fairfax as a very young kid in 1976 and have lived in Fairfax or Arlington most of my adult life. Everyone who is from around here has always called your part of Fairfax County Falls Church, and when necessary we say "City of Falls Church" to make the distinction.

Then again, this person probably calls the airport "Reagan," ugh.

+1

+2. NP here enjoying this discussion. I grew up in 22043 - a part that is also not near Baileys or Seven Corners. Mailing address is Falls Church. Oh well, guess we are all wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:What people have to say about Pimmit Hills on another forum:

"I drive through Pimmet Hills about twice a month. It's still a run-down hole to me. I don't see a lot of building going on. It reminds me of the southside of San Antonio."

Both illiterate AND blind, a double whammy!

Anonymous wrote:"The homes are old and the lots are small. The area is cheap for a reason. It's going to take decades for the lots to be bought up one by one and rebuilt."

0.3 acres in close-in suburb is "small"? I beg your pardon, my lady. Great Falls spreads await you.

Anonymous wrote:"I have driven through the neighborhood a few times trying to find shortcuts that don't exist, and I can't say that I would recommend it to a family with small children. As you indicated, it seems a little rough around the edges. Remember, you usually get what you pay for in real estate around here, and if the houses in Pimmit Hills are cheaper than those in nearby neighborhoods, there is a reason for that."

Good; stay out of my neighborhood, we don't want through traffic.

Anonymous wrote:"The story was that houses had been build 40-50 years ago as temporary housing, suppose to be replaced by decent houses in 5-10 years, but it never happend. Most of the houses in worst shape that you can imagine, but have some that have been taking care off."

What forum, DC Illiterates Unite.com?

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Anonymous wrote:What people have to say about Pimmit Hills on another forum:

"I drive through Pimmet Hills about twice a month. It's still a run-down hole to me. I don't see a lot of building going on. It reminds me of the southside of San Antonio."

"Tiny little boxes built in 1955, or gee-normous overpriced McMansions."

"Pimmit does have kind of a run down feel to it too. Probably because so many of the houses are tiny and inexpensive compared to nearby neighborhoods."

"The homes are old and the lots are small. The area is cheap for a reason. It's going to take decades for the lots to be bought up one by one and rebuilt."

"Don't ever move to Pimmit Hills it's fairfax county's version of the ghetto."

"I have driven through the neighborhood a few times trying to find shortcuts that don't exist, and I can't say that I would recommend it to a family with small children. As you indicated, it seems a little rough around the edges. Remember, you usually get what you pay for in real estate around here, and if the houses in Pimmit Hills are cheaper than those in nearby neighborhoods, there is a reason for that."

"The story was that houses had been build 40-50 years ago as temporary housing, suppose to be replaced by decent houses in 5-10 years, but it never happend. Most of the houses in worst shape that you can imagine, but have some that have been taking care off."

"I grew up in Vienna and Pimmit Hills was always known as one of the worst areas to live in, this was in the 80's and 90's. I worked at Marshall High School in 2000 and it was considered bad then too."

"There are many tacky new homes and additions in Pimmit Hills."

"Over all these years, Pimmit seems to retain its "slightly sketchy" character. No offense intended for residents, and I don't mean to suggest it's a truly dangerous area, just a little sketchier than typical Fairfax County. It has changed a little, but why hasn't it changed more?"

I wonder if this obsessed person was the same person driving through pimmit snapping pictures of homes to make fun of.

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Anonymous wrote:Sales over $800K in 22041 since beginning of 2013 - 14
Sales over $800K in 22042 since beginning of 2013 - 10
Sales over $800K in 22044 since beginning of 2013 - 14
Sales over $800K in Pimmit Hills since beginning of 2013 - 5

So the number of $800K sales in the supposedly crappy areas of Falls Church is almost eight times greater than in Pimmit Hills.

I know, the DIYers are buying old homes in Pimmit Hills for $450K and building million-dollar homes. That mostly look like total shit.

I just pulled the stats and there have been 8 homes sold for above 800k in Pimmit Hills since 3/31/2013.

That would only be the case if the homes weren't identified as being in Pimmit Hills when listed/sold, which is perhaps understandible.

Do you think that people who buy a 800K+ house in PH are somehow oblivious to the fact that it is indeed located in Pimmit Hills? Seriously? You think they bought it under the impression that it is somewhere in North Arlington?

omg this is amazing the owners never knew it.

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There are no DIY, fairfax county would not approve them. There is no difference in the approval process for a new home in pimmit hills vs Mclean, The new homes in PH that are owner built typically work with Stanley Martin, reelhomes, NDI or ANV. I can pull up those plans if you are interested.

We were not talking about McLean. We are talking about the fact that Pimmit Hills is far uglier and has fewer expensive sales than many other parts of Falls Church in 22041, 22042 and 22044.

Your use of statistics is laughable and completely wrong.

If all of 22043 was like Pimmit Hills, it would be considered the least desirable zip code with a Falls Church address, by a large margin.

No dear, the schools would still float it.

No, it would drag down the schools even more than it does already.

I have no dog in this fight ... which I hope continues for pages and pages more (high comedy) ... but I would bet that the Hateness-er lives near PH and sends her kids to a school that overlaps with PH and somewhere along the way she created a narrative that the reason her child did not advance as dramatically as she would have liked was due to all those PH-ers "dragging" the school down ... for whatever that means.

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Am I too late to answer OP with "all of them"?

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I have no dog in this fight ... which I hope continues for pages and pages more (high comedy) ... but I would bet that the Hateness-er lives near PH and sends her kids to a school that overlaps with PH and somewhere along the way she created a narrative that the reason her child did not advance as dramatically as she would have liked was due to all those PH-ers "dragging" the school down ... for whatever that means.

Yes, the poors came and ate my dean's list.

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Anonymous wrote:What people have to say about Pimmit Hills on another forum:

"I drive through Pimmet Hills about twice a month. It's still a run-down hole to me. I don't see a lot of building going on. It reminds me of the southside of San Antonio."

"Tiny little boxes built in 1955, or gee-normous overpriced McMansions."

"Pimmit does have kind of a run down feel to it too. Probably because so many of the houses are tiny and inexpensive compared to nearby neighborhoods."

"The homes are old and the lots are small. The area is cheap for a reason. It's going to take decades for the lots to be bought up one by one and rebuilt."

"Don't ever move to Pimmit Hills it's fairfax county's version of the ghetto."

"I have driven through the neighborhood a few times trying to find shortcuts that don't exist, and I can't say that I would recommend it to a family with small children. As you indicated, it seems a little rough around the edges. Remember, you usually get what you pay for in real estate around here, and if the houses in Pimmit Hills are cheaper than those in nearby neighborhoods, there is a reason for that."

"The story was that houses had been build 40-50 years ago as temporary housing, suppose to be replaced by decent houses in 5-10 years, but it never happend. Most of the houses in worst shape that you can imagine, but have some that have been taking care off."

"I grew up in Vienna and Pimmit Hills was always known as one of the worst areas to live in, this was in the 80's and 90's. I worked at Marshall High School in 2000 and it was considered bad then too."

"There are many tacky new homes and additions in Pimmit Hills."

"Over all these years, Pimmit seems to retain its "slightly sketchy" character. No offense intended for residents, and I don't mean to suggest it's a truly dangerous area, just a little sketchier than typical Fairfax County. It has changed a little, but why hasn't it changed more?"

I wonder if this obsessed person was the same person driving through pimmit snapping pictures of homes to make fun of.

I read this to be a collection of comments from many different posters on another forum.

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Anonymous wrote:What people have to say about Pimmit Hills on another forum:

"I drive through Pimmet Hills about twice a month. It's still a run-down hole to me. I don't see a lot of building going on. It reminds me of the southside of San Antonio."

"Tiny little boxes built in 1955, or gee-normous overpriced McMansions."

"Pimmit does have kind of a run down feel to it too. Probably because so many of the houses are tiny and inexpensive compared to nearby neighborhoods."

"The homes are old and the lots are small. The area is cheap for a reason. It's going to take decades for the lots to be bought up one by one and rebuilt."

"Don't ever move to Pimmit Hills it's fairfax county's version of the ghetto."

"I have driven through the neighborhood a few times trying to find shortcuts that don't exist, and I can't say that I would recommend it to a family with small children. As you indicated, it seems a little rough around the edges. Remember, you usually get what you pay for in real estate around here, and if the houses in Pimmit Hills are cheaper than those in nearby neighborhoods, there is a reason for that."

"The story was that houses had been build 40-50 years ago as temporary housing, suppose to be replaced by decent houses in 5-10 years, but it never happend. Most of the houses in worst shape that you can imagine, but have some that have been taking care off."

"I grew up in Vienna and Pimmit Hills was always known as one of the worst areas to live in, this was in the 80's and 90's. I worked at Marshall High School in 2000 and it was considered bad then too."

"There are many tacky new homes and additions in Pimmit Hills."

"Over all these years, Pimmit seems to retain its "slightly sketchy" character. No offense intended for residents, and I don't mean to suggest it's a truly dangerous area, just a little sketchier than typical Fairfax County. It has changed a little, but why hasn't it changed more?"

I wonder if this obsessed person was the same person driving through pimmit snapping pictures of homes to make fun of.

I read this to be a collection of comments from many different posters on another forum.

He collects them along with pictures to make a I hate pimmit hills scrap book. He also plasters them on his wall and reads them every night while rocking himself to sleep.

[Anonymous]

I think this post is mean spirited. People's homes are in the neighborhoods that others say "should be avoided". Lame post- really looking to be nasty.