Is this house in N. Arlington a good deal?

[Anonymous]

Seriously? The answer to what's wrong with Hall's Hill is that it's a historically black neighborhood?

[Anonymous]

OP I don't recall if you mentioned your price range. Keep an eye out in 22201 - I recently bought there in the $500K range (not a tear down candidate as it is a duplex). There is not much inventory but worth a try to keep an eye on those duplexes. Two places were on the market in the last 3 months (one of them mine).

[Anonymous]

And if you really want to get something in that area you need to offer over asking and waive as many contingencies as you can. Scary I know but that is what is happening now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously? The answer to what's wrong with Hall's Hill is that it's a historically black neighborhood?

No. Just drive through it and you'll see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, isn't that near Hall's Hill?

UPDATED: Police Investigating Possible Homicide in Hall’s Hill

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously? The answer to what's wrong with Hall's Hill is that it's a historically black neighborhood?

No. Just drive through it and you'll see.

What should we be looking for on the drive through? I'm going to go this weekend.

[Anonymous]

Looks like there have been 14 homes sold in this area recently so somebody clealry finds it desirable to live here...despite the "Yikes" poster:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/real-estate/neighborhoods/Hall%27s+Hill%2CArlington+County%2CVA-homesales.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously? The answer to what's wrong with Hall's Hill is that it's a historically black neighborhood?

No. Just drive through it and you'll see.

[Anonymous]

I have driven through it, walked through it, jogged through it, pushed a stroller through it...I live about 1/2 mile from there and yes, one of the 2 homicides in Arlington happened in that neighborhood last year. It does not look like Fairfax although there are McMansions scattered throughout. Yes, it's true: brown and black people live there. This does not make it an undesirable area in which to live. If you think it does you are a racist. And I'd be interested to know how the crime stats compare to Georgetown, Capitol Hill, and other areas where people pay far more to live.

[Anonymous]

Op, with so many knockdowns happening, it is so much more desirable to sell to someone with the money for a complete knock down. Most of the additions out there are ass ugly and an embarrassment to any neighborhood.

The close in suburb neighborhoods want to move forward, not backward.