Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in a big house near Metro and take it to work most days. We never ever ever use it on weekends or evenings. When we lived in DC we basically never used it even though we lived 5 mins away. The service is so awful and it's such a bad experience that lots of people are like us -- live very close to Metro, but very rarely use it. I guess if I didn't value my time or ever have to be on time to things and didn't care about my safety I would ride.

Yes, the tons and tons of people who ride it every day don't care about these things either.



What a privileged world you live in. My god.

The PP was just being honest. This city's ivories a wholly unreliable service. If anyone needs to make it to a meeting, being late due to metro failures is absolutely no excuse as it is to be expected. My organization doesn't give a shit whether I reduce my carbon footprint. I'm expected to show up on time, every time.. Metro is not an option unless I have the luxury of not having meeting until 9:30 am at the earliest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lived in Foggy Bottom right after college and took the orange to and from work every day. I told my dad I saw a homeless guy defecating on the train. That weekend he bought me a new VW Jetta to drive to work and paid my building's parking fee for me. Lol.

*this was about 6 months after I moved here

[Anonymous]

Only time my family uses the Metro is to catch a baseball game. Maybe 3 times a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. In this thread about the sale of a $2.5M home in AU Park [DC], about half the responses mention its proximity to a Metro stop:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/562605.page

And I'd say a good number of people living near that home take advantage of the closeness of the Metro but you don't have to use it to benefit from it. The closer you are to the Metro the higher your property values go, the more likely it is you'll have great amenities like fancy restaurants and yoga studios next door, and the in general - the greater chance the people you're living next door to will have significantly higher income levels. It's just the way it is.

Here is that AU Park House for $2.5M.



https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/4222-42nd-St-NW-20016/home/45505083

Here is the exact same house with better updates, 2 1/2 extra baths, 1 extra bedroom and it feeds into Wilson. Yet, its on the market for $700,000 cheaper. Why? Because its 1.5 miles from the metro.



http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5100-Van-Ness-St-NW-Washington-DC-20016/437492_zpid/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. In this thread about the sale of a $2.5M home in AU Park [DC], about half the responses mention its proximity to a Metro stop:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/562605.page

And I'd say a good number of people living near that home take advantage of the closeness of the Metro but you don't have to use it to benefit from it. The closer you are to the Metro the higher your property values go, the more likely it is you'll have great amenities like fancy restaurants and yoga studios next door, and the in general - the greater chance the people you're living next door to will have significantly higher income levels. It's just the way it is.

Here is that AU Park House for $2.5M.



https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/4222-42nd-St-NW-20016/home/45505083

Here is the exact same house with better updates, 2 1/2 extra baths, 1 extra bedroom and it feeds into Wilson. Yet, its on the market for $700,000 cheaper. Why? Because its 1.5 miles from the metro.



http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5100-Van-Ness-St-NW-Washington-DC-20016/437492_zpid/

+2,520,000!

[Anonymous]

We bought our house for $1.2m which, rightly or wrongly, really isnt a remarkable amount for close-in neighborhoods in this area. We both take the metro to/from work. Don't use it much on weekends though. But if it were more reliable, we probably would use it more.

[Anonymous]

Nope. Only for marathons, etc.

[Anonymous]

And I'd say a good number of people living near that home take advantage of the closeness of the Metro but you don't have to use it to benefit from it. The closer you are to the Metro the higher your property values go, the more likely it is you'll have great amenities like fancy restaurants and yoga studios next door, and the in general - the greater chance the people you're living next door to will have significantly higher income levels.

This is us, our thinking. We live w/in 3 blocks of the red line in ward 3 in a SFH. We use the metro for any and all "events" (sports, July 4, concerts) and that's it. One of us works in a MoCo hospital w/ weird hours, the other works from home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in a big house near Metro and take it to work most days. We never ever ever use it on weekends or evenings. When we lived in DC we basically never used it even though we lived 5 mins away. The service is so awful and it's such a bad experience that lots of people are like us -- live very close to Metro, but very rarely use it. I guess if I didn't value my time or ever have to be on time to things and didn't care about my safety I would ride.

Yes, the tons and tons of people who ride it every day don't care about these things either.



What a privileged world you live in. My god.

The PP was just being honest. This city's ivories a wholly unreliable service. If anyone needs to make it to a meeting, being late due to metro failures is absolutely no excuse as it is to be expected. My organization doesn't give a shit whether I reduce my carbon footprint. I'm expected to show up on time, every time.. Metro is not an option unless I have the luxury of not having meeting until 9:30 am at the earliest.

You guys are clueless. There are huge swaths of people in our area who rely on Metro out of a lack of choice. Do you think the service industry workers don't care about their time and safety? No, they love to be late and love to be accosted. It's awesome.

If they're late b/c of Metro do you think their manager cares? They're likely to get canned from something out of their control.

Take off your blinders. Yeesh. You do live in rarefied world, admit it.

[Anonymous]

Metro is good for going to work at a office job in the city with regular business hours. A lot of people living in expensive houses near the metro use it for commuting because it's still better than driving. Most workplaces don't require suits, etc every day, so clothes aren't a good indicator of how much people make. Plus a lot of us change shoes once we get to work.

Now taking the metro during weekends and off hours? Lol no.

[Anonymous]

I very rarely see successful people riding the Metro. It's largely the city's impoverished and broke 20-somethings.

[Anonymous]

DH takes the metro. However, it is rare enough that his colleagues comment on it and think hes a communist

FWIW, he is english not american.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I very rarely see successful people riding the Metro. It's largely the city's impoverished and broke 20-somethings.

Gotta be a little more subtle with your trolling my dear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I very rarely see successful people riding the Metro. It's largely the city's impoverished and broke 20-somethings.

This is one of the dumber posts I've seen on DCUM lately. I commute on the red line from an expensive if small home and I can assure you that the metro is full of people of people commuting from expensive homes to downtown jobs. Maybe if you only ride off hours or a different area you see a different group but frankly I'd much rather commute by metro than deal with driving and parking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I very rarely see successful people riding the Metro. It's largely the city's impoverished and broke 20-somethings.

Gotta be a little more subtle with your trolling my dear.

You spelled candor wrong.