Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The pike at glebe and east is improving and the home prices and performance of schools are showing the results.

West of glebe is a mess, still full of title stores, 7/11, check cashing, laundry mats and auto shops. There are a few gems, like pan american cafe, OMG their food is amazing.

Need to redo the food mart corner and the ones around 4 mile run to be more like penrise area. That will help a lot. Mix of local but successful stores and some good anchors, like a decent grocery store. It will still be surrounded by cheap apartment and subsidized housing, but it will get traffic from the higher income sFh as well.

Tired of going all the way to north arlington, shirlington or penrose for a gallon of milk.

They sell milk at food star, you know. Or do you refuse to shop among the browns because you want to encourage the right kind of development?

The Food Star has higher prices than the Harris Teeter. Please take your racist remark elsewhere. You are uninformed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not too shabby for Nauck

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2205-S-Monroe-St_Arlington_VA_22206_M59614-92963?row=2

Someone nice and awesome should move here and be my neighbor

Nauck has been getting some really amazing new builds. I live across the way In Douglas Park, and have really seen that community change!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not too shabby for Nauck

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2205-S-Monroe-St_Arlington_VA_22206_M59614-92963?row=2

Someone nice and awesome should move here and be my neighbor

7 Bedrooms? Looks like an addition with zero planning

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not too shabby for Nauck

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2205-S-Monroe-St_Arlington_VA_22206_M59614-92963?row=2

Someone nice and awesome should move here and be my neighbor

7 Bedrooms? Looks like an addition with zero planning

That was my initial reaction but if you look closer, it's actually 4. No idea why it says 7. This block is near a playground we go to from time to time and also right next to the elementary school. My house is similar to this, also a new build, but I think I might trade for this one if I could. Alas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The pike at glebe and east is improving and the home prices and performance of schools are showing the results.

West of glebe is a mess, still full of title stores, 7/11, check cashing, laundry mats and auto shops. There are a few gems, like pan american cafe, OMG their food is amazing.

Need to redo the food mart corner and the ones around 4 mile run to be more like penrise area. That will help a lot. Mix of local but successful stores and some good anchors, like a decent grocery store. It will still be surrounded by cheap apartment and subsidized housing, but it will get traffic from the higher income sFh as well.

Tired of going all the way to north arlington, shirlington or penrose for a gallon of milk.

They sell milk at food star, you know. Or do you refuse to shop among the browns because you want to encourage the right kind of development?

The Food Star has higher prices than the Harris Teeter. Please take your racist remark elsewhere. You are uninformed.

It's possible. I don't do the grocery shopping in my house, my spouse does, and he is there every week or more getting produce. When I drag him to HT he complains it's too expensive. That's my circumstantial evidence. What's yours? When was the last time you were there? Have you been more than once? What is more expensive? Because a lot of things are cheaper according to my dh.

As for racism, I am not the one avoiding food star or bailey's and choosing exclusively gentrified areas when I want a gallon of milk. That would be the pp. I don't disagree with their general point that the stretch of the pike between glebe and bailey's could improve, but I don't know why pp is complaining about having to go to the gentrified grocery stores to buy milk when it is available closer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The pike at glebe and east is improving and the home prices and performance of schools are showing the results.

West of glebe is a mess, still full of title stores, 7/11, check cashing, laundry mats and auto shops. There are a few gems, like pan american cafe, OMG their food is amazing.

Need to redo the food mart corner and the ones around 4 mile run to be more like penrise area. That will help a lot. Mix of local but successful stores and some good anchors, like a decent grocery store. It will still be surrounded by cheap apartment and subsidized housing, but it will get traffic from the higher income sFh as well.

Tired of going all the way to north arlington, shirlington or penrose for a gallon of milk.

They sell milk at food star, you know. Or do you refuse to shop among the browns because you want to encourage the right kind of development?

The Food Star has higher prices than the Harris Teeter. Please take your racist remark elsewhere. You are uninformed.

It's possible. I don't do the grocery shopping in my house, my spouse does, and he is there every week or more getting produce. When I drag him to HT he complains it's too expensive. That's my circumstantial evidence. What's yours? When was the last time you were there? Have you been more than once? What is more expensive? Because a lot of things are cheaper according to my dh.

As for racism, I am not the one avoiding food star or bailey's and choosing exclusively gentrified areas when I want a gallon of milk. That would be the pp. I don't disagree with their general point that the stretch of the pike between glebe and bailey's could improve, but I don't know why pp is complaining about having to go to the gentrified grocery stores to buy milk when it is available closer.

I can't find it, but I believe it was in the post. They compared prices and the Food Star
Came out as the worst. Which, was also my experience living in a predominately Dominican neighborhood is NYC. You think because the store looks relatively unkempt and a bit dirty- you might be getting some savings somewhere. It's not the case. The Food Star has a captive customer base of lower SES people that need to walk to a grocery because of transportation.
As for the last time I was over there - a couple of months ago. It's the closest grocery to me. If I need something in a pinch and don't mind s few extra pennies, it's worth it.
Maybe your DH is an awesome bargin hunter/ coupon clipper and knows the secrets of the Food star.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not too shabby for Nauck

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2205-S-Monroe-St_Arlington_VA_22206_M59614-92963?row=2

Someone nice and awesome should move here and be my neighbor

7 Bedrooms? Looks like an addition with zero planning

That was my initial reaction but if you look closer, it's actually 4. No idea why it says 7. This block is near a playground we go to from time to time and also right next to the elementary school. My house is similar to this, also a new build, but I think I might trade for this one if I could. Alas.

Yeah, it is 4. I have been inside it. Pretty nice, but my one issue is zero backyard at all. At least for the one on the corner. I have no idea why it says 7 bedrooms. Maybe they were combining the bedrooms of the two houses or something? I don't know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not too shabby for Nauck

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2205-S-Monroe-St_Arlington_VA_22206_M59614-92963?row=2

Someone nice and awesome should move here and be my neighbor

7 Bedrooms? Looks like an addition with zero planning

That was my initial reaction but if you look closer, it's actually 4. No idea why it says 7. This block is near a playground we go to from time to time and also right next to the elementary school. My house is similar to this, also a new build, but I think I might trade for this one if I could. Alas.

Yeah, it is 4. I have been inside it. Pretty nice, but my one issue is zero backyard at all. At least for the one on the corner. I have no idea why it says 7 bedrooms. Maybe they were combining the bedrooms of the two houses or something? I don't know.

Well,it's either or in most of Arlington. You get a big house or a yard, but rarely both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not too shabby for Nauck

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2205-S-Monroe-St_Arlington_VA_22206_M59614-92963?row=2

Someone nice and awesome should move here and be my neighbor

7 Bedrooms? Looks like an addition with zero planning

That was my initial reaction but if you look closer, it's actually 4. No idea why it says 7. This block is near a playground we go to from time to time and also right next to the elementary school. My house is similar to this, also a new build, but I think I might trade for this one if I could. Alas.

Yeah, it is 4. I have been inside it. Pretty nice, but my one issue is zero backyard at all. At least for the one on the corner. I have no idea why it says 7 bedrooms. Maybe they were combining the bedrooms of the two houses or something? I don't know.

Well,it's either or in most of Arlington. You get a big house or a yard, but rarely both.

Yeah, i just think zero yard is odd, for chosing to live outside the city. I mean i guess there is a front/side yard sort of? The one with the bigger porch has a side yard with some privacy. I just want a place to grill! ha ha.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The pike at glebe and east is improving and the home prices and performance of schools are showing the results.

West of glebe is a mess, still full of title stores, 7/11, check cashing, laundry mats and auto shops. There are a few gems, like pan american cafe, OMG their food is amazing.

Need to redo the food mart corner and the ones around 4 mile run to be more like penrise area. That will help a lot. Mix of local but successful stores and some good anchors, like a decent grocery store. It will still be surrounded by cheap apartment and subsidized housing, but it will get traffic from the higher income sFh as well.

Tired of going all the way to north arlington, shirlington or penrose for a gallon of milk.

They sell milk at food star, you know. Or do you refuse to shop among the browns because you want to encourage the right kind of development?

The Food Star has higher prices than the Harris Teeter. Please take your racist remark elsewhere. You are uninformed.

It's possible. I don't do the grocery shopping in my house, my spouse does, and he is there every week or more getting produce. When I drag him to HT he complains it's too expensive. That's my circumstantial evidence. What's yours? When was the last time you were there? Have you been more than once? What is more expensive? Because a lot of things are cheaper according to my dh.

As for racism, I am not the one avoiding food star or bailey's and choosing exclusively gentrified areas when I want a gallon of milk. That would be the pp. I don't disagree with their general point that the stretch of the pike between glebe and bailey's could improve, but I don't know why pp is complaining about having to go to the gentrified grocery stores to buy milk when it is available closer.

I can't find it, but I believe it was in the post. They compared prices and the Food Star
Came out as the worst. Which, was also my experience living in a predominately Dominican neighborhood is NYC. You think because the store looks relatively unkempt and a bit dirty- you might be getting some savings somewhere. It's not the case. The Food Star has a captive customer base of lower SES people that need to walk to a grocery because of transportation.
As for the last time I was over there - a couple of months ago. It's the closest grocery to me. If I need something in a pinch and don't mind s few extra pennies, it's worth it.
Maybe your DH is an awesome bargin hunter/ coupon clipper and knows the secrets of the Food star.

hmm, the only recent mention of food star in the Post I could find was from this article:

Two reporters tested perceptions about Arlington in grocery stores in both parts of the county, a Harris Teeter on Lee Highway and the Food Star on Columbia Pike. Both were crowded on a weekday afternoon, both carried plantains (at 79 cents a pound, they were a dime cheaper at Harris Teeter).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-arlington-unsettling-questions-about-divisions-between-the-haves-and-have-nots/2014/11/23/3b647434-71a6-11e4-893f-86bd390a3340_story.html

seems a bit flimsy.

[Anonymous]

CVS and 7-Eleven sell milk too. There're at least two CVSs and three 7-Elevens on the pike....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The pike at glebe and east is improving and the home prices and performance of schools are showing the results.

West of glebe is a mess, still full of title stores, 7/11, check cashing, laundry mats and auto shops. There are a few gems, like pan american cafe, OMG their food is amazing.

Need to redo the food mart corner and the ones around 4 mile run to be more like penrise area. That will help a lot. Mix of local but successful stores and some good anchors, like a decent grocery store. It will still be surrounded by cheap apartment and subsidized housing, but it will get traffic from the higher income sFh as well.

Tired of going all the way to north arlington, shirlington or penrose for a gallon of milk.

They sell milk at food star, you know. Or do you refuse to shop among the browns because you want to encourage the right kind of development?

The Food Star has higher prices than the Harris Teeter. Please take your racist remark elsewhere. You are uninformed.

It's possible. I don't do the grocery shopping in my house, my spouse does, and he is there every week or more getting produce. When I drag him to HT he complains it's too expensive. That's my circumstantial evidence. What's yours? When was the last time you were there? Have you been more than once? What is more expensive? Because a lot of things are cheaper according to my dh.

As for racism, I am not the one avoiding food star or bailey's and choosing exclusively gentrified areas when I want a gallon of milk. That would be the pp. I don't disagree with their general point that the stretch of the pike between glebe and bailey's could improve, but I don't know why pp is complaining about having to go to the gentrified grocery stores to buy milk when it is available closer.

I can't find it, but I believe it was in the post. They compared prices and the Food Star
Came out as the worst. Which, was also my experience living in a predominately Dominican neighborhood is NYC. You think because the store looks relatively unkempt and a bit dirty- you might be getting some savings somewhere. It's not the case. The Food Star has a captive customer base of lower SES people that need to walk to a grocery because of transportation.
As for the last time I was over there - a couple of months ago. It's the closest grocery to me. If I need something in a pinch and don't mind s few extra pennies, it's worth it.
Maybe your DH is an awesome bargin hunter/ coupon clipper and knows the secrets of the Food star.

hmm, the only recent mention of food star in the Post I could find was from this article:

Two reporters tested perceptions about Arlington in grocery stores in both parts of the county, a Harris Teeter on Lee Highway and the Food Star on Columbia Pike. Both were crowded on a weekday afternoon, both carried plantains (at 79 cents a pound, they were a dime cheaper at Harris Teeter).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-arlington-unsettling-questions-about-divisions-between-the-haves-and-have-nots/2014/11/23/3b647434-71a6-11e4-893f-86bd390a3340_story.html

seems a bit flimsy.

Well I shop at Food Star and then Bangkok 54 market (thank god it re-openned) at least 5-7 times a year and the produce is DEFINITELY cheaper than at HT- which is a few blocks from me, so I tend to go there the most. Not to say that markups for lower SES stores because of lack of transportation isn't a real issue, it is- but that store is definitely cheap. Plus amazing taco trucks in the parking lot!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CVS and 7-Eleven sell milk too. There're at least two CVSs and three 7-Elevens on the pike....

Milk from the 7-11 always seems to sour in like 2 days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not too shabby for Nauck

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2205-S-Monroe-St_Arlington_VA_22206_M59614-92963?row=2

Someone nice and awesome should move here and be my neighbor

7 Bedrooms? Looks like an addition with zero planning

That was my initial reaction but if you look closer, it's actually 4. No idea why it says 7. This block is near a playground we go to from time to time and also right next to the elementary school. My house is similar to this, also a new build, but I think I might trade for this one if I could. Alas.

You really would at the current $709k price tag? What about schools or retail amenities? How about music or other classes for your kids nearby? What price did you get the new build (to see appreciation or not) per sq ft?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not too shabby for Nauck

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2205-S-Monroe-St_Arlington_VA_22206_M59614-92963?row=2

Someone nice and awesome should move here and be my neighbor

7 Bedrooms? Looks like an addition with zero planning

That was my initial reaction but if you look closer, it's actually 4. No idea why it says 7. This block is near a playground we go to from time to time and also right next to the elementary school. My house is similar to this, also a new build, but I think I might trade for this one if I could. Alas.

Yeah, it is 4. I have been inside it. Pretty nice, but my one issue is zero backyard at all. At least for the one on the corner. I have no idea why it says 7 bedrooms. Maybe they were combining the bedrooms of the two houses or something? I don't know.

Every time I see one of these new builds I get a little envious too, but then I notice that the lots are always so small, often 5000 sq ft lots of less. Our lot is 8900 sq ft, but our house is only 1200 sq ft above ground, go fig. I should just build on my own lot, and then have a bigger house and a bigger lot than this one.

Well,it's either or in most of Arlington. You get a big house or a yard, but rarely both.

Yeah, i just think zero yard is odd, for chosing to live outside the city. I mean i guess there is a front/side yard sort of? The one with the bigger porch has a side yard with some privacy. I just want a place to grill! ha ha.