Thoughts on moving to Arlington?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Really? We saw new houses with the same SF in McLean and Arlington for more or less the same price. The only difference was the size of the yard. Since we're not allergic to grass, and didn't like the way so many houses in Arlington take up almost all the yard, McLean was the easy choice for us.

As far as I can see, In VA, only in Arlington will you pay over $1100/sf for a home and still have $1700/month maintenance fee on top of it.


http://www.ziprealty.com/property/1881-N-NASH-ST-_UNIT_2109-ARLINGTON-VA-22209/85156425/detail

you really think posting a stupid luxury condo strengthens your argument?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:22205 is more desirable than 22207 because of walk ability and semi- normal house prices

That's stupid talk, "semi-normal" prices mean lower prices which in fact means less desirable.

When price is high it is desirable, when price is lower it is less desirable.

Put that in your walkability pipe and smoke that.

No it means smaller houses and more townhouses/apts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason it is expensive is density which brings walkability.

Density -- and regulations. The (liberal) voters in Arlington have elected County Boards over the past decade that are all in favor of walkability. New building? Pay for the nicer sidewalks and bike paths.

Yes and proximity to DC and Metro, bike share, schools, so few SFHs for demand.

Three is a glut of new SFH in north arlington,

Most jobs aren't in DC and the schools are medicore

#getoverit

Can't afford Arlington? There are plenty of 3/2 split foyers in McLean for 600

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The highest-income census tracts in each of Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac, McLean and Great Falls are higher than their Arlington counterpart, and the homes in DC are far more elegant. Arlington is basically Silver Spring OD'd on steroids.

Not true. The census tract including country club hills and Arlingwood has higher home prices than any 22101 tract.

You must be rather challenged if you don't understand the difference between HHI income and housing prices, but 22101 has higher housing prices than 22207 in any event.

Not by much--930 vs 880 last quarter....and Arlingtons Are much smaller

A tuly last month the home prices were higher in 22207 than in mclean www.redfn.com

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really? We saw new houses with the same SF in McLean and Arlington for more or less the same price. The only difference was the size of the yard. Since we're not allergic to grass, and didn't like the way so many houses in Arlington take up almost all the yard, McLean was the easy choice for us.

As far as I can see, In VA, only in Arlington will you pay over $1100/sf for a home and still have $1700/month maintenance fee on top of it.


http://www.ziprealty.com/property/1881-N-NASH-ST-_UNIT_2109-ARLINGTON-VA-22209/85156425/detail

you really think posting a stupid luxury condo strengthens your argument?

You know it's gonna be good when the first pic is this

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The highest-income census tracts in each of Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac, McLean and Great Falls are higher than their Arlington counterpart, and the homes in DC are far more elegant. Arlington is basically Silver Spring OD'd on steroids.

And yet, Arlington 22207 has the same average household income as McLean 22101 and higher than McLean 22102.

Facts speak. The census tracts in Arlington alongside McLean are higher income, younger, better educated. All this, despite half the lot sizes.

Feeling a little concerned about the future?

22207 has lower incomes than 22101, and 22101 has census tracts with higher incomes than any census tracts in Arlington, including those adjacent to McLean. Repeating the same lie repeatedly won't make it true.

Lying? According to the last census, 22207 HHI is 201; 22101 is 205....not much difference.

Also according to the census--the Arlington side of the Arlington McLean border has a higher HHI - 225 to 211.

Www.census.com

Please don't confuse the McLean booster with actual facts. The average house in McLean is south of Dolly Madison, a split or a rambler, built in the fifties, and populated by retired gs-14s. A few houses north of 123 skew the average....but that's not really McLean...that is Langley.

Same thing for Arlngton booster. Yes 22207 is younger and better educated, but every house looks like a Cracker Jack box.

McLean and N Arlington are the same damn thing. The real wealth is in Potomac and Great Falls

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason it is expensive is density which brings walkability.

Density -- and regulations. The (liberal) voters in Arlington have elected County Boards over the past decade that are all in favor of walkability. New building? Pay for the nicer sidewalks and bike paths.

Yes and proximity to DC and Metro, bike share, schools, so few SFHs for demand.

Three is a glut of new SFH in north arlington,

Most jobs aren't in DC and the schools are medicore

#getoverit

Can't afford Arlington? There are plenty of 3/2 split foyers in McLean for 600

WHERE please tell me, I will buy 4 right now.

[Anonymous]

McLean was formed in 1910 when the villages of Langley and Lewinsville merged. I know McLean trends older than Arlington, but the last poster must easily be pushing 115 to suggest Langley and McLean are anything other than two different high schools.

[Anonymous]

WHO THE FUCK CARES?!??!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The highest-income census tracts in each of Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac, McLean and Great Falls are higher than their Arlington counterpart, and the homes in DC are far more elegant. Arlington is basically Silver Spring OD'd on steroids.

And yet, Arlington 22207 has the same average household income as McLean 22101 and higher than McLean 22102.

Facts speak. The census tracts in Arlington alongside McLean are higher income, younger, better educated. All this, despite half the lot sizes.

Feeling a little concerned about the future?

22207 has lower incomes than 22101, and 22101 has census tracts with higher incomes than any census tracts in Arlington, including those adjacent to McLean. Repeating the same lie repeatedly won't make it true.

Lying? According to the last census, 22207 HHI is 201; 22101 is 205....not much difference.

Also according to the census--the Arlington side of the Arlington McLean border has a higher HHI - 225 to 211.

Www.census.com

Give it a rest. 22207 is lower than 22101 so they are not the "same."

Other census tracts in McLean have higher HHI that those in McLean on the "Arlington McLean border" or in any census tracts in Arlington.

Are you disagreeing that there is 3,200 in family income separating McLean 22101 (205 000) and Arlington 22207 (201 000)? Are you disagreeing the homes are smaller in Arlington, the families are younger and yet the HHIs are the same, Saudis included?

Those are the facts. I am shocked you don't see the point here in your stunning blindness. If 22207 is mediocre, what does that make 22101 if a few houses costing 15 million so skew an average?

Your turn "mofo".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason it is expensive is density which brings walkability.

Density -- and regulations. The (liberal) voters in Arlington have elected County Boards over the past decade that are all in favor of walkability. New building? Pay for the nicer sidewalks and bike paths.

Yes and proximity to DC and Metro, bike share, schools, so few SFHs for demand.

Three is a glut of new SFH in north arlington,

Most jobs aren't in DC and the schools are medicore

#getoverit

Can't afford Arlington? There are plenty of 3/2 split foyers in McLean for 600

WHERE please tell me, I will buy 4 right now.

Cheapest SFH on the market in McLean now is $695K. Cheapest SFH in 22207 is $479K.

[Anonymous]

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WHO THE FUCK CARES?!??!

Apparently you do. Thanks for posting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really? We saw new houses with the same SF in McLean and Arlington for more or less the same price. The only difference was the size of the yard. Since we're not allergic to grass, and didn't like the way so many houses in Arlington take up almost all the yard, McLean was the easy choice for us.

As far as I can see, In VA, only in Arlington will you pay over $1100/sf for a home and still have $1700/month maintenance fee on top of it.


http://www.ziprealty.com/property/1881-N-NASH-ST-_UNIT_2109-ARLINGTON-VA-22209/85156425/detail

you really think posting a stupid luxury condo strengthens your argument?

No. Because here is the luxury condo market in McLean 22101: http://www.redfin.com/VA/Mclean/6800-Fleetwood-Rd-22101/unit-908/home/9393857

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason it is expensive is density which brings walkability.

Density -- and regulations. The (liberal) voters in Arlington have elected County Boards over the past decade that are all in favor of walkability. New building? Pay for the nicer sidewalks and bike paths.

Yes and proximity to DC and Metro, bike share, schools, so few SFHs for demand.

Three is a glut of new SFH in north arlington,

Most jobs aren't in DC and the schools are medicore

#getoverit

Can't afford Arlington? There are plenty of 3/2 split foyers in McLean for 600

WHERE please tell me, I will buy 4 right now.

Cheapest SFH on the market in McLean now is $695K. Cheapest SFH in 22207 is $479K.

Nah, you're being selective and deceitful again.

Here's an example of a recently sold single family home in McLeantucky for $350K...and it is 50% larger than the Halls Hill 22207 example that was condemned, and still costs way more.

http://www.redfin.com/VA/Mclean/6200-Adeline-Ct-22101/home/9412916

But I understand your insecurity that the cheapest home you could find this week in 22207 is a 900 sq ft condemned home in Hall's Hill. Because Arlington 22207 also has Townhouses that sell for $4.4 Million http://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/2927-N-Glebe-Rd-22207/home/23385524 , or approximately 15 times the average of a SFH south of 123 in McLean.

But using one example or another to skew a sample is called "Confirmation Bias".

In the end, Arlington 22207 and McLean 22101 both have family HHIs between $200K and $205K. In fact, the biggest homes in McLean are not even in 22101 - they are in McLean 22102. And according to the Census for 2010, the average HHI in 22207 far exceeds that of 22102.

Deal with the facts - they are your friend. If you want to talk exceptions, I'll see your 900 Square foot house for half a million in Hall's Hill, and see you a $150,000 condo in McLean Village with more square footage.

Or the average SFH in McLean: http://www.redfin.com/VA/Mc-Lean/6534-Tucker-Ave-22101/home/9475042

[Anonymous]

There have been 194 sales over $1M since 1/1/13 in 22101 compared to 141 in 22207. It's not just the occasional $15M property sale, but a higher-end housing stock in general.