What is the most overrated area (neighborhood, town, etc) in the DC metropolitan area?

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Oh - were those new odd-shaped houses right on Wash Blvd (below Pershing) built by NDI?

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(*) I suspect a single guy that rents/owns his own place on the Hill will get more women than a single guy with 3-4 roommates. But that's just me.

You miss my entire point, which is you don't get the best value for paying Hill prices. The answer to your question, anyway, is the goal is to have your own place and NOT live on the Hill.

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So weird. It hardly makes PH seem more appealing to point out that the cheapest new construction in North Arlington is similar to the "best" new construction in PH. It just means there are some ugly places in North Arlington, too. It doesn't make PH any more desirable.

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Anonymous wrote:So weird. It hardly makes PH seem more appealing to point out that the cheapest new construction in North Arlington is similar to the "best" new construction in PH. It just means there are some ugly places in North Arlington, too. It doesn't make PH any more desirable.

It wasn't meant to make PH "more desirable" (it's not like it needs extra cheerleaders anyway). It was posted in rebuttal of the claim that builders who work in PH don't work in Arlington.

There are also better-looking new builds in PH.

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Dude, del ray takes so much flak on here -- how can it be overrated??? That said, I love it here.

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Anonymous wrote:Pimmit Hills- you need to chill out and let it go, you are going to give your area a bad rap because it seems like you are trying too hard to overcompensate for the negative posts. Also- N. Arlington, you need to give it up as well. Both areas have their merits and imperfections.

1) I am in McLean and am tired of people from outside of the area who know nothing about McLean or nearby neighborhoods claiming that everything sucks outside of their area.

2) I am willing to provide concrete examples of the mid-level builds that are in PH. There is no special low quality PH grade. I never claimed there are many high end builds in PH (there are a few) but the standard new homes are mid level and are found in the more expensive areas such as North Arlington, McLean and Vienna (22180/22181).

3) I am providing statistical analysis along with concrete proof to refute people's claims. I have so far refuted with actual data and evidence ofe claims that "PH sucks", "it's a dump", "it has crap home made owner mcmansion builds", "no builders in North Arlington or expensive areas have the same quality homes" etc....

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Anonymous wrote:So weird. It hardly makes PH seem more appealing to point out that the cheapest new construction in North Arlington is similar to the "best" new construction in PH. It just means there are some ugly places in North Arlington, too. It doesn't make PH any more desirable.

The examples I showed were not the cheapest new construction in North Arlington, they were mid level 1-1.4 million dollar homes. Those homes are of the same or lesser quality to the typical new home built in PH. The NDI homes in my examples are homes in both North Arlington and PH. One could conclude that despite the locations people are building the same types of homes in both areas.

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Anonymous wrote:So weird. It hardly makes PH seem more appealing to point out that the cheapest new construction in North Arlington is similar to the "best" new construction in PH. It just means there are some ugly places in North Arlington, too. It doesn't make PH any more desirable.

It wasn't meant to make PH "more desirable" (it's not like it needs extra cheerleaders anyway). It was posted in rebuttal of the claim that builders who work in PH don't work in Arlington.

There are also better-looking new builds in PH.

I'd be surprised if the cheapest builders in PH, who are low-end contractors, work in North Arlington. Clearly there is some overlap, but what's at the higher end of new construction in PH like NVI and ANV is at the lower end in North Arlington. And some builders in North Arlington like BCN and Tradition don't seem to have ever built in PH, as the prices wouldn't support it.

I'm not sure why you try to confuse people about this, as it clearly leads some to assume PH is more attractive than it turns out to be, and then to conclude later, per the thread topic, that it's "overrated."

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Anonymous wrote:So weird. It hardly makes PH seem more appealing to point out that the cheapest new construction in North Arlington is similar to the "best" new construction in PH. It just means there are some ugly places in North Arlington, too. It doesn't make PH any more desirable.

It wasn't meant to make PH "more desirable" (it's not like it needs extra cheerleaders anyway). It was posted in rebuttal of the claim that builders who work in PH don't work in Arlington.

There are also better-looking new builds in PH.

I'd be surprised if the cheapest builders in PH, who are low-end contractors, work in North Arlington. Clearly there is some overlap, but what's at the higher end of new construction in PH like NVI and ANV is at the lower end in North Arlington. And some builders in North Arlington like BCN and Tradition don't seem to have ever built in PH, as the prices wouldn't support it.

I'm not sure why you try to confuse people about this, as it clearly leads some to assume PH is more attractive than it turns out to be, and then to conclude later, per the thread topic, that it's "overrated."

Not the poster you are responding to, but the comparison is between commercial builders, not commercial builders vs. low-grade, no-name contractors. Clearly, luxury and high-end builders are out of place in PH. But Stanley Martin, for instance, is all over PH, McLean AND Arlington (I'm not sure how this comparison was shifted to N. Arlington vs. the original Arlington claim - clearly, N. Arlington is a much more expensive place.)

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Vienna sucks

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Anonymous wrote:So weird. It hardly makes PH seem more appealing to point out that the cheapest new construction in North Arlington is similar to the "best" new construction in PH. It just means there are some ugly places in North Arlington, too. It doesn't make PH any more desirable.

It wasn't meant to make PH "more desirable" (it's not like it needs extra cheerleaders anyway). It was posted in rebuttal of the claim that builders who work in PH don't work in Arlington.

There are also better-looking new builds in PH.

I'd be surprised if the cheapest builders in PH, who are low-end contractors, work in North Arlington. Clearly there is some overlap, but what's at the higher end of new construction in PH like NVI and ANV is at the lower end in North Arlington. And some builders in North Arlington like BCN and Tradition don't seem to have ever built in PH, as the prices wouldn't support it.

I'm not sure why you try to confuse people about this, as it clearly leads some to assume PH is more attractive than it turns out to be, and then to conclude later, per the thread topic, that it's "overrated."

Of the 4 new builds going up within 2 blocks of my house, none of these are NVI or ANV. I've never even seen their signs around here.

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Anonymous wrote:So weird. It hardly makes PH seem more appealing to point out that the cheapest new construction in North Arlington is similar to the "best" new construction in PH. It just means there are some ugly places in North Arlington, too. It doesn't make PH any more desirable.

It wasn't meant to make PH "more desirable" (it's not like it needs extra cheerleaders anyway). It was posted in rebuttal of the claim that builders who work in PH don't work in Arlington.

There are also better-looking new builds in PH.

I'd be surprised if the cheapest builders in PH, who are low-end contractors, work in North Arlington. Clearly there is some overlap, but what's at the higher end of new construction in PH like NVI and ANV is at the lower end in North Arlington. And some builders in North Arlington like BCN and Tradition don't seem to have ever built in PH, as the prices wouldn't support it.

I'm not sure why you try to confuse people about this, as it clearly leads some to assume PH is more attractive than it turns out to be, and then to conclude later, per the thread topic, that it's "overrated."

The comparison was to all of Arlington, not N. Arlington. Next thing you know, you'll be pointing out that PH builders don't work in Lyon Village.

The poster who complained about shipping container-like additions: have you seen, for instance, Columbia Forest?

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Anonymous wrote:So weird. It hardly makes PH seem more appealing to point out that the cheapest new construction in North Arlington is similar to the "best" new construction in PH. It just means there are some ugly places in North Arlington, too. It doesn't make PH any more desirable.

It wasn't meant to make PH "more desirable" (it's not like it needs extra cheerleaders anyway). It was posted in rebuttal of the claim that builders who work in PH don't work in Arlington.

There are also better-looking new builds in PH.

I'd be surprised if the cheapest builders in PH, who are low-end contractors, work in North Arlington. Clearly there is some overlap, but what's at the higher end of new construction in PH like NVI and ANV is at the lower end in North Arlington. And some builders in North Arlington like BCN and Tradition don't seem to have ever built in PH, as the prices wouldn't support it.

I'm not sure why you try to confuse people about this, as it clearly leads some to assume PH is more attractive than it turns out to be, and then to conclude later, per the thread topic, that it's "overrated."

Of the 4 new builds going up within 2 blocks of my house, none of these are NVI or ANV. I've never even seen their signs around here.

Maybe they don't put up signs? If NDI did those babies down on Wash Blvd I don't remember a sign for those.

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Anonymous wrote:So weird. It hardly makes PH seem more appealing to point out that the cheapest new construction in North Arlington is similar to the "best" new construction in PH. It just means there are some ugly places in North Arlington, too. It doesn't make PH any more desirable.

It wasn't meant to make PH "more desirable" (it's not like it needs extra cheerleaders anyway). It was posted in rebuttal of the claim that builders who work in PH don't work in Arlington.

There are also better-looking new builds in PH.

I'd be surprised if the cheapest builders in PH, who are low-end contractors, work in North Arlington. Clearly there is some overlap, but what's at the higher end of new construction in PH like NVI and ANV is at the lower end in North Arlington. And some builders in North Arlington like BCN and Tradition don't seem to have ever built in PH, as the prices wouldn't support it.

I'm not sure why you try to confuse people about this, as it clearly leads some to assume PH is more attractive than it turns out to be, and then to conclude later, per the thread topic, that it's "overrated."

Of the 4 new builds going up within 2 blocks of my house, none of these are NVI or ANV. I've never even seen their signs around here.

Maybe they don't put up signs? If NDI did those babies down on Wash Blvd I don't remember a sign for those.

If you read NDI's website and facebook page a lot of their business is in North Arlington.

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Anonymous wrote:So weird. It hardly makes PH seem more appealing to point out that the cheapest new construction in North Arlington is similar to the "best" new construction in PH. It just means there are some ugly places in North Arlington, too. It doesn't make PH any more desirable.

It wasn't meant to make PH "more desirable" (it's not like it needs extra cheerleaders anyway). It was posted in rebuttal of the claim that builders who work in PH don't work in Arlington.

There are also better-looking new builds in PH.

I'd be surprised if the cheapest builders in PH, who are low-end contractors, work in North Arlington. Clearly there is some overlap, but what's at the higher end of new construction in PH like NVI and ANV is at the lower end in North Arlington. And some builders in North Arlington like BCN and Tradition don't seem to have ever built in PH, as the prices wouldn't support it.

I'm not sure why you try to confuse people about this, as it clearly leads some to assume PH is more attractive than it turns out to be, and then to conclude later, per the thread topic, that it's "overrated."

Of the 4 new builds going up within 2 blocks of my house, none of these are NVI or ANV. I've never even seen their signs around here.

Maybe they don't put up signs? If NDI did those babies down on Wash Blvd I don't remember a sign for those.

If you read NDI's website and facebook page a lot of their business is in North Arlington.

Did they build those houses along Washington Blvd?