Prince William vs. Fauquier vs. Loudoun Counties - How do these rank?
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Anonymous
| DH travels between many of the counties in Virginia on a regular, daily basis. I work from home right now. We are concerned about schools. We don't have a preference for townhome over single family. If you had to rank each area based on safety, schools, and roads/traffic. Which would fall where on the list? |
Anonymous
| I'd choose Loudoun. Don't like Prince William. Fauquier seems too far out. Eastern Loudoun county has good schools. |
Anonymous
| Western Loudoun for sure. Eastern Loudoun is cookie cutter territory with horrible traffic. |
Anonymous
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Consider that each county is two counties in one. Even within each area though there exceptions (Lake Ridge is a nice part of Eastern PWC, which is generally not so nice, Sterling Park is a not nice part of Eastern Loudoun, which is generally nice, etc.)
Safety (top to bottom): Western Loudoun/Northern Fauquier Eastern Loudoun/Western PWC/Southern Fauquier Eastern PWC Schools (top to bottom): Western Loudoun Eastern Loudoun Western PWC Southern Fauquier Northern Fauquier Eastern PWC Traffic (good to bad): Northern Fauquier Western Loudoun Southern Fauquier Eastern Loudoun (you can always go 267 and buy your way out of things) Western PWC (66) Eastern PWC (it's what happens when you have 95, 1, and drivers looking to avoid both) With that said, most of these counties only have terrible terrible traffic during rush hour. On weekends and non-rush periods, you can get around fairly easily. The closer in you get the more likely you'll have almost no respite except between 11pm and 5am. |
Anonymous
| Great information! Thank you for the help! |
Anonymous
If your DH is liable to go to any of the three, I'd recommend Haymarket/Gainesville ... Leesburg is great if you want to live 'in town'. |
Anonymous
| what if jobs change? I would rather be in the center of dc and reston something like mclean or falls church. You may get stuck out there because housing values crashed and haven't recovered. The outer ring is the first to drop and hardest. |
Anonymous
Yes, and OP might not want to live in a terrible school district and/or want a place larger than a 1000 sf loft. |
Anonymous
| Inventory in Loudoun is at an all-time low. |
Anonymous
LOL that's not saying much there are tons of foreclosures and inventory in ashburn as well as loundon. http://www.redfin.com/homes-for-sale#!disp_mode=M&market=dc®ion_id=2989®ion_type=5&status=131&uipt=5,1&v=8 |
Anonymous
that's filtered on SFH |
Anonymous
| How is the new home inventory in Loudoun? Still communities popping up everywhere? |
Anonymous
| How is the new home inventory in Loudoun? Still communities popping up everywhere? |
Anonymous
http://www.redfin.com/homes-for-sale#!market=dc&min_year_built=2013®ion_id=2989®ion_type=5&status=131&uipt=5,1&v=8 |
Anonymous
| 15:04, does it bug you that not everyone wants to buy a place in a neighborhood that been gentrifying for the past 20 years? |