Is there a reason real estate has appreciated so much more in VA than MD and DC?
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The DMV metro area has more room for sprawl and new development LA development is sigficantly constrained by geography. You can't build in the ocean and much of very mountainous areas surrounding are not economically viable for development. There is also a substantial amount of federal/state land surrounding LA that is protected and not available for development. Seattle was a major beneficiary of the tech boom and there is also an ocean that limits outward growth of the metro area on one side. Boston is the most comparable and their growth in property prices has been fairly similar. |
Anonymous
slow and steady always wins the race |
Anonymous
| People’s Republic of Moco |
Anonymous
How's the Amazon Helix building coming along? And why do Arlington public and private schools suck so much? |
Anonymous
Wait til Trump shuts down NIH |
Anonymous
The Amazon Helix and one other Amazon building have been put on hold because Jeff can't get anyone to return to the office and he is hiring from a thin talent pool and has to let them do as they want. Arlington was sold a real bill of goods by Amazon but Katie Cristol got a good job out of it. Arlington public schools suck because the schools in South Arlington are overwhelmed with ESOL children or those with handicaps or behavioral problems. Arlington continues to build affordable housing and has to bring in people from outside Arlington to fill the spaces. In North Arlington too much emphasis placed on using the iPad for instruction rather than teachers. This may be good as the younger teachers are not the most intelligent and the older teachers are just waiting to retire while their pensions are still good. Public schools also have to follow government mandates around IEPs and educating disable children. This cause a great drain of resources from "normal" students and also causes disruptions in classrooms when teachers have to focus on children "acting out" rather than teaching the many others. Private schools are just starting in Arlington as Rivendell was the only one pre-pandemic other than private nursery, pre-K and Montessori schools. People who wanted private sent their kids to Little Langley, Congressional, Basis, Potomac School, St. Stephen St Agnes for the most part. New private schools are cropping up throughout Arlington to meet the demand from parents who have had it with APS. St. Agnes is a Catholic school and is Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. Many of its teachers are there as a way to partially SAHM and drop out while the kids are young. While not trained teachers, many of them are smarter and better educated than the typical Arlington public school teacher. Both St. Ann and St. Thomas More do a good job and certainly do not have to deal with the disruptive students |
Anonymous
| MD and DC is too blue at the leadership level. Too much DEI in govt, policy decision bakers. This is what we get. Focus is on socialism vs economic progress. Get used to it. Only going to trend lower for DC, MD |
Anonymous
You're so desperate to show that Nova is better that now you're just inventing things. He never said he wants to shut down NIH. But if cutting spending is a goal, the bloated defense budget that powers Nova will certainly be a top priority. |
Anonymous
| So low taxes, safe neighborhoods, and good schools attract people and cause property values to increase? Got it! |
Anonymous
Yep. Wait until they find out that average housing price is higher in MD than VA, their heads will explode. https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/median-home-price/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-median-home-sale-price-by-u-s-state/ |
Anonymous
Taxes. Virginia is almost a purple state. Maryland is solidly red. |
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Fairfax and now Loudoun are very well regarded schools. Montgomery County no longer has that reputation.
Fairfax may lose luster in the future with its poor reading curriculum and weakening of math but not yet. |
Anonymous
That's not really supported at all...in fact if you remove TJ from the calculation, Montgomery County schools are very well regarded compared to Fairfax...and Loudon is a joke. US News National HS Rankings: Montgomery County Whitman: 139 Poolesville: 172 Wooton: 196 Churchill: 295 Fairfax TJ: 14 (but of course that is 100% a magnet HS) Langley: 148 Oakton: 199 McLean: 218 Marshall: 238 Loudon Briar Woods: 683 Freedom: 735 Riverside: 964 Rock Ridge: 1191 |
Anonymous
Is that supposed to be a joke? |
Anonymous
MD is what now? Since when? |