Tempted to move to great falls from McLean as prices seem to be falling

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:True. Commute in GF is really only bad during typical rush hour.

Unfortunately rush hour is 9am through 6pm everyday

I'm not sure what you are talking about. I live in GF, and the bottleneck for my commute is McLean. It takes me ten minutes to get to Tysons or McLean, then I hit the same bottleneck everyone else in McLean hits. On the way home, I try to avoid McLean altogether. Tysons is no big deal. I often pick my kids up from school in GF during rush hour, and then head down to Tysons to run errands before heading back home.

Commuting from McLean, whether to DC, Tysons or Bethesda, is much better than commuting from Great Falls. Everyone knows this, despite the PP's efforts to claim otherwise. It is just one reason why prices is McLean inside the Beltway have appreciated over three times as much as prices in Great Falls since 2004 (30% vs. 9%).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:True. Commute in GF is really only bad during typical rush hour.

Unfortunately rush hour is 9am through 6pm everyday

I'm not sure what you are talking about. I live in GF, and the bottleneck for my commute is McLean. It takes me ten minutes to get to Tysons or McLean, then I hit the same bottleneck everyone else in McLean hits. On the way home, I try to avoid McLean altogether. Tysons is no big deal. I often pick my kids up from school in GF during rush hour, and then head down to Tysons to run errands before heading back home.

You've just described my own personal hell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:True. Commute in GF is really only bad during typical rush hour.

Unfortunately rush hour is 9am through 6pm everyday

I'm not sure what you are talking about. I live in GF, and the bottleneck for my commute is McLean. It takes me ten minutes to get to Tysons or McLean, then I hit the same bottleneck everyone else in McLean hits. On the way home, I try to avoid McLean altogether. Tysons is no big deal. I often pick my kids up from school in GF during rush hour, and then head down to Tysons to run errands before heading back home.

You've just described my own personal hell.

Maybe a start would be to widen Georgetown Pike. It's crazy that the major artery through Great Falls is such a narrow road. I guess you'd end up with more of the traffic on Route 7 from Loudoun diverting onto 193 but it is such a painful slog now. It definitely takes more than an hour to get downtown from most of Great Falls during rush hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:True. Commute in GF is really only bad during typical rush hour.

Unfortunately rush hour is 9am through 6pm everyday

I'm not sure what you are talking about. I live in GF, and the bottleneck for my commute is McLean. It takes me ten minutes to get to Tysons or McLean, then I hit the same bottleneck everyone else in McLean hits. On the way home, I try to avoid McLean altogether. Tysons is no big deal. I often pick my kids up from school in GF during rush hour, and then head down to Tysons to run errands before heading back home.

You're delusional if you think "tysons is no big deal" In fact as they build it up they are making road choke points to deter people from driving through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:True. Commute in GF is really only bad during typical rush hour.

Unfortunately rush hour is 9am through 6pm everyday

I'm not sure what you are talking about. I live in GF, and the bottleneck for my commute is McLean. It takes me ten minutes to get to Tysons or McLean, then I hit the same bottleneck everyone else in McLean hits. On the way home, I try to avoid McLean altogether. Tysons is no big deal. I often pick my kids up from school in GF during rush hour, and then head down to Tysons to run errands before heading back home.

Commuting from McLean, whether to DC, Tysons or Bethesda, is much better than commuting from Great Falls. Everyone knows this, despite the PP's efforts to claim otherwise. It is just one reason why prices is McLean inside the Beltway have appreciated over three times as much as prices in Great Falls since 2004 (30% vs. 9%).

123 from downtown Mclean is horrible. Western Mclean towards GF is a better commute to Tysons. Some areas of Mclean [Summerwood] near the rec center are practically in Tysons. There's a lot of people from MD and DC crossing through Mclean joining the Tysons commute. Mclean covers a lot of territory as does Great Falls and there are dramatically different commutes within those areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:True. Commute in GF is really only bad during typical rush hour.

Unfortunately rush hour is 9am through 6pm everyday

I'm not sure what you are talking about. I live in GF, and the bottleneck for my commute is McLean. It takes me ten minutes to get to Tysons or McLean, then I hit the same bottleneck everyone else in McLean hits. On the way home, I try to avoid McLean altogether. Tysons is no big deal. I often pick my kids up from school in GF during rush hour, and then head down to Tysons to run errands before heading back home.

Commuting from McLean, whether to DC, Tysons or Bethesda, is much better than commuting from Great Falls. Everyone knows this, despite the PP's efforts to claim otherwise. It is just one reason why prices is McLean inside the Beltway have appreciated over three times as much as prices in Great Falls since 2004 (30% vs. 9%).

123 from downtown Mclean is horrible. Western Mclean towards GF is a better commute to Tysons. Some areas of Mclean [Summerwood] near the rec center are practically in Tysons. There's a lot of people from MD and DC crossing through Mclean joining the Tysons commute. Mclean covers a lot of territory as does Great Falls and there are dramatically different commutes within those areas.

123 doesn't even go through downtown McLean, but commuting on 123 coming from downtown McLean is a relative breeze compared to going anywhere from Great Falls, not to mention that you're fairly close to two Metro stations (McLean and West Falls Church). Of course, if you live somewhere in 22102 near Great Falls, you may have a longer commute. The key is to be east of Tysons if you want to have an easier commute, and more commuting options.

[Anonymous]

Arlington has the largest concentration of 24 to 34 year olds in the US. Ballston thru Rosslyn with preference to Courthouse and Clarendon. They pack the metro and hop out at Tysons for work. If too expensive they rent on the red line in DC and flip trains at Rosslyn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:True. Commute in GF is really only bad during typical rush hour.

Unfortunately rush hour is 9am through 6pm everyday

I'm not sure what you are talking about. I live in GF, and the bottleneck for my commute is McLean. It takes me ten minutes to get to Tysons or McLean, then I hit the same bottleneck everyone else in McLean hits. On the way home, I try to avoid McLean altogether. Tysons is no big deal. I often pick my kids up from school in GF during rush hour, and then head down to Tysons to run errands before heading back home.

Commuting from McLean, whether to DC, Tysons or Bethesda, is much better than commuting from Great Falls. Everyone knows this, despite the PP's efforts to claim otherwise. It is just one reason why prices is McLean inside the Beltway have appreciated over three times as much as prices in Great Falls since 2004 (30% vs. 9%).

123 from downtown Mclean is horrible. Western Mclean towards GF is a better commute to Tysons. Some areas of Mclean [Summerwood] near the rec center are practically in Tysons. There's a lot of people from MD and DC crossing through Mclean joining the Tysons commute. Mclean covers a lot of territory as does Great Falls and there are dramatically different commutes within those areas.

123 doesn't even go through downtown McLean, but commuting on 123 coming from downtown McLean is a relative breeze compared to going anywhere from Great Falls, not to mention that you're fairly close to two Metro stations (McLean and West Falls Church). Of course, if you live somewhere in 22102 near Great Falls, you may have a longer commute. The key is to be east of Tysons if you want to have an easier commute, and more commuting options.

East of Tysons? 123 goes from DC through Fairfax County. Georgetown Pike hooks into it just past Langley HS before the CIA. https://www.google.com/maps/place/VA-123,+Virginia/@38.9265194,-77.2202673,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89b64d6b50e7c051:0x802a4081d932a08c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_State_Route_123 Do you people really think all the high paid people working in Tysons avoid living in Western Mclean and Great Falls? The Mclean metro stop is IN Tysons not residential Mclean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:True. Commute in GF is really only bad during typical rush hour.

Unfortunately rush hour is 9am through 6pm everyday

I'm not sure what you are talking about. I live in GF, and the bottleneck for my commute is McLean. It takes me ten minutes to get to Tysons or McLean, then I hit the same bottleneck everyone else in McLean hits. On the way home, I try to avoid McLean altogether. Tysons is no big deal. I often pick my kids up from school in GF during rush hour, and then head down to Tysons to run errands before heading back home.

Commuting from McLean, whether to DC, Tysons or Bethesda, is much better than commuting from Great Falls. Everyone knows this, despite the PP's efforts to claim otherwise. It is just one reason why prices is McLean inside the Beltway have appreciated over three times as much as prices in Great Falls since 2004 (30% vs. 9%).

123 from downtown Mclean is horrible. Western Mclean towards GF is a better commute to Tysons. Some areas of Mclean [Summerwood] near the rec center are practically in Tysons. There's a lot of people from MD and DC crossing through Mclean joining the Tysons commute. Mclean covers a lot of territory as does Great Falls and there are dramatically different commutes within those areas.

123 doesn't even go through downtown McLean, but commuting on 123 coming from downtown McLean is a relative breeze compared to going anywhere from Great Falls, not to mention that you're fairly close to two Metro stations (McLean and West Falls Church). Of course, if you live somewhere in 22102 near Great Falls, you may have a longer commute. The key is to be east of Tysons if you want to have an easier commute, and more commuting options.

East of Tysons? 123 goes from DC through Fairfax County. Georgetown Pike hooks into it just past Langley HS before the CIA. https://www.google.com/maps/place/VA-123,+Virginia/@38.9265194,-77.2202673,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89b64d6b50e7c051:0x802a4081d932a08c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_State_Route_123 Do you people really think all the high paid people working in Tysons avoid living in Western Mclean and Great Falls? The Mclean metro stop is IN Tysons not residential Mclean.

No. Just enough of them that the Great Falls market is largely stagnant, while eastern McLean, Falls Church north of 29, and much of Vienna thrive.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/wonk/housing/overview/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arlington has the largest concentration of 24 to 34 year olds in the US. Ballston thru Rosslyn with preference to Courthouse and Clarendon. They pack the metro and hop out at Tysons for work. If too expensive they rent on the red line in DC and flip trains at Rosslyn.

Red lines does not go through Rosslyn. Cool story tho.

[Anonymous]

Actually, much of Falls Church south of Lee Highway has appreciated much more than Great Falls as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington has the largest concentration of 24 to 34 year olds in the US. Ballston thru Rosslyn with preference to Courthouse and Clarendon. They pack the metro and hop out at Tysons for work. If too expensive they rent on the red line in DC and flip trains at Rosslyn.

Red lines does not go through Rosslyn. Cool story tho.

+1. Arlington spambot slay of the morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington has the largest concentration of 24 to 34 year olds in the US. Ballston thru Rosslyn with preference to Courthouse and Clarendon. They pack the metro and hop out at Tysons for work. If too expensive they rent on the red line in DC and flip trains at Rosslyn.

Red lines does not go through Rosslyn. Cool story tho.

Red line people change in DC. Friends of my children as well as young people in the office do this-sorry I got the stop wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, much of Falls Church south of Lee Highway has appreciated much more than Great Falls as well.

example sold in 1997 for 187,500 and now on the market for about 550,000? http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Falls-Church-VA/pmf,pf_pt/51816688_zpid/4679_rid/any_days/38.950598,-77.059994,38.80868,-77.281781_rect/11_zm/

Areas with great schools and solid real estate were more in the late 1990's so you can't compare areas that are in essence revitalizing or have HS's the county pumps money into due to socioeconimics:
http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Falls-Church-VA/pmf,pf_pt/51852739_zpid/4679_rid/any_days/38.950598,-77.059994,38.80868,-77.281781_rect/11_zm/2_p/?3col=true

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington has the largest concentration of 24 to 34 year olds in the US. Ballston thru Rosslyn with preference to Courthouse and Clarendon. They pack the metro and hop out at Tysons for work. If too expensive they rent on the red line in DC and flip trains at Rosslyn.

Red lines does not go through Rosslyn. Cool story tho.

Red line people change in DC. Friends of my children as well as young people in the office do this-sorry I got the stop wrong.

Redline people only change in DC if they work in Arlington. Redline plus walking can get you to most of the job centers in downtown DC. Probably more than the Orange line can, actually.