VA residents - I had no idea house prices were this high!

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get why everyone likes maryland on these boards.

People on this forum bleed blue so they dislike VA. Its political.

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Yikes! This thread went in the gutter real quick. Ladies and gents, please be civilized. With all the purported wealth of the folks on this board, its surprising how little class and civility there is when discussing certain topics.

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Anonymous wrote:We lived in Arlington for decades before moving into the city as empty nesters. Arlington is a great place to raise a family and we're glad we did it there, but once the kids are gone like every other suburb it becomes a big yawn. I'd never live in the 'burbs without kids.

Having said that, I do think that the VA suburbs are "better" than the MD ones. Economically they appear to be doing much, much better. You always hear of big companies relocating from somewhere else to NOVA -- how often do you hear that about MD?

Almost never. Why would they?

^^^ Also, Loudoun/Fairfax booster and tax guy (maybe it’s even the same person) post multiple times on every thread, so you think it’s more people than it actually is

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get why everyone likes maryland on these boards.

People on this forum bleed blue so they dislike VA. Its political.

It’s not about bleeding blue; it’s about their resentment that the green has moved across the river to Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get why everyone likes maryland on these boards.

I don't get it either grew up in Fairfax and Maryland was deemed ghetto right or wrong that's been imbedded in my head all my life. Furthermore everywhere I've been to in MD is dirty and nasty. I don't get it at all.

I'm sorry you were raised in a racist household, that sure is tough to get out of your head, try and do better with your kids. Maryland has real people with character, VA is cookiecutter and if you want to live where everyone is like you and you feel extra safe please stay in VA. That VA sprawl seems like hell to some of us, where it feels like a secure blanket to others.

+100. Shoddy new construction, cookie-cutter developments, long commutes on the highway to anything interesting—Loudoun booster can keep it.

(And let’s be clear. I wouldn’t be trashing Loudoun if he didn’t routinely trash MoCo on every thread where he can slip it in.)

So you insult thousands of people who happen not to be the obnoxious booster to score a point? I don’t live in any of the places being discussed but I always think about the people who read these posts, who worked really hard to afford their homes in this expensive region and then have them get trashed by others. It’s mean-spritited.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get why everyone likes maryland on these boards.

I don't get it either grew up in Fairfax and Maryland was deemed ghetto right or wrong that's been imbedded in my head all my life. Furthermore everywhere I've been to in MD is dirty and nasty. I don't get it at all.

I'm sorry you were raised in a racist household, that sure is tough to get out of your head, try and do better with your kids. Maryland has real people with character, VA is cookiecutter and if you want to live where everyone is like you and you feel extra safe please stay in VA. That VA sprawl seems like hell to some of us, where it feels like a secure blanket to others.

+100. Shoddy new construction, cookie-cutter developments, long commutes on the highway to anything interesting—Loudoun booster can keep it.

(And let’s be clear. I wouldn’t be trashing Loudoun if he didn’t routinely trash MoCo on every thread where he can slip it in.)

So you insult thousands of people who happen not to be the obnoxious booster to score a point? I don’t live in any of the places being discussed but I always think about the people who read these posts, who worked really hard to afford their homes in this expensive region and then have them get trashed by others. It’s mean-spritited.

Oof sorry - “mean-spirited”.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get why everyone likes maryland on these boards.

I don't get it either grew up in Fairfax and Maryland was deemed ghetto right or wrong that's been imbedded in my head all my life. Furthermore everywhere I've been to in MD is dirty and nasty. I don't get it at all.

I'm sorry you were raised in a racist household, that sure is tough to get out of your head, try and do better with your kids. Maryland has real people with character, VA is cookiecutter and if you want to live where everyone is like you and you feel extra safe please stay in VA. That VA sprawl seems like hell to some of us, where it feels like a secure blanket to others.

+100. Shoddy new construction, cookie-cutter developments, long commutes on the highway to anything interesting—Loudoun booster can keep it.

(And let’s be clear. I wouldn’t be trashing Loudoun if he didn’t routinely trash MoCo on every thread where he can slip it in.)

So you insult thousands of people who happen not to be the obnoxious booster to score a point? I don’t live in any of the places being discussed but I always think about the people who read these posts, who worked really hard to afford their homes in this expensive region and then have them get trashed by others. It’s mean-spritited.

The whole premise of the thread is to give the same few Maryland posters a pretext to trash NoVa again. It will never satisfy them because the next day arrives and they still are confronted with where the jobs are moving and where the housing has become more expensive.

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Anonymous wrote:Just need to apologize right now! As a MD born and raised girl I never even looked up VA house prices. I now have to move to VA and wow. The prices you all have been paying for mediocre housing is crazy. I thought we had it bad and apparently we don’t. House hunting in NOVA has been depressing this far.

Depends on where in VA. Mclean, yes. Herndon, no.

Houses in Herndon are between $700,000 and $1.5 Million right now. If that's affordable to you, then kudos to you for marrying a lawyer.

There are townhouses in the 400s and split level sfhs in the 500s (town of herndon). I think you married the lawyer, friend.

I should have clarified, I want a real house with good schools. Try again.

The dirty secret is that Herndon has good schools. Shhhh. HHS has more AP classes than other FCPS HSs.

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blah blah blah. A lot of people on this board talk about diversity in MD but oppose the diversity coming straight into their neighborhood. They are under the covers, they like to talk a lot.

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I live in Maryland and honestly only a small subsection west and/or south of 270 is desirable, as well as pockets of HoCo. Otherwise, folks from Virginia are kind of right that Maryland feels unsafe to live in and full of traffic. Though, I suppose NoVa has its own traffic issues as well.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get why everyone likes maryland on these boards.

I don't get it either grew up in Fairfax and Maryland was deemed ghetto right or wrong that's been imbedded in my head all my life. Furthermore everywhere I've been to in MD is dirty and nasty. I don't get it at all.

Interesting, I grew up in NC and would never live in Va, when I could live in Maryland, as it was always seemingly more progressive than Virginia.

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Virginia is a lot cleaner. Maryland is is a mess.

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Anonymous wrote:I live in Maryland and honestly only a small subsection west and/or south of 270 is desirable, as well as pockets of HoCo. Otherwise, folks from Virginia are kind of right that Maryland feels unsafe to live in and full of traffic. Though, I suppose NoVa has its own traffic issues as well.

NOVA at least is proactive about the traffic. They are constantly trying to expand the highways and adjust to the growing need. In MD is like a stand still. Terrible traffic.

I used to live in N. Bethesda and I would lock my doors, in VA I barely think about it. I dont worry nearly as much as did in MD. Just take one look at the morning news, its contently filled with crimes from MD, in VA you obviously have crime but mostly crimes of passion NOT mostly this senseless stupid murders.

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People live in MD mostly for social reasons, its mind boggling.

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Anonymous wrote:Just need to apologize right now! As a MD born and raised girl I never even looked up VA house prices. I now have to move to VA and wow. The prices you all have been paying for mediocre housing is crazy. I thought we had it bad and apparently we don’t. House hunting in NOVA has been depressing this far.

Depends on where in VA. Mclean, yes. Herndon, no.

Houses in Herndon are between $700,000 and $1.5 Million right now. If that's affordable to you, then kudos to you for marrying a lawyer.

There are townhouses in the 400s and split level sfhs in the 500s (town of herndon). I think you married the lawyer, friend.

I should have clarified, I want a real house with good schools. Try again.

The dirty secret is that Herndon has good schools. Shhhh. HHS has more AP classes than other FCPS HSs.

Yep. Plus, there are more options for Herndon than just Herndon MS and Herndon HS.

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Herndon/12442-Oliver-Cromwell-Dr-20171/home/9315258