Are Arlington Schools worth the huge mortgage I'm going to need?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I could not imagine moving from Bethesda or Chevy Chase to Arlington. It would seem like a step down in every possible way. It's certainly not something I would do if a huge mortgage was part of the equation. Who needs the financial pressure if all you get in return is a house in Arlington?

For one thing, Arlington is visually more interesting, more cosmopolitan and international, and much younger and smarter.

Thanks for the laugh. And when exactly is your release date?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I could not imagine moving from Bethesda or Chevy Chase to Arlington. It would seem like a step down in every possible way. It's certainly not something I would do if a huge mortgage was part of the equation. Who needs the financial pressure if all you get in return is a house in Arlington?

For one thing, Arlington is visually more interesting, more cosmopolitan and international, and much younger and smarter.

Thanks for the laugh. And when exactly is your release date?

I am sure the view from Bethesda of the monuments compares to Arlington's.

Not.

Arlington has views Bethesda can only dream of...and Turnberry Towers in Rosslyn blows Somerset prices per sq ft out of the water.

Someone is stuck in a 1970s time warp. Meanwhile, townhouse a in Arlingtons Glebe Road are selling for $4 m, or roughly 4 times an Avanel SFH....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I could not imagine moving from Bethesda or Chevy Chase to Arlington. It would seem like a step down in every possible way. It's certainly not something I would do if a huge mortgage was part of the equation. Who needs the financial pressure if all you get in return is a house in Arlington?

For one thing, Arlington is visually more interesting, more cosmopolitan and international, and much younger and smarter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I could not imagine moving from Bethesda or Chevy Chase to Arlington. It would seem like a step down in every possible way. It's certainly not something I would do if a huge mortgage was part of the equation. Who needs the financial pressure if all you get in return is a house in Arlington?

For one thing, Arlington is visually more interesting, more cosmopolitan and international, and much younger and smarter.

Thanks for the laugh. And when exactly is your release date?

I am sure the view from Bethesda of the monuments compares to Arlington's.

Not.

Arlington has views Bethesda can only dream of...and Turnberry Towers in Rosslyn blows Somerset prices per sq ft out of the water.

Someone is stuck in a 1970s time warp. Meanwhile, townhouse a in Arlingtons Glebe Road are selling for $4 m, or roughly 4 times an Avanel SFH....

I just saw one if those 4 million dollar townhouses by WGCC. Amazing what people will pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I could not imagine moving from Bethesda or Chevy Chase to Arlington. It would seem like a step down in every possible way. It's certainly not something I would do if a huge mortgage was part of the equation. Who needs the financial pressure if all you get in return is a house in Arlington?

For one thing, Arlington is visually more interesting, more cosmopolitan and international, and much younger and smarter.

Thanks for the laugh. And when exactly is your release date?

Oh you're right. Pooks Hill in Bethesda or Mont Mall are far more visually interesting.

And someone knows. How to embed a link. Goody.

[Anonymous]

Simmer down, PP. You are beginning to sound ridiculous and defensive.

FWIW I'd much rather shop at Mont Mall than Ballston Mall. Neither are attractive, but at least there are decent stores up there.

- long time Arlington resident

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Simmer down, PP. You are beginning to sound ridiculous and defensive.

FWIW I'd much rather shop at Mont Mall than Ballston Mall. Neither are attractive, but at least there are decent stores up there.

- long time Arlington resident

Pentagon City is a better comparison. Ballston is hardly a viable mall at all.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone actually *shop* in the Ballston mall? I thought it was just for movie goers and dope smokers.

I think we should solve some of our school overcrowding issues by turning Ballston into a little cluster of choice schools. Put H-B at one end and ASF at the other, then make the current H-B building into a middle school and ASF back to a neighborhood elementary. So many problems, solved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually *shop* in the Ballston mall? I thought it was just for movie goers and dope smokers.

I think we should solve some of our school overcrowding issues by turning Ballston into a little cluster of choice schools. Put H-B at one end and ASF at the other, then make the current H-B building into a middle school and ASF back to a neighborhood elementary. So many problems, solved.

I haven't shopped there myself, but if I ever need a barstool I know where to go...

Excellent idea to make that a school - or two! The kids can eat at the food court down below. And maybe they can build a football stadium over the other half of the garage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, your question really depends on what you have to give up for that $1600 and we can't answer it.

If you ask me, the real difference with Arlington is that the county is small. There are only a few school. We don't have a thousand magnet programs from high school to choose from. HB excepted, you buy a house and go to that high school. Fairfax County and MoCo are enormous. It is a different feel. In some ways, you have access to more facilities within county, but both counties feel big. Which is best? It is a matter of personal taste.

You spend less time on very large roads when you live in Arlington than if you live in MoCo. Commute to down town is shorter. My Arlington Forest house in BCC is out of my budget. My same house in Silver Spring would leave me enough money left over for a great addition.

Is Arlington forest even in north Arlington? I am pretty sure the comparo was B C C and north arl

BCC is mostly Kensington silver spring...lower income than most n arl precincts ...and the parts of b and cc that feed are not more expensive than n arl...quite the contrary.

Most of Arlington Forest is in North Arlington, and a small part is in South Arlington. It straddles Rt 50.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone actually *shop* in the Ballston mall? I thought it was just for movie goers and dope smokers.

I think we should solve some of our school overcrowding issues by turning Ballston into a little cluster of choice schools. Put H-B at one end and ASF at the other, then make the current H-B building into a middle school and ASF back to a neighborhood elementary. So many problems, solved.

No movie goers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I could not imagine moving from Bethesda or Chevy Chase to Arlington. It would seem like a step down in every possible way. It's certainly not something I would do if a huge mortgage was part of the equation. Who needs the financial pressure if all you get in return is a house in Arlington?

For one thing, Arlington is visually more interesting, more cosmopolitan and international, and much younger and smarter.

Thanks for the laugh. And when exactly is your release date?

I am sure the view from Bethesda of the monuments compares to Arlington's.

Not.

Arlington has views Bethesda can only dream of...and Turnberry Towers in Rosslyn blows Somerset prices per sq ft out of the water.

Someone is stuck in a 1970s time warp. Meanwhile, townhouse a in Arlingtons Glebe Road are selling for $4 m, or roughly 4 times an Avanel SFH....

I just saw one if those 4 million dollar townhouses by WGCC. Amazing what people will pay.

Did you go inside? stood and gaze over the golf course?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Simmer down, PP. You are beginning to sound ridiculous and defensive.

FWIW I'd much rather shop at Mont Mall than Ballston Mall. Neither are attractive, but at least there are decent stores up there.

- long time Arlington resident

Do you often post to yourself troll?

[Anonymous]

Reasonable = troll, huh? That's a new one. And you may notice that I prefer not to quote ridiculous posts.

[Anonymous]

LOL not according to the recent scores Arlington Schools got OWNED by FCPS