What zip codes to look for a SFH/big townhouse with decent commute to DC and great schools? Nova.

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Arlington is old news and is really over sold right now. A lot of headwinds including competing markets are going to after it in the near future.

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Anonymous wrote:22101 - townhouses off Old Dominion and Westmoreland will feed into great ES (Franklin Sherman, Kent Gardens, Haycock), MS (Longfellow), HS (McLean). They are near West Falls Church and Tysons/McLean metro. Drive to DC generally ranges from 20-50 minutes depending on time of day. Close to DC, Arlington, Tysons, Vienna, FCC.

+1 - some of these townhouses are in the 22043 zip code as well, but are in the same basic location (between Haycock Road and Kirby Road off Great Falls Street)

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Anonymous wrote:22201, if you can afford it. There are some huge townhouses in that zip code. 3500-4000 sq feet. So-so pyramid. Orange line metro Courthouse, Clarendon etc.

22209 also has some large townhouses, too. Roslyn Metro.

It really doesn't get closer to the city than these zip codes. You might save 10-15 minutes/day in commuting time compared to living out in Fairfax or beyond. Not really worth the trade off in price per square foot, IMHO.

Fixed that for you.

This is "fixed" in the sense that you took an accurate statement and turned it into a lie. One that is easily disproved by, oh, say, doing the drive from "Fairfax or beyond" downtown on a regular weekday. You go do that drive and then come back to us. Here's a hint: the reason suburbs closer to DC are more expensive is because every.single.mile. here makes a huge difference in commuting time. If you don't care whether you're in the car 30 minutes or 1 hour and 30 minutes every morning, then, by all means, there are plenty of beautiful and inexpensive homes to be had outside the Beltway, not just in Fairfax, but in many other areas as well. If you can afford to live close-in, work downtown, and CARE about your commute, you'd be an utter fool to rely on totally inaccurate drivel like this poster's comments.

You seem quite verbose and in serious need of a Xanax. The OP has already said "thanks" for suggestions further out than Clarendon.

Why are you so quick to suggest meds when someone points out that living in Fairfax isn't just a 10-15 minute additional commute? No better response? Right, thought so.

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Anonymous wrote:Arlington is old news and is really over sold right now. A lot of headwinds including competing markets are going to after it in the near future.

Oh, goody! Then maybe some of us who are interested in the "old news" right over the bridge to downtown DC can afford it there!

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In fact the best way to search for houses is to input the high school you want into redfin.

Agent here. Not every agent populates the school fields for his or her listings, so if that is the only way you search you will be missing some houses.

In good school districts they do.

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Anonymous wrote:22201, if you can afford it. There are some huge townhouses in that zip code. 3500-4000 sq feet. So-so pyramid. Orange line metro Courthouse, Clarendon etc.

22209 also has some large townhouses, too. Roslyn Metro.

It really doesn't get closer to the city than these zip codes. You might save 10-15 minutes/day in commuting time compared to living out in Fairfax or beyond. Not really worth the trade off in price per square foot, IMHO.

Fixed that for you.

This is "fixed" in the sense that you took an accurate statement and turned it into a lie. One that is easily disproved by, oh, say, doing the drive from "Fairfax or beyond" downtown on a regular weekday. You go do that drive and then come back to us. Here's a hint: the reason suburbs closer to DC are more expensive is because every.single.mile. here makes a huge difference in commuting time. If you don't care whether you're in the car 30 minutes or 1 hour and 30 minutes every morning, then, by all means, there are plenty of beautiful and inexpensive homes to be had outside the Beltway, not just in Fairfax, but in many other areas as well. If you can afford to live close-in, work downtown, and CARE about your commute, you'd be an utter fool to rely on totally inaccurate drivel like this poster's comments.

You seem quite verbose and in serious need of a Xanax. The OP has already said "thanks" for suggestions further out than Clarendon.

Why are you so quick to suggest meds when someone points out that living in Fairfax isn't just a 10-15 minute additional commute? No better response? Right, thought so.

This was one of those rare threads where posters just offered their own suggestions. Then you had to barge in, even after the OP had thanked others for their suggestions, with one of these typical "you absolutely MUST live in Arlington" posts that perpetuates every negative stereotype about people in Arlington these days.

If you don't realize what an asshole you're being, or your apparent need for treatment of some sort, there's really nothing left to say.

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Anonymous wrote:Arlington is old news and is really over sold right now. A lot of headwinds including competing markets are going to after it in the near future.

Oh, goody! Then maybe some of us who are interested in the "old news" right over the bridge to downtown DC can afford it there!

Most people don't work in DC and most people can telecommute. Proximity to DC isn't as critical as in the past.

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Anonymous wrote:Arlington is old news and is really over sold right now. A lot of headwinds including competing markets are going to after it in the near future.

How are things out in the MoDi? I'm sure bustling with commerce, right? Kids start playing in that "water park" yet?

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Anonymous wrote:22201, if you can afford it. There are some huge townhouses in that zip code. 3500-4000 sq feet. So-so pyramid. Orange line metro Courthouse, Clarendon etc.

22209 also has some large townhouses, too. Roslyn Metro.

It really doesn't get closer to the city than these zip codes. You might save 10-15 minutes/day in commuting time compared to living out in Fairfax or beyond. Not really worth the trade off in price per square foot, IMHO.

Fixed that for you.

This is "fixed" in the sense that you took an accurate statement and turned it into a lie. One that is easily disproved by, oh, say, doing the drive from "Fairfax or beyond" downtown on a regular weekday. You go do that drive and then come back to us. Here's a hint: the reason suburbs closer to DC are more expensive is because every.single.mile. here makes a huge difference in commuting time. If you don't care whether you're in the car 30 minutes or 1 hour and 30 minutes every morning, then, by all means, there are plenty of beautiful and inexpensive homes to be had outside the Beltway, not just in Fairfax, but in many other areas as well. If you can afford to live close-in, work downtown, and CARE about your commute, you'd be an utter fool to rely on totally inaccurate drivel like this poster's comments.

You seem quite verbose and in serious need of a Xanax. The OP has already said "thanks" for suggestions further out than Clarendon.

Why are you so quick to suggest meds when someone points out that living in Fairfax isn't just a 10-15 minute additional commute? No better response? Right, thought so.

This was one of those rare threads where posters just offered their own suggestions. Then you had to barge in, even after the OP had thanked others for their suggestions, with one of these typical "you absolutely MUST live in Arlington" posts that perpetuates every negative stereotype about people in Arlington these days.

If you don't realize what an asshole you're being, or your apparent need for treatment of some sort, there's really nothing left to say.

LOL - you just can't get over that you posted something inaccurate and people called you out on it. Stop blaming PP for your inadequacies and move on.

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Anonymous wrote:22201, if you can afford it. There are some huge townhouses in that zip code. 3500-4000 sq feet. So-so pyramid. Orange line metro Courthouse, Clarendon etc.

22209 also has some large townhouses, too. Roslyn Metro.

It really doesn't get closer to the city than these zip codes. You might save 10-15 minutes/day in commuting time compared to living out in Fairfax or beyond. Not really worth the trade off in price per square foot, IMHO.

Fixed that for you.

This is "fixed" in the sense that you took an accurate statement and turned it into a lie. One that is easily disproved by, oh, say, doing the drive from "Fairfax or beyond" downtown on a regular weekday. You go do that drive and then come back to us. Here's a hint: the reason suburbs closer to DC are more expensive is because every.single.mile. here makes a huge difference in commuting time. If you don't care whether you're in the car 30 minutes or 1 hour and 30 minutes every morning, then, by all means, there are plenty of beautiful and inexpensive homes to be had outside the Beltway, not just in Fairfax, but in many other areas as well. If you can afford to live close-in, work downtown, and CARE about your commute, you'd be an utter fool to rely on totally inaccurate drivel like this poster's comments.

You seem quite verbose and in serious need of a Xanax. The OP has already said "thanks" for suggestions further out than Clarendon.

Why are you so quick to suggest meds when someone points out that living in Fairfax isn't just a 10-15 minute additional commute? No better response? Right, thought so.

This was one of those rare threads where posters just offered their own suggestions. Then you had to barge in, even after the OP had thanked others for their suggestions, with one of these typical "you absolutely MUST live in Arlington" posts that perpetuates every negative stereotype about people in Arlington these days.

If you don't realize what an asshole you're being, or your apparent need for treatment of some sort, there's really nothing left to say.

LOL - you just can't get over that you posted something inaccurate and people called you out on it. Stop blaming PP for your inadequacies and move on.

Hugs. If you can't get the real thing, maybe looking at these will help (and, by the way, you are not "people," just one unhinged "person").

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Anonymous wrote:22201, if you can afford it. There are some huge townhouses in that zip code. 3500-4000 sq feet. So-so pyramid. Orange line metro Courthouse, Clarendon etc.

22209 also has some large townhouses, too. Roslyn Metro.

It really doesn't get closer to the city than these zip codes. You might save 10-15 minutes/day in commuting time compared to living out in Fairfax or beyond. Not really worth the trade off in price per square foot, IMHO.

Fixed that for you.

This is "fixed" in the sense that you took an accurate statement and turned it into a lie. One that is easily disproved by, oh, say, doing the drive from "Fairfax or beyond" downtown on a regular weekday. You go do that drive and then come back to us. Here's a hint: the reason suburbs closer to DC are more expensive is because every.single.mile. here makes a huge difference in commuting time. If you don't care whether you're in the car 30 minutes or 1 hour and 30 minutes every morning, then, by all means, there are plenty of beautiful and inexpensive homes to be had outside the Beltway, not just in Fairfax, but in many other areas as well. If you can afford to live close-in, work downtown, and CARE about your commute, you'd be an utter fool to rely on totally inaccurate drivel like this poster's comments.

You seem quite verbose and in serious need of a Xanax. The OP has already said "thanks" for suggestions further out than Clarendon.

Why are you so quick to suggest meds when someone points out that living in Fairfax isn't just a 10-15 minute additional commute? No better response? Right, thought so.

This was one of those rare threads where posters just offered their own suggestions. Then you had to barge in, even after the OP had thanked others for their suggestions, with one of these typical "you absolutely MUST live in Arlington" posts that perpetuates every negative stereotype about people in Arlington these days.

If you don't realize what an asshole you're being, or your apparent need for treatment of some sort, there's really nothing left to say.

LOL - you just can't get over that you posted something inaccurate and people called you out on it. Stop blaming PP for your inadequacies and move on.

Hugs. If you can't get the real thing, maybe looking at these will help (and, by the way, you are not "people," just one unhinged "person").

Actually, no, I was the "person" with whom you were originally conversing (if you can call being a flaming d-bag "conversing"), this was another person that jumped in (while I was off working -- my apologies) to point out that you are, indeed, a flaming d-bag, and clearly overly fixated with medications. Which, I'm assuming, you use heavily. Perhaps because your commute stresses you out. Sorry for you.

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Arlington DCUMs seem to post the most negativity about all places other than Arlington. I find it really odd- it's as though they have some sort of competition going on with anyone who doesn't choose to live in Arlington. I lived in Arlington and couldn't wait to get out. Most of the Arlington schools aren't great- not sure why the hype them up so much.

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Anonymous wrote:Arlington is old news and is really over sold right now. A lot of headwinds including competing markets are going to after it in the near future.

Oh, goody! Then maybe some of us who are interested in the "old news" right over the bridge to downtown DC can afford it there!

Most people don't work in DC and most people can telecommute. Proximity to DC isn't as critical as in the past.

Um, please read the title of this thread. I think the words "decent commute to DC" make it pretty obvious that proximity to DC is pretty critical to this poster. I'm happy for you that you can buy a $200,000 home in Burke and never leave your cul-de-sac but for those of that live in the Washington area because we actually work in Washington, we care about being close to the city. Like most people who move to the suburbs of major urban centers.

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Anonymous wrote:Arlington DCUMs seem to post the most negativity about all places other than Arlington. I find it really odd- it's as though they have some sort of competition going on with anyone who doesn't choose to live in Arlington. I lived in Arlington and couldn't wait to get out. Most of the Arlington schools aren't great- not sure why the hype them up so much.

What are you talking about? Please point out a poster from Arlington that is posting "negativity" about other places. is pointing out that many areas in "Fairfax and beyond" will be a long commute into town for someone who expressly requested a "decent commute to DC" a negative comment about another town? If so, then guilty as charged. I think there are many perfectly lovely suburbs around DC. But many of them require very long commutes into DC. If that's a deal-breaker for you, then you should know about that, yes?

If you were unhappy in Arlington, then wonderful for you that you moved. It certainly doesn't affect my property value. Which, by the way, is high precisely -because- I'm close to DC. Otherwise, I agree with you, Arlington's no great shakes.

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Anonymous wrote:22101 - townhouses off Old Dominion and Westmoreland will feed into great ES (Franklin Sherman, Kent Gardens, Haycock), MS (Longfellow), HS (McLean). They are near West Falls Church and Tysons/McLean metro. Drive to DC generally ranges from 20-50 minutes depending on time of day. Close to DC, Arlington, Tysons, Vienna, FCC.

+1 - some of these townhouses are in the 22043 zip code as well, but are in the same basic location (between Haycock Road and Kirby Road off Great Falls Street)

+1 22101 Chesterbrook ES is also a great school and feeds into Longfellow & McLean. I don't think there are townhouses in the area but there are fairly modest homes (ramblers, split levels & smaller colonials). Very family friendly.