Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
have you actually been inside these houses? I can tell you that if these 2 homes were side by side, I'd pick the one that went for $2.5. look at the photos for when the SV home was last for sale more than a decade ago-- the photos are exactly the same- it has not been recently renovated. the SV house bathrooms are dark grey marble and brass - very very dated. it's really a look that will appeal most to people in their 60s/70s+. And SV homes are "underpriced" because of the munitions issue. There are a group of buyers who won't consider that area because of those environmental issues - which is a large reason for the difference in price. Believe what you want to believe, but the $500K price difference is NOT because of the metro proximity.

*blinks* *blinks again* Right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We bought our house for $1.2m which, rightly or wrongly, really isnt a remarkable amount for close-in neighborhoods in this area. We both take the metro to/from work. Don't use it much on weekends though. But if it were more reliable, we probably would use it more.

This is us, too. Our son will likely use Metro next year to get to school.

[Anonymous]

This talk is just ridiculous. Some people, rich and poor, like taking mass transit better than taking a car. We live in a 1.5 million dollar home 1 mile from the red line, and I take metro to work almost every day. Sure, metro can be annoyingly late and at times disgusting. On the other hand, I really hate sitting in traffic for over an hour or having to get on the road before 7 am to miss rush hour. To me, metro is the lesser of two evils.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
have you actually been inside these houses? I can tell you that if these 2 homes were side by side, I'd pick the one that went for $2.5. look at the photos for when the SV home was last for sale more than a decade ago-- the photos are exactly the same- it has not been recently renovated. the SV house bathrooms are dark grey marble and brass - very very dated. it's really a look that will appeal most to people in their 60s/70s+. And SV homes are "underpriced" because of the munitions issue. There are a group of buyers who won't consider that area because of those environmental issues - which is a large reason for the difference in price. Believe what you want to believe, but the $500K price difference is NOT because of the metro proximity.

*blinks* *blinks again* Right.

are you the realtor for the 2nd house?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
have you actually been inside these houses? I can tell you that if these 2 homes were side by side, I'd pick the one that went for $2.5. look at the photos for when the SV home was last for sale more than a decade ago-- the photos are exactly the same- it has not been recently renovated. the SV house bathrooms are dark grey marble and brass - very very dated. it's really a look that will appeal most to people in their 60s/70s+. And SV homes are "underpriced" because of the munitions issue. There are a group of buyers who won't consider that area because of those environmental issues - which is a large reason for the difference in price. Believe what you want to believe, but the $500K price difference is NOT because of the metro proximity.

*blinks* *blinks again* Right.

are you the realtor for the 2nd house?

If I was, do you think I would be on a thread talking up how much better it is for property values to live close to the Metro???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
have you actually been inside these houses? I can tell you that if these 2 homes were side by side, I'd pick the one that went for $2.5. look at the photos for when the SV home was last for sale more than a decade ago-- the photos are exactly the same- it has not been recently renovated. the SV house bathrooms are dark grey marble and brass - very very dated. it's really a look that will appeal most to people in their 60s/70s+. And SV homes are "underpriced" because of the munitions issue. There are a group of buyers who won't consider that area because of those environmental issues - which is a large reason for the difference in price. Believe what you want to believe, but the $500K price difference is NOT because of the metro proximity.

*blinks* *blinks again* Right.

are you the realtor for the 2nd house?

You mean the person talking down the second house's location? LOL! The agent/seller paranoia here goes too far, IMO.


Once again: location, location, location

[Anonymous]

No never go on the metro. If I can't/don't want to drive I take uber black

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lived in Foggy Bottom right after college and took the orange to and from work every day. I told my dad I saw a homeless guy defecating on the train. That weekend he bought me a new VW Jetta to drive to work and paid my building's parking fee for me. Lol.

Adorable story! If this freaked you out so much and you had more self responsibility and weren't a spoiled brat you would've bought it yourself!

A lot of us have taken the metro for 30 years and never seen anything like this. But it worked on daddy, good job!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in a big house near Metro and take it to work most days. We never ever ever use it on weekends or evenings. When we lived in DC we basically never used it even though we lived 5 mins away. The service is so awful and it's such a bad experience that lots of people are like us -- live very close to Metro, but very rarely use it. I guess if I didn't value my time or ever have to be on time to things and didn't care about my safety I would ride.

This except we are in DC and doing kid stuff on weekends so take the van everywhere to do/go/buy what we need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I lived in Foggy Bottom right after college and took the orange to and from work every day. I told my dad I saw a homeless guy defecating on the train. That weekend he bought me a new VW Jetta to drive to work and paid my building's parking fee for me. Lol.

Adorable story! If this freaked you out so much and you had more self responsibility and weren't a spoiled brat you would've bought it yourself!

A lot of us have taken the metro for 30 years and never seen anything like this. But it worked on daddy, good job!

That's a true story. I didn't tell him that to get a car, it just came up.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Yes we do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I lived in Foggy Bottom right after college and took the orange to and from work every day. I told my dad I saw a homeless guy defecating on the train. That weekend he bought me a new VW Jetta to drive to work and paid my building's parking fee for me. Lol.

Adorable story! If this freaked you out so much and you had more self responsibility and weren't a spoiled brat you would've bought it yourself!

A lot of us have taken the metro for 30 years and never seen anything like this. But it worked on daddy, good job!

That's a true story. I didn't tell him that to get a car, it just came up.

My dad would have told me he'd seen much worse in Vietnam and to get over it. At best he would have set me a $20 to supplement my farecard. And I'm glad of it.

[Anonymous]

Of course wealthy people use Metro! Depending on your needs, it's more convenient than driving.

[Anonymous]

Nope, never set foot on the metro. Would rather be in the comfort, security and cleanliness of my car

[Anonymous]

I do. Honestly, riding the train helps me stay connected to the unwashed (literally, in some cases) masses with long faces heading to their drone-like jobs. I just have a four stop commute, blessedly. I can't imagine riding it from, say, Wiehle (sp?) to downtown.