Middleburg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some areas of Fauquier place limits on the number of homes that can be built on a plot of land. Our property is one house per 50 acres. So, you have no development rights essentially. Not all areas of the county are like this, but some are and it’s something to be aware of.

This is key, whether you are buying as an investment or if you think you're buying a bucolic existence and don't want to wake up with a townhouse development or chicken house next door.

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Anonymous wrote:Middleburg is very old and very run down. No one there seems to maintain property. Stores downtown are lame am very expensive.

I was just there yesterday and have no idea where you are getting tbis.

Americana used to be in Old Town. Fine antiques.

Brick and Mortar across the street is hilarious and irreverent.

Several high-end clothing stores.

The banks on the main drag are private wealth banks.

Cute ice cream store. Neat nursery. Tack Shops.

A brewery and a distillery.

It’s not a lot, but it’s hardly run down.

All the stores are for old people. No Whole Foods, no Mom's, no solidcore, no pure barre, no decent gym (forget about equinox), the closest decent derm is like 2 hours away. You have to drive 1+ hour in traffic to get to Tysons for some decent shopping. Median age is 55 years old. Hard pass.

Strange criteria. It does have gyms, a barre place, farmers markets nearby, doctors in Leesburg.

Sorry it doesn’t have the chains you seem to love. I guess you are too basic for it.

Basic like young and not needing 3 prescriptions for postmenopausal atrophic vaginitis? Repeat: median age is 55 years old. It's OLD. There's a middle age lady on the town's website with one brow higher than the other one (she should fire her injector) and dressed head to toe in beige. This is Middleburg for you. Thank you, I don't want to live near people in depends or Linda Tripp.

I don’t particularly like middleburg, but man this is vicious. Like you aren’t going to be old one day. I bet that is the worst thing in the world to you, but it will happen to you too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:+1 for Old Town Warrenton. We bought a weekend place outside of town and love it there. The downtown area has some beautiful historic homes. Much less pretentious than Middleburg.

+2 our country house is about 15 minutes from old town Warrenton, but you would never know it or feel. it's great to have the proximity to town while feeling we are living on a secluded ranch in the foothills of the mountains.

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Anonymous wrote:Middleburg is very old and very run down. No one there seems to maintain property. Stores downtown are lame am very expensive.

I was just there yesterday and have no idea where you are getting tbis.

Americana used to be in Old Town. Fine antiques.

Brick and Mortar across the street is hilarious and irreverent.

Several high-end clothing stores.

The banks on the main drag are private wealth banks.

Cute ice cream store. Neat nursery. Tack Shops.

A brewery and a distillery.

It’s not a lot, but it’s hardly run down.

All the stores are for old people. No Whole Foods, no Mom's, no solidcore, no pure barre, no decent gym (forget about equinox), the closest decent derm is like 2 hours away. You have to drive 1+ hour in traffic to get to Tysons for some decent shopping. Median age is 55 years old. Hard pass.

There's no decent dermos in all of loudon, like leesburg which is a half hour away? Even Chevy chase is an hour away, unsure about your other claims but the decent dermo two hours away comment is false.

Horse people don't dermo.

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Anonymous wrote:Middleburg is very old and very run down. No one there seems to maintain property. Stores downtown are lame am very expensive.

I was just there yesterday and have no idea where you are getting tbis.

Americana used to be in Old Town. Fine antiques.

Brick and Mortar across the street is hilarious and irreverent.

Several high-end clothing stores.

The banks on the main drag are private wealth banks.

Cute ice cream store. Neat nursery. Tack Shops.

A brewery and a distillery.

It’s not a lot, but it’s hardly run down.

All the stores are for old people. No Whole Foods, no Mom's, no solidcore, no pure barre, no decent gym (forget about equinox), the closest decent derm is like 2 hours away. You have to drive 1+ hour in traffic to get to Tysons for some decent shopping. Median age is 55 years old. Hard pass.

Strange criteria. It does have gyms, a barre place, farmers markets nearby, doctors in Leesburg.

Sorry it doesn’t have the chains you seem to love. I guess you are too basic for it.

Basic like young and not needing 3 prescriptions for postmenopausal atrophic vaginitis? Repeat: median age is 55 years old. It's OLD. There's a middle age lady on the town's website with one brow higher than the other one (she should fire her injector) and dressed head to toe in beige. This is Middleburg for you. Thank you, I don't want to live near people in depends or Linda Tripp.

WHere is said lady? I think you were looking at the wrong site. THere aren't many people on the real middleburg site.

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The Middleburg website only shows old white people. Some people like that and other people don’t. That about sums it up.

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Anonymous wrote:The Middleburg website only shows old white people. Some people like that and other people don’t. That about sums it up.

Don’t forget about Sheila Johnson!

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GOING BACK TO THIS THREAD - WHICH OF THESE QUAINT SMALL TOWNS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN BURNED BY ALL Y'ALL (WARRENTON, PURCELLVILLE, ETC) HAS THE EASIEST COMMUTE AND BEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS ? OR ANY SPANISH IMMERSION PROGRAMS?

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I know of two families that are living temporarily in Pursville with middle schoolers. With the TJ admissions changes, if you want to have good odds of admission, you need to pick a middle school with very little interest.

They know that their kids have an almost 10Xs better chance if admission from Blue Ridge than they do from Carson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone live out there?

Every time I visit I want to move but not sure what the dynamic is with the locals. Looks like remote work will be forever and although it’s not cheap to live in Middleburg it’s def a better value than DC.

Middleburg is beautiful!!! I attended a wedding there and fell in love with the town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know of two families that are living temporarily in Pursville with middle schoolers. With the TJ admissions changes, if you want to have good odds of admission, you need to pick a middle school with very little interest.

They know that their kids have an almost 10Xs better chance if admission from Blue Ridge than they do from Carson.

Wow that is intense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know of two families that are living temporarily in Pursville with middle schoolers. With the TJ admissions changes, if you want to have good odds of admission, you need to pick a middle school with very little interest.

They know that their kids have an almost 10Xs better chance if admission from Blue Ridge than they do from Carson.

Wow that is intense.

Not really. People already move internationally to give their child a TJ education.

Families and advocacy groups told the FCPS school board that they would do this if they implemented geographic diversity. There are plenty of families that are being strategic about where their child goes to middle school.

TJ is the #1 high school in the nation for free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I agree I’m not a horse person.

What other nearby-ish areas would be a great place to live. I don’t want new construction in a McMansion. Looking for a charming downtown, and a neighborhood with nice classic homes. Definitely prefer having neighbors, I don’t need a ton of acreage.

Frederick.

[Anonymous]

Waterford.

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Anonymous wrote:Waterford.

Isn’t that near Hollywood casinos?