Is Aldie done?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aldie is kinda like the Aldi store. Not Balducchi’s (Kalorama, CC), Whole Foods (Arlington, Falls Church, Mclean, Bethesda) or Harris Teeter (Fairfax), but a place where many go and try to sell it as a good idea. After all the closest competition is Lidl (Burke, Silver Spring).

Clearly you’ve never been to Aldie. There’s a Harris Teeter on every corner.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Loudoun is trash. Anything past Fairfax is the sticks and that’s a fact. I went once to visit a friend a few years ago and I’d never go back.

LOL so many people from Arlington and Fairfax out at the farm breweries in Bluemont yesterday.

Yup, all the DC folks hiking and hitting up breweries in Fauquier yesterday. But yup it’s just trash as far as the eye can see out here.

It’s the difference between a day trip and a daily trip that matters for many, and the prices reflect that.

LOL the people out here don't have to make the daily trip to DC. That's just one of many job centers. Most people out here are independently wealthy, have their own business, work from home (increasingly popular since remote working became entrenched) or commute to Tysons, not DC.

Life is much better out here. More space, less traffic, cleaner air, great culture, wineries, breweries, wildlife other than raccoons and squirrels, rolling hills, mountains, etc.

I don’t think keeping data servers up and running would be my idea of the good life, but you do you.

Some of those jobs pay 300-400k if you’re an engineer or developer, so whatever floats your boat. I’d be happy to have one of those jobs in tech.

That wasn’t the put down you thought it was.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Aldie is kinda like the Aldi store. Not Balducchi’s (Kalorama, CC), Whole Foods (Arlington, Falls Church, Mclean, Bethesda) or Harris Teeter (Fairfax), but a place where many go and try to sell it as a good idea. After all the closest competition is Lidl (Burke, Silver Spring).

Clearly you’ve never been to Aldie. There’s a Harris Teeter on every corner.

Those are in Chantilly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Aldie is kinda like the Aldi store. Not Balducchi’s (Kalorama, CC), Whole Foods (Arlington, Falls Church, Mclean, Bethesda) or Harris Teeter (Fairfax), but a place where many go and try to sell it as a good idea. After all the closest competition is Lidl (Burke, Silver Spring).

Clearly you’ve never been to Aldie. There’s a Harris Teeter on every corner.

Those are in Chantilly.

Harris Teeter
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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can only offer the anecdotal information that four houses in my Aldie neighborhood went on the market in the last two weeks at approximately $1M each and two are pending/under contract with the other two noted as "hot homes" by Redfin (for whatever that's worth). The handful of condos and townhouses have gone under contract at around $450k and $700k, respectively, within days of listing.

Don't think it's over, but what would I know? I just live here and commute to Ballston twice a week, 40-45 min going in, 45-50 min coming home.

Lol, your commute from Aldie to Ballston is not 45 minutes on a weekday. The current driving time on a sleepy Sunday afternoon is 45 minutes.

Lol Today I left home at 8:30am, parked at 9:15am. Left work at 4:45pm, home at 5:35pm. But OK, you know better!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can only offer the anecdotal information that four houses in my Aldie neighborhood went on the market in the last two weeks at approximately $1M each and two are pending/under contract with the other two noted as "hot homes" by Redfin (for whatever that's worth). The handful of condos and townhouses have gone under contract at around $450k and $700k, respectively, within days of listing.

Don't think it's over, but what would I know? I just live here and commute to Ballston twice a week, 40-45 min going in, 45-50 min coming home.

Lol, your commute from Aldie to Ballston is not 45 minutes on a weekday. The current driving time on a sleepy Sunday afternoon is 45 minutes.

Lol Today I left home at 8:30am, parked at 9:15am. Left work at 4:45pm, home at 5:35pm. But OK, you know better!

you’re an idiot. the commute easily takes 1.5 hours. are you using a plane? why do you try so hard to sound like you live in the suburbs? just accept that you’re a proud exurban virginian who lives in a county not a single person in arlington has heard of.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can only offer the anecdotal information that four houses in my Aldie neighborhood went on the market in the last two weeks at approximately $1M each and two are pending/under contract with the other two noted as "hot homes" by Redfin (for whatever that's worth). The handful of condos and townhouses have gone under contract at around $450k and $700k, respectively, within days of listing.

Don't think it's over, but what would I know? I just live here and commute to Ballston twice a week, 40-45 min going in, 45-50 min coming home.

Lol, your commute from Aldie to Ballston is not 45 minutes on a weekday. The current driving time on a sleepy Sunday afternoon is 45 minutes.

Lol Today I left home at 8:30am, parked at 9:15am. Left work at 4:45pm, home at 5:35pm. But OK, you know better!

you’re an idiot. the commute easily takes 1.5 hours. are you using a plane? why do you try so hard to sound like you live in the suburbs? just accept that you’re a proud exurban virginian who lives in a county not a single person in arlington has heard of.

I'M the idiot? That was literally my commute today...from my home in Aldie, yes, in the EXURBS. I have zero reason to lie or pretend. Good lord, what is wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

Ladies let’s settle down. I’ll punch it into google maps tomorrow morning and report back…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can only offer the anecdotal information that four houses in my Aldie neighborhood went on the market in the last two weeks at approximately $1M each and two are pending/under contract with the other two noted as "hot homes" by Redfin (for whatever that's worth). The handful of condos and townhouses have gone under contract at around $450k and $700k, respectively, within days of listing.

Don't think it's over, but what would I know? I just live here and commute to Ballston twice a week, 40-45 min going in, 45-50 min coming home.

Lol, your commute from Aldie to Ballston is not 45 minutes on a weekday. The current driving time on a sleepy Sunday afternoon is 45 minutes.

Lol Today I left home at 8:30am, parked at 9:15am. Left work at 4:45pm, home at 5:35pm. But OK, you know better!

you’re an idiot. the commute easily takes 1.5 hours. are you using a plane? why do you try so hard to sound like you live in the suburbs? just accept that you’re a proud exurban virginian who lives in a county not a single person in arlington has heard of.

OOHHH NOOOO not a place unheard of by A SINGLE PERSON IN ARLINGTON! THE HORROR! A fate worse than death!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can only offer the anecdotal information that four houses in my Aldie neighborhood went on the market in the last two weeks at approximately $1M each and two are pending/under contract with the other two noted as "hot homes" by Redfin (for whatever that's worth). The handful of condos and townhouses have gone under contract at around $450k and $700k, respectively, within days of listing.

Don't think it's over, but what would I know? I just live here and commute to Ballston twice a week, 40-45 min going in, 45-50 min coming home.

Lol, your commute from Aldie to Ballston is not 45 minutes on a weekday. The current driving time on a sleepy Sunday afternoon is 45 minutes.

Lol Today I left home at 8:30am, parked at 9:15am. Left work at 4:45pm, home at 5:35pm. But OK, you know better!

you’re an idiot. the commute easily takes 1.5 hours. are you using a plane? why do you try so hard to sound like you live in the suburbs? just accept that you’re a proud exurban virginian who lives in a county not a single person in arlington has heard of.

I'M the idiot? That was literally my commute today...from my home in Aldie, yes, in the EXURBS. I have zero reason to lie or pretend. Good lord, what is wrong with you?

right now in the middle of the night is 55 minutes from Virginia Square to Aldie. During rush hour it’s 90 minutes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can only offer the anecdotal information that four houses in my Aldie neighborhood went on the market in the last two weeks at approximately $1M each and two are pending/under contract with the other two noted as "hot homes" by Redfin (for whatever that's worth). The handful of condos and townhouses have gone under contract at around $450k and $700k, respectively, within days of listing.

Don't think it's over, but what would I know? I just live here and commute to Ballston twice a week, 40-45 min going in, 45-50 min coming home.

Lol, your commute from Aldie to Ballston is not 45 minutes on a weekday. The current driving time on a sleepy Sunday afternoon is 45 minutes.

Lol Today I left home at 8:30am, parked at 9:15am. Left work at 4:45pm, home at 5:35pm. But OK, you know better!

you’re an idiot. the commute easily takes 1.5 hours. are you using a plane? why do you try so hard to sound like you live in the suburbs? just accept that you’re a proud exurban virginian who lives in a county not a single person in arlington has heard of.

DP. I just googled Aldie to Ballston. I got 43 minutes.

On a Monday or Friday without a ton of traffic, it’s definitely doable via the greenway/toll road.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can only offer the anecdotal information that four houses in my Aldie neighborhood went on the market in the last two weeks at approximately $1M each and two are pending/under contract with the other two noted as "hot homes" by Redfin (for whatever that's worth). The handful of condos and townhouses have gone under contract at around $450k and $700k, respectively, within days of listing.

Don't think it's over, but what would I know? I just live here and commute to Ballston twice a week, 40-45 min going in, 45-50 min coming home.

Lol, your commute from Aldie to Ballston is not 45 minutes on a weekday. The current driving time on a sleepy Sunday afternoon is 45 minutes.

Lol Today I left home at 8:30am, parked at 9:15am. Left work at 4:45pm, home at 5:35pm. But OK, you know better!

you’re an idiot. the commute easily takes 1.5 hours. are you using a plane? why do you try so hard to sound like you live in the suburbs? just accept that you’re a proud exurban virginian who lives in a county not a single person in arlington has heard of.

OOHHH NOOOO not a place unheard of by A SINGLE PERSON IN ARLINGTON! THE HORROR! A fate worse than death!

Lol

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can only offer the anecdotal information that four houses in my Aldie neighborhood went on the market in the last two weeks at approximately $1M each and two are pending/under contract with the other two noted as "hot homes" by Redfin (for whatever that's worth). The handful of condos and townhouses have gone under contract at around $450k and $700k, respectively, within days of listing.

Don't think it's over, but what would I know? I just live here and commute to Ballston twice a week, 40-45 min going in, 45-50 min coming home.

Lol, your commute from Aldie to Ballston is not 45 minutes on a weekday. The current driving time on a sleepy Sunday afternoon is 45 minutes.

Lol Today I left home at 8:30am, parked at 9:15am. Left work at 4:45pm, home at 5:35pm. But OK, you know better!

you’re an idiot. the commute easily takes 1.5 hours. are you using a plane? why do you try so hard to sound like you live in the suburbs? just accept that you’re a proud exurban virginian who lives in a county not a single person in arlington has heard of.

DP. I just go ogled Aldie to Ballston. I got 43 minutes.

On a Monday or Friday without a ton of traffic, it’s definitely doable via the greenway/toll road.

i just googled it. It says 55 minutes without tolls, 44 minutes with tolls.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can only offer the anecdotal information that four houses in my Aldie neighborhood went on the market in the last two weeks at approximately $1M each and two are pending/under contract with the other two noted as "hot homes" by Redfin (for whatever that's worth). The handful of condos and townhouses have gone under contract at around $450k and $700k, respectively, within days of listing.

Don't think it's over, but what would I know? I just live here and commute to Ballston twice a week, 40-45 min going in, 45-50 min coming home.

Lol, your commute from Aldie to Ballston is not 45 minutes on a weekday. The current driving time on a sleepy Sunday afternoon is 45 minutes.

Lol Today I left home at 8:30am, parked at 9:15am. Left work at 4:45pm, home at 5:35pm. But OK, you know better!

you’re an idiot. the commute easily takes 1.5 hours. are you using a plane? why do you try so hard to sound like you live in the suburbs? just accept that you’re a proud exurban virginian who lives in a county not a single person in arlington has heard of.

DP. I just googled Aldie to Ballston. I got 43 minutes.

On a Monday or Friday without a ton of traffic, it’s definitely doable via the greenway/toll road.

but there’s always gonna be traffic. point proven that it’s 90 minutes. without tolls is 2 hours.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can only offer the anecdotal information that four houses in my Aldie neighborhood went on the market in the last two weeks at approximately $1M each and two are pending/under contract with the other two noted as "hot homes" by Redfin (for whatever that's worth). The handful of condos and townhouses have gone under contract at around $450k and $700k, respectively, within days of listing.

Don't think it's over, but what would I know? I just live here and commute to Ballston twice a week, 40-45 min going in, 45-50 min coming home.

Lol, your commute from Aldie to Ballston is not 45 minutes on a weekday. The current driving time on a sleepy Sunday afternoon is 45 minutes.

Lol Today I left home at 8:30am, parked at 9:15am. Left work at 4:45pm, home at 5:35pm. But OK, you know better!

you’re an idiot. the commute easily takes 1.5 hours. are you using a plane? why do you try so hard to sound like you live in the suburbs? just accept that you’re a proud exurban virginian who lives in a county not a single person in arlington has heard of.

DP. I just go ogled Aldie to Ballston. I got 43 minutes.

On a Monday or Friday without a ton of traffic, it’s definitely doable via the greenway/toll road.

i just googled it. It says 55 minutes without tolls, 44 minutes with tolls.

I’m PP. yeah I used tolls to search.