Ashburn is going crazy

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some PPs make Ashburn sound like deliverance. I mean, really? I grew up there, and have since lived in NYC, DC, and Boston. Ashburn is suburbia, no question about it. But it has access to big city amenities at a more affordable price point. It’s one of the few Northeast burbs that has Sunbelt-like prices. And it’s the most diverse place I’ve lived.

That's a joke. There are very few black families here although we do have a large population of asians. I live in a mostly asian neighborhood and love it. My neighbors are nice and the schools are overcrowded but acceptable. Because of the growth here, LCPS is desperate to hire and we definitely have teachers who should not be teaching.

Do you realize that you contradicted yourself?

Diversity doesn’t just mean black people. C’mon.

Being diverse does mean we would have black families here. My point is black people seem not to be comfortable here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had to google what Ashburn is. It is almost West Virginia- that is crazy why anyone would live there.

Omg, it’s not that far. It’s a nice planned community right up Toll Road, built from green field so [n]no apartments or pockets of lower income,[/b] so it’s called Cashburn by locals.

If you want wide open spaces but still hit DC for occasional meeting, it’s the bees knees

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some PPs make Ashburn sound like deliverance. I mean, really? I grew up there, and have since lived in NYC, DC, and Boston. Ashburn is suburbia, no question about it. But it has access to big city amenities at a more affordable price point. It’s one of the few Northeast burbs that has Sunbelt-like prices. And it’s the most diverse place I’ve lived.

That's a joke. There are very few black families here although we do have a large population of asians. I live in a mostly asian neighborhood and love it. My neighbors are nice and the schools are overcrowded but acceptable. Because of the growth here, LCPS is desperate to hire and we definitely have teachers who should not be teaching.

Do you realize that you contradicted yourself?

Diversity doesn’t just mean black people. C’mon.

How?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some PPs make Ashburn sound like deliverance. I mean, really? I grew up there, and have since lived in NYC, DC, and Boston. Ashburn is suburbia, no question about it. But it has access to big city amenities at a more affordable price point. It’s one of the few Northeast burbs that has Sunbelt-like prices. And it’s the most diverse place I’ve lived.

That's a joke. There are very few black families here although we do have a large population of asians. I live in a mostly asian neighborhood and love it. My neighbors are nice and the schools are overcrowded but acceptable. Because of the growth here, LCPS is desperate to hire and we definitely have teachers who should not be teaching.

Do you realize that you contradicted yourself?

Diversity doesn’t just mean black people. C’mon.

Being diverse does mean we would have black families here. My point is black people seem not to be comfortable here.

If more AA worked in those tech jobs in Loudoun and Dulles through Tysons more AA would be living in western FX-Reston/Great Falls through Ashburn. The squeeze on tech -stem jobs by the H 1 B industry has impacted employment. Lack of steering into stem by FCPS and other large local school districts over decades has created the demographics of Ashburn.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's happening in Ashburn isn't unique. It's happening all across NoVa.

However, once the pandemic comes to an end, exurban places like Ashburn will be the first to cool off.

It was out of control before the pandemic. Hasn't cooled off for over a decade. All the high paying jobs and good schools are the fuel for this explosion. Many in ashburn are highly educated tech workers (not the typical mediocre beaurecrat) and want good schools and a short commute. That's the demographic.

Yes, but once the pandemic subsides you won't be seeing the flocks of families looking to relocate out there - families that don't have a "short commute."

I'm confused..the mart had been hot for over a decade. Why would the end of the pandemic change that?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ashburn is a great place to live if you have a large Indian family, want most square foot for money, WFH and Only go DC occasionally and work in IT.

A lot of folks are none of this. I don’t do IT, don’t plan on WFH and don’t want to live isolated in a large house on a large plots surrounded by IT green card holders living in McMansions

There are zero jobs for me in Virginia.

Thank god. We don’t want racists like you here.

Yeah, we are already full of that.

But I thought that only whites could be racist and it’s mostly Asians out here as you’ve all mentioned.

I have a lot of black coworkers who work out here but they all drive far from Maryland to jobs here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prices are going up all over due to low mortgage rates (some monthly payment for higher costs).

No one I know who lives in Ashburn/Leesburg commutes to downtown DC - they are working at AWS, Verizon or other employers out in Herndon/Reston or in Loudoun.

Loudoun has been one of the richest counties in America for years, so rising home costs are not surprising.

Too conservative and fundamental religious for my taste (and I am are regular church goer).

Right. Idk why ppl are talking about DC. It’s for IT ppl who work in Va

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's happening in Ashburn isn't unique. It's happening all across NoVa.

However, once the pandemic comes to an end, exurban places like Ashburn will be the first to cool off.

It was out of control before the pandemic. Hasn't cooled off for over a decade. All the high paying jobs and good schools are the fuel for this explosion. Many in ashburn are highly educated tech workers (not the typical mediocre beaurecrat) and want good schools and a short commute. That's the demographic.

What was the point of this dig? Are you off the mind that there are no mediocre tec worker?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some PPs make Ashburn sound like deliverance. I mean, really? I grew up there, and have since lived in NYC, DC, and Boston. Ashburn is suburbia, no question about it. But it has access to big city amenities at a more affordable price point. It’s one of the few Northeast burbs that has Sunbelt-like prices. And it’s the most diverse place I’ve lived.

That's a joke. There are very few black families here although we do have a large population of asians. I live in a mostly asian neighborhood and love it. My neighbors are nice and the schools are overcrowded but acceptable. Because of the growth here, LCPS is desperate to hire and we definitely have teachers who should not be teaching.

Do you realize that you contradicted yourself?

Diversity doesn’t just mean black people. C’mon.

Being diverse does mean we would have black families here. My point is black people seem not to be comfortable here.

If more AA worked in those tech jobs in Loudoun and Dulles through Tysons more AA would be living in western FX-Reston/Great Falls through Ashburn. The squeeze on tech -stem jobs by the H 1 B industry has impacted employment. Lack of steering into stem by FCPS and other large local school districts over decades has created the demographics of Ashburn.

Eh I know black in tech and I’m not interested in living there.

[Anonymous]

It is a curry nice place to live.

[Anonymous]

Cookie cutter developments

Horrible traffic because infrastructure isn’t expanded with all these developments

Lacking good restaurants

Lots of racism

Boring

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's happening in Ashburn isn't unique. It's happening all across NoVa.

However, once the pandemic comes to an end, exurban places like Ashburn will be the first to cool off.

It was out of control before the pandemic. Hasn't cooled off for over a decade. All the high paying jobs and good schools are the fuel for this explosion. Many in ashburn are highly educated tech workers (not the typical mediocre beaurecrat) and want good schools and a short commute. That's the demographic.

What was the point of this dig? Are you off the mind that there are no mediocre tec worker?

I think an Ashburner was trying to say that Ashburn and exurbs exist not because of their proximity to DC; because of technology and smart people.

With my basic knowledge of history Washington, DC was the center of this region first. I do not think Ashburn even was a battlefield, storage location or even a way point on any map or of any relevance other than its proximity to DC until the last couple of decades.

[Anonymous]

Asian people moved out here despite the racist white people living there. They moved there, they opened businesses, they formed communities.

Anyone of any color could do the same. They may feel uncomfortable at first, just like many Asians did at first. It’s easier to blame the people in the area, than taking initiative to do something different and make changes that would positively impact you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cookie cutter developments

Horrible traffic because infrastructure isn’t expanded with all these developments

Lacking good restaurants

Lots of racism

Boring

DC is racist, not Loudon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS has better schools. I live in Ashburn and have always called it AlmostWV. If you have a child in special ed, FFX or MC are definitely better. Racism is an issue at our schools.

That's the problem with the exurbs for me. We are AA and bought in NW DC, but also considered close-in MoCo suburbs. Exurbs in VA? No way.

Racism? I thought Ashburn is like 70 percent Indian.

I like Ashburn's Indian and Bengali food