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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fairfax county built, at some expense, a dyke to reduce flooding in Huntington. It would have been cheaper to purchase the property in the long run because there is no continuing maintenance. However, the [b]housing in question was low income and there is no where for these people to go[/b]. So it's a problem the county doesn't want to address correctly.

Flood plains also change and what was once developable land may not be anymore. Or developers grease the wheels to build in the only remaining and cheap land--flood plains. They just need to get the property rezoned.[/quote]

Arlington Terrace is the street and it has duplexes [2 bed, 1 bath] built in 1947 after WW2.  Part of the post war building boom.   These are privately owned  NOT low income housing and have sold for about 250 to 440k in Oct 2019.   Look it up on redfin.  https://ggwash.org/view/72906/alexandria-virginia-huntington-levee-passes-first-flash-flood-test[/quote]

Would fixed income make you happier? This is an older neighborhood where most are not recent purchases.[/quote]

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