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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So on one hand, we have posts about how expensive this area is, and young people with good incomes can't afford any housing anywhere.

On the other hand, we have posts about older areas that nobody wants to live in and that are attracting all sorts of low quality, low income, households. Example, much of Montgomery County.

So what is actually true? I tend to believe number 2 as the whining about how expensive this area is comes generally from unremarkable individuals who think that affordable means a large property in one of only three or four neighborhoods of their personal standard. [/quote]

I don’t think they’re mutually exclusive. I think when people complain that it’s expensive here, they mean their options are A) desirable areas they’re likely priced out of already (or where even a million dollars buys you something tiny and old; or B) the areas they can afford have some major dealbreakers (poor performing schools, crime, low quality housing, long commutes, etc.)

Sure there are still some middle class suburbs left (in Virginia City of Fairfax comes to mind). But even that is getting more and more expensive. The housing here is really disparate and when the average person is looking for something “affordable” they are usually implying somewhere safe, with good schools, and a decent commute.

-Signed someone who spent 850k into a really old home that still needs some updates so I can have the much coveted good schools, low crime, and short commute. I don’t consider 850k affordable for most families.[/quote]

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