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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maryland will be cheaper. Virginia has personal property tax. You can get cheaper housing within reasonable commuting distance to DC in Charles County, PG County, Howard, and Montgomery than you’ll find in Fairfax, Loudoun, city of Alexandria, Falls Church,  and Arlington. [/quote]

Maryland has higher income tax and higher real property taxes, so not sure why you claim it will be cheaper. [/quote]

As a longtime DC resident who is in the process of figuring out which suburb we will be moving to, I do think Maryland comes out cheaper overall, though you're correct about the taxes.

It might depend on the individual, though. When we run the numbers based on cost of housing in our preferred school boundaries, our tax rates, and commuting costs, Maryland is the clear winner. The things that push VA higher are the car tax (especially if you have two newer, nicer cars) and housing costs. VA suburbs are much more aggressively tearing down old housing stock to put up massive, expensive new builds, and that seems to drive up prices overall. Montgomery County has a lot more affordable homes (well, affordable to us) with good schools.

One exception might be Annandale -- we really like the housing stock there and it's affordable, but the school's are less popular and it doesn't get around the personal property tax. We also like Alexandria but housing costs are through the roof there and again, the reviews on the schools are just okay.[/quote]

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