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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in a walkable exurb (walkscore of 77).

Without having to cross a four-lane road, I can:

1. go to three grocery stores (Safeway, Giant, and Latino)
2. reach at least a dozen non-chain restaurants, and another dozen or so chain places (this includes two coffee shops)
3. see first-run movies
4. go to two parks and the library

Seeing as both my wife and I work west of Route 28, why should we be swinging places in DC and Arlington, thereby lengthening our commutes?
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This is like asking someone why someone who works and lives in Arkansas should live in DC.  No one is saying you should.  You are irrelevant to conversations about DC.[/quote]

I become relevant when folks start assuming all folks who live outside the Beltway have 2 hour commutes to their jobs in DC. [/quote]

Nobody is assuming that.  I think that the commutes in Arkansas are much better than those here.  But, it isn't relevant to the conversation.[/quote]

So why is one PP assuming Loudoun/PWC will fall, fall, fall in value compared to the glorious DC/Alexandria/Arlington/inner MoCo area?[/quote]

Supply and demand.  There's an oversupply of housing in the suburbs.  There's an undersupply of housing inside the Beltway.  It's great you've found a job in the exurbs near where you live.  You're an outlier.  Most folks commute--either into the city, or from suburb to suburb.  It's their decisions that will impact the value of houses in your neighborhood.
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