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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Appreciation rates are similar, although Virginia has slightly outpaced.

Let me just say though that Maryland has miles and miles of just horribly seedy and ugly areas from the Potomac river to Silver Spring, and then Chevy Chase and Bethesda. So it's a lot of poor, and some very, very rich. Virginia has vast swaths of decent upper middle class suburbs. I think in the end the Maryland side has turned into essentially a California like environment.[/quote]

I don't get this. NoVA is full of these charmless commercial strips with a bunch of generic big box stores and fast food places lining a wide road with limited pedestrian infrastructure, surrounded by poorly constructed townhomes and single family homes. Yes there are some more charming areas (Old Town, Falls Church) and thee are neighborhoods with houses that have character (though these are rapidly being bought up and converted to hideous 5 bedroom monstrosities in that weird faux-farmhouse style that don't fit the lot). And you do have some urbanism in Ballston/Courthouse/Rosslyn. But by and large, VA is a bunch of "stroads" (look it up) and Targets with overpriced, poorly-built new builds. It's convenient, but sort of depressing.

MD does have some seedy areas but there are tons of neighborhoods in MoCo outside the super expensive parts that have charm, local business, community gathering places, varied housing stock, real sidewalks, and feel human scaled (and not just designed to move cars around). It's not perfect, but to me it holds a lot more appeal.
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Your description of NoVA could just as easily describe numerous parts of Maryland[/quote]

Some, but I was referring specifically I MoCo close to DC, which a PP described as "seedy" and very inferior to NoVa, other than Bethesda. Yet I know tons of people in places like Takoma Park, Kensington, Forest Glen, and Rockville that are more charming, connected, and pleasant than the vast majority of NoVA. I get some people move to NoVA to get away from people and that's fine -- to each their own. But many people want to live in a walkable neighborhood that has a good community vibe. It's really hard to find in VA. MD isn't "seedy" just because it does -- these are highly desirable qualities.[/quote]

There are similar walkable and very Community oriented neighborhoods in Nova. And they're probably safer too[/quote]

Crimegrades:

Arlington County: C- (https://crimegrade.org/safest-places-in-arlington-county-va/)

Fairfax County: B (https://crimegrade.org/safest-places-in-fairfax-county-va/)

Montgomery County: A+ (https://crimegrade.org/safest-places-in-montgomery-county-md/)[/quote]

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