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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Neither is OP entitled to have a SFH in the exact location with the exact commute length that she wants. [/quote]

Actually, she is. Virginia has fair-housing laws, which includes protections against “source of funds” (aka not discriminating again low-income people using vouchers). If people making $170k can only afford a condo in Arlington, then what the heck are actual middle-class and poor people affording there? Every single civilized/non-barbaric  society has made it possible for people of various incomes to live in decent housing near the city, why is America so behind? Who went into these former middle-class and working-class neighborhoods and told the communities that were there for decades  that they aren’t entitled to their neighborhoods anymore? The view that “you’re not entitled to live in this town because you don’t make enough” is exactly what’s exacerbating socio-economic (and in turn, racial) segregation. It’s why there’s a “North Arlington” and a “South Arlington” (which is become absorbed into North Arlington). That’s not okay, and that’s not “life” in any other civilized country.

The people in this thread are so out of touch with reality. Wanting a Lamborghini or a gated house in Beverly Hills is not comparable to simply wanting a stable lifestyle within 20 minutes of where you work, especially when you have an income that is 50% above the region median. Jesus H Christ. [/quote]

You just won't stop spouting this nonsense, will you?[/quote]

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