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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in what's lovingly referred to by others as an Arlington sh*tshack. That was 6 years ago.  Now we'd be priced out of the Arlington sfh market.  It's about housing prices. [/quote]And availability of telework.[/quote]

DP. DH and I both telework nearly full time (like twice a year I go into an office in DC and he sporadically goes out to Reston). We chose a SFH in Arlington because we wanted to be walkable to metro, parks, restaurants, etc. and have good neighborhood public schools so our kids would have friends nearby (I don’t like the idea of schlepping to play dates and sports all over town b/c their private school friends live 30 min away or they’re all divided up into the AP centers). It’s a very idyllic childhood with kids biking around, walking to school, etc.

But we bought in 2018 and would be totally unable to afford our neighborhood now. We plan to hang onto this property for a long time so we can hand it down to our kids and they can hopefully rent it out or use it for down payment money if they want to stay in Arlington.

Bottom line is that even many people teleworking want to live near amenities. I like popping out for coffee or to the gym on foot during lunch.[/quote]
Same for us - I rarely move my car, and when I do it is to take kids to an activity outside of the neighborhood.  My rarely visited office is walking distance, as is a mall, groceries, 2 metro stations, library, gyms, just about every service you need.  My middle/HS kids have friends in the neighborhood that they've known since pre-school.  The kids have had a good bit of freedom from an early age - to go to the park, library, get a candy bar or slurpee - because the neighborhood is fairly safe and kids travel in packs.  Our neighborhood still has a good number of young families, although fewer are moving in due to both low inventory and increased prices of the teardowns/new builds.  That being said, the people buying the $2M+ new builds have tended to be families with elementary-aged kids. [/quote]

Same. We love being close to everything, especially now that our kids are older. I think it’s great if more people can enjoy this lifestyle via MM. My bigger concern with new construction applies to SFHs too - lot coverage & tree canopy. [/quote]

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