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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The schools aren't as prestigious as the rest of FFX county, and it's a hike to any of the privates. It's also a hike into downtown, with a slowdown through Old Town, and poor transit availability. It's very quiet down there, though, and people who live there seem to love it. [/quote]

Yes, the closest metro is Huntington - it's not an area for people who are daily metro riders. (We pretty much never use it.) But it's not a hike into downtown - all of 20-25 minutes up the parkway or 295.

You'll usually hear people complain about "rt 1 corridor" and "not as prestigious schools" which is their attempt to tell you without telling you there are a lot more people of color around, especially Latino.

We love it down here though and yeah, don't need it to get even more expensive.[/quote]

It is definitely NOT 20-25 minutes downtown during rush hour. We sold our house in Hollis Hills b/c the commute was killing us — it was taking us 45 minutes plus (sometimes close to an hour) to get to our offices downtown. [/quote]

Mmmmmkay, I just drove to a meeting in Chinatown this AM and it took 30 minutes. Reliably 25 to the hill in the morning. [/quote]

That is because most are still not going into the office.  I agree that it is a 45 minute commute on average and can be much longer in the evening.  For the past 18 months commutes have been easy everywhere.  But the congestion is ticking up and by Spring could be at prepandemic levels. [/quote]

Do you really think so? I know hardly anyone going back to 5 days a week. [/quote]

Lots of people are back already, as PP noted - at least as much as they're going to go back. From what I read the other day, only 20% are working from home FT right now. Traffic is not a linear relationship - ie, 20% less cars means 20% better traffic. 20% reduction might make 50%+ better traffic. The amount of WFH/flexible schedule that remains permanent may be enough to permanently change the traffic congestion. (Woohoo!)

Compared to other similar areas, I don't think the commute (in normal times) is especially worse from Ft Hunt. It's not a fair comparison to say, N Arlington where you can spit on DC and can't find a teardown for less than a million these days. Either look at similar housing stock/price brackets, or relation to roads/downtown. GW Parkway even in the worst of times is better than 66, 395 or coming in along 50/Little River from Annandale outside the beltway. Sell in Hollin Hills to buy a 2 br condo in Navy Yard or suddenly find an extra $1m lying around to get a house in Lyon Park? Not feasible for most *families* around here. Hollin Hills specifically is a little different demographic but overall you'll notice the Parkway neighborhoods are pretty full of families with 3+ kids, because it's one of the better locations to balance price, size, and proximity IMO.
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Feds are not back in great numbers.  Traffic is increasing, but nowhere near pre-pandemic.

I like this part of the area, and have always thought home prices were a good value given the proximity to DC.  I love the bike trail.  I do agree that the pandemic has pushed prices up here.  I have also always heard that West Pot/Sandburg aren't great.  Lots of people do private/Catholic.[/quote]

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