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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s far, and unfortunately has been ruined by large gaudy cheaply built late 90’s and 2000’s McMansions, so it just has an all around tacky, gross, cheap look to it. What’s the point of living in a outer suburban / semi-rural suburb if the picturesque, rural feel has been completely shattered by just ugly, ugly homes? Makes more sense to have an in city house, and then have a second farm property in a rural area that hasn’t been ruined yet like Loudoun or Albemarle counties. [/quote]

I don’t get all the hate towards McMansions. Most of it is urban elitism anyways. Bethesda and Chevy Chase have a ton of the same type of homes as well, and there are also plenty of non-McMansion homes in Bethesda that are completely fugly/old/tiny/prison-cell-like that people will still pay $900k-$1.4M for because “wAlKaBiLiTy” and “cLoSeR tO dC.” Most neighborhoods in Bethesda are not even walkable and the difference in commute is only 8-15 minutes on average. Some people just want $1.4M-$1.8M homes that actually look and feel like $1.4-1.8M. I agree that actual walkable neighborhoods in Bethesda are preferable to living in a McMansion in Potomac, but most people don’t have the luxury to afford homes in even Potomac, but when a $1M-$1.3M budget only gets you a ratchet box colonial that looks like a frat house in a run down college town, looking further out for a nicer and more modern house is the obvious answer. [/quote]

We are in "close in" Bethesda, and now that DH works from home full-time and I only need to be in the office 2x/week, I would LOVE to move further out for more space/land/nicer house. But at this point, we are too lazy and we will be empty nesters in 5 years so it doesn't make financially sense, and would hate to change schools for the kids now. If only COVID started 10 years earlier ;) [/quote]

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