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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apples to apples, northern Arlington is more expensive and has been for decades.  I live in McLean (between Kirby, Old Dominion and Pimmit Run)  and there are tons of people who moved here because they could not afford a comparable house in North Arlington. [/quote]

This is why we moved to McLean. It was 7 years ago, and for the same price we would have been in a N Arlington house that we would have immediately outgrown to a McLean house with room to grow. None of the houses were new builds. Our house is 60 years old. We love the neighborhood but not so much the lack of walkability to shops/restaurants (we came from DC and Alexandria). To the person that is super into the 22101 zip code, we're in 22101, and there are many reasonably sized and not outrageously priced houses here. [/quote]

We could have afforded a house in North Arlington similar to the house we bought in McLean, even assuming it cost more, but didn't see a net benefit when we'd get a larger lot and better schools in McLean.  The houses in North Arlington similar to houses in McLean tend to be in the less walkable parts of North Arlington (more likely to be in 22205 or 22207 than 22201) and shaving 5-10 minutes off a commute to downtown would have been nice but not that big a deal. [/quote]

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