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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Major bubble in  North Arlington[/b]

Too many other Metro accessible areas being built up. Developers have pulled their money and are investing else where.  That is the Canary in the mine. Many houses over  1.25m are sitting and have no takers. [/quote]

Snort.

Metro isn't a desirable amenity.[/quote]

Why don't you go back to wherever it is in flyover country you come from? I'm sure you can have a lovely car-bound existence in your 4000sf bland box and be very happy. Oh wait, they are hurting for jobs there. [/quote]

No Metro in McLean and Northern Arlington and home prices are much higher there than wherever the hell the Silver Line is going, and will continue to be so. Metro is a horror show. People don't want to ride it.[/quote]

I looked at some statistics to see which high schools in Arlington and Fairfax have seen the largest growth in the number of white students in the last five years, on the theory that white students could serve as a proxy for middle and upper-income students, since there's not a lot of white poverty in either county.  Here are the results:

1. South Lakes (+364) (largely due to redistricting of students from other high schools, but perhaps in anticipation of Reston Metro to some extent)
2. Marshall (+308) (near Dunn Loring and West Falls Church Metro)
3. McLean (+157) (near West Falls Church and future McLean Metro)
4. Washington-Lee (+135) (near multiple Orange Line stations)
5. Tie:  West Potomac (+47) (near one Yellow Line station); Wakefield (+47) (near several Blue and Yellow Line stations)

One could view this as support for the conclusion that people like being near Metro if they can afford it.  Of course, if you currently work out in a high-tech job out towards Dulles, Metro access isn't as relevant and won't be for a long time. [/quote]

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