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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arlington is a nice area; very walkable near the metro line.

It is super liberal and ultra competitive.  It is most expensive land/price per square foot for a reason.

Really depends on what you are looking for, OP.  95% of people posting do not live in Arlington; it is a very small area of the dmv.[/quote]

It’s sad when people bring up the price of land/square foot.  It speaks to the value of real estate, not the quality of life. People actually spend more money, on average, in other places with nicer houses where they get more space.

- former Arlington resident [/quote]

DP. Right. The “value” of real estate is based on market supply/demand. The demand for smaller, close-in homes is higher relative to supply than demand for larger homes in BFE relative to supply.

If you do an apples-to-apples comparison, people pay more to live in Arlington than they do farther out. 
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And yet the median and average sale prices for single-family homes are higher elsewhere (and those places are hardly BFE).

Enjoy your dirt. [/quote]

I’m enjoying my Tatte latte and croissant that I just walked over to pick up this beautiful morning after stopping by the bank.

Just for giggles, we always look at various real estate listings just to see what we could buy elsewhere - around here and when we travel. We could buy a killer house with pool, etc in McLean. But we prefer to walk to the playground with our kids or walk to grab a coffee, etc. So we prefer to stay in our smaller house with a smaller yard. Our dollars don’t go as far here but we prefer the walkable parts of Arlington over other areas farther out. 
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You could walk to Fresh Baguette in Bethesda for a croissant and coffee or Bethesda Bagels for a bagel and then walk two blocks to a playground or a block more to Farmer’s Market outside the 8/10 Bethesda ES, which feeds into a 7/10 HS that’s half a mile away and walkable as well. And be in a safer neighborhood with nicer housing stock. [/quote]

Bethesda is nice too. I have friends who live there.

Arlington is closer for my commute though. 
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