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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh please. Stop pretending that as long as you have to drive, all distances become equal.  Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are literally across the street from PH.  So is Safeway. Every kind of big box store you can think of is up Rt 7.  Every kind of other store you can think of is up in Tysons five minutes away, way better and closer than Mosaic to 22042. All of PH is either five, maximum ten-minute drive to either WFC or McLean Station.   Not even mentioning a massive job base in Tysons.

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So you've conceding, as you must, these are mostly car-dependent amenities (no one in their right mind wants to cross Route 7 to get to PH with groceries from Whole Foods) and just arguing Pimmit Hills is somewhat more convenient.  You can live in 22042 and have shopping at your fingertips within minutes as well (it may be easier to get to some places off Lee or Arlington from 22042 than to try to get to the "big box" side of Tysons from Pimmit, in fact).  Spending another five minutes in your car to get to a job in Tysons is not necessarily a deal-breaker, either.

You are trying to suggest that there's some type of breakpoint between PH and nearby areas like 22042, and that's simply not the case.  If prices in PH gets too high, people may stretch a bit more to live in McLean and Vienna, or turn to areas like 22042 instead if they feel priced out.  PH is now squeezed on both ends, which may be why activity in the area has slowed.  It has its place in the local market, but it's not going to be as high-end as some keep trying to suggest. [/quote]

I never argued that PH is completely car-independent. I am not sure why you are trying to bring up things that were never said, and attribute that to me.  Who walks for groceries anyway? You don't have to cross Rt 7 for Trader Joe's, and one can certainly walk there from PH if one wants to, as well as to a coffee shop, pizza place, running store etc.

22042 is not "just five more minutes" to Tysons. You know that very well.

Of course there is a breakpoint between PH and 22042.  That breakpoint is in degree of their desirability, and it is explained by very objective factors - quality of schools, proximity to public transit and job centers, shopping, amenities etc.  That's not to say 22042 cannot improve in the future, but it is simply not comparable to PH today - not because PH is prettier or architecturally superior, but because of what PH offers that 22042 does not.  I never argued PH is high-end or upscale, and in fact I was one of the first posters to say so in this thread, but arguing that it is equal to 22042 is wrong on its face. [/quote]

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