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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]... and replaced with the most gawdawful monstrosities a handyman turned architect can dream up. 
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Same mid range builders as Arlington and McLean . Troll harder.[/quote]

Haha.  Right.  You can't seriously be asserting that the average/mode new builds in PH are comparable to those in Arlington or McLean.  I am quite sure that the community feel and proximity to things residents need are why people like living there.  I would never argue this.  But one needs only to drive through a few blocks to realize immediately that the majority of updated/replaced homes are not "mid range" by most definitions.[/quote]

Stanley Martin, ANV, NDI and others build the same mid level homes in McLean, Arlington and Pimmit Hills. I can school you with examples. I live in McLean and see them all the time.[/quote]

Even though most of these builders' PH models would be pretty awful in more expensive neighborhoods, they are a HUGE improvement over what they're replacing. What bothers me about the area are the many, many one off new builds by XYZ random GC and the atrocious add-ons that look like a couple of shipping containers bolted only the existing home.  Bigger name builders are fine, it's the 'custom' jobs that make the place humorous and will definitely cap the degree to which the hood can improve until they're knocked down themselves. [/quote]
That would depend on what else people can buy for what the random-improved houses are selling for, wouldn't it? The options for 500K aren't exactly plentiful if you want to be close-in with good schools.[/quote]

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