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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Well at least you admit that there is no high end in 22042. People won't turn to other places like 22042 because they are looking for the location and schools. People will look at McLean/22043 McLean if PH prices get too high but there is still quite a bit of room.

The question is, will the new silver line walkable retail development impact the desirability of PH when it is complete? That is the future question that people are willing to make a bet on if prices get higher. It's similar to what is in north arlington with people picking a lower ranked washington and lee high school because of the north Arlington location. The ony positive is that PH school zones are still rated highly so it's not a matter of McLean being that much better in terms of schools like a washington lee vs yorktown situation.[/quote]

There is some high end in 22042.  There's probably more than in PH, though not nearly as much as in 22043 or McLean.  But, again, that's not the point.  If people think PH is getting too pricy, they can go in either direction.  One option is to scale back and decide they will accept lower rated schools in exchange for a nicer house in an area that is still very convenient.

Pimmit Hills and Tysons will never be like North Arlington along the Orange Line corridor.  No one who wants to live near Court House or Clarendon realistically thinks Pimmit Hills is going to offer a similar walkable lifestyle.  You really need to compare the scale of the types of develolpment under consideration.  I hope you're not trying to convince people to pay more than they are already in PH in anticipation of something that is not going to materialize.

The school comparisons aren't really on point, either.  The Marshall pyramid didn't improve because people wanted to be in Pimmit Hills near Tysons the way that W-L improved because people wanted to live near the Orange Line.  It improved because there was a ton of expensive housing built elsewhere in Vienna and Dunn Loring in the 1990s.  It's actually more interesting to me that people are now moving into South Arlington now for its convenience and affordability, even though the schools aren't that highly rated and it's not as walkable as Clarendon or Court House.  That tells me that people will likely keep moving into convenient, affordable places like 22042 as well.  [/quote]

The facts don't measure up in your claims of south arlington and 22042 and marshall high school.

But it's cute keep trying, don't give up!

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It's going to take more than you're not liking them to make that the case. [/quote]

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