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1) only the worst of these models can be found in PH
2) work on your reading comprehension ... "it's the 'custom' jobs that make the place humorous" ... THIS is NOT "happening everywhere" and is why people laugh at the PH posse that insists all new/modified houses in PH are on the level of other areas.[/quote]

1) Not true, the only models out of that list not found in PH are #2 and #6 from the end, and they just happen to be the ugliest.

2) If by "custom" jobs you mean the haphazard building of additions,[b] then this wasn't really a part of discussion[/b], since we're talking about new builds by actual name builders that can be compared oranges for oranges.  Secondly, not happening everywhere? Really? Have you seen this place called South Arlington? Around Columbia Pike maybe?[/quote]

Au contraire ... This was the preamble to that litany of ugly box home pics ... note the bold:

"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. [b]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[/b]. 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."

In addition, I would hardly call South Arlington / Columbia Pike and Pimmit Hills "everywhere" ... but I do think you've found the other horrible area with misplaced and excessive resident pride to which PH should compare itself.  Congrats!
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You're taking things out of context, that remark was made well into the discussion.  There was a comment that new builds in PH will be either done by builders on the low end of Arlington/McLean new builds, or builders who never work in these areas.  Self-styled additions were never part of that discussion.  Then the person you quoted chimed in and said she didn't mind new builds but did mind the self-styled addition.   That's a valid remark but has no bearing for the comparison of new builds by name builders in PH and elsewhere.

The South Arlington remark was made in response to the comment that PH-style housing would never be found in Arlington.   Not N. Arlington, not wealthy parts of Arlington, but the whole of Arlington.

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