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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
OP - I'd suggest Falls Church. Prices are rising but there are still some smaller houses in Falls Church in your price range. You can take the blue/orange line into DC and if you ever change jobs to VA you are already there.

We're considering this move now from Montgomery County and have co-workers out there who really like it. We came here from DC for the schools too but have been disappointed. I like the AAP model in VA and we're starting to think about college so in state tuition options are better in VA too.

Posted from VA[/quote]

Nope. I've watched several friends and neighbors leave MoCo for Arlington,  McLean and others areas in VA. They are super happy and even happier because they have a ton of equity now. We are kicking ourselves for not leaving sooner. I would never recommend MoCo to anyone. [/quote]

Can we introduce some actual facts into this? [b]MoCo real estate is not the dumpster fire you're making it out to be[/b]. MCPS is not the dumpster fire you're making it out to be. The difference between MoCo and NoVA on these metrics are much smaller than you're implying.

MoCo real estate trends: 
avg home price is $419K, up 1.6% since last year, 1.2% under list on avg

FFX real estate trends: 
avg home price is $525K, up 8.2% since last year, 0.1% under list on avg

Arlington real estate trends: 
avg home price is $578K, up 2.5% since last year, 0.4% under list on avg

MCPS: 585/10,758 school districts in the US
FFX: 286
Arlington: 86
Alexandria City: 1,034
Falls Church: 228[/quote]

Perhaps, but my house is still worth close to 10% less than what I paid for it in 2005.  I bought it for 770K in 2005; it would need to be worth 1M now if it had simply kept up with inflation.  It would probably go for about 710K.

As soon as my kid is out of college I'm getting the heck out of this area.  It's definitely heading down hill.[/quote]

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