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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She started working at the Watergate at age 18.

She rented for a few years in her 20s, saved her money and then purchased her own home in her 30s.

All of this on a maid's salary.

Sounds too good to be true, I know.

But this was during the 1960s and 1970s.

Was she just at the right place at the right time?

will days like that ever come back?

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My parents moved down from Connecticut in the 60s for my dad's new government job.  Many people were coming for govt in the post-Kennedy years.

His Office was downtown and then Crystal City.

Arlington was not desirable back then---especially the most valuable real estate in Arlington now (Rosslyn/Clarendon was sketchier back then).  Rossly had prostitutes.

The big thing in that time period was urban flight.  After the fires in DC (read the history) the dream was to move to the suburbs. All of the real estate was new in NoVA---Fairfax Co, etc.

Our subdivision was brand new in 1974.  Very large subdivision, large homes and yards and every home was a family with young kids.

It was a great place to grow up. However, my parents' home is worth about $700k today.  I live in a home in Clarendon worth $1.7million (not a new build, no massive additions or renovations) which was priced less than my parents new build back in 1974.

Suburbs were the thing in the 70s/80s.  None of the 'walkable' stuff that many of us highly value now.[/quote]

I’m going to guess Arlington still has prostitutes. Now they are just less public in their marketing. [/quote]

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