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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's five million people in the suburbs. There's &lt;700,000 in DC. Don't you think a whole lot of people in Virginia and Maryland would like a shorter commute? Any new housing built in DC is going to be absorbed by people in the 'burbs. I guess that will open up new places in Gaithersburg and Ashburn and places like that. Yay? [/quote]
There are also significantly more jobs in the suburbs than in DC. Most people that live in the suburbs work in the suburbs and there is actually a lot of commuting from DC to the suburbs. [/quote]

Virtually everyone I know who lives in the suburbs is only there because they couldnt afford DC. They've move into the city in a second if they could. [/quote]
Which means that you don’t live in the suburbs and your friend groups are limited. As someone that lives in the suburbs and who has school age children, I actually know very few people who commute to DC. Furthermore, I know of two families who both lived and worked in DC move out to buy a house in Chevy Chase because since the pandemic started. I know a 3rd family that is shopping for a house in MoCo but haven’t pulled the trigger.

There is no movement of people going the opposite direction and it’s not about costs. The two families that moved to Chevy Chase upgraded. [/quote]

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