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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm really puzzled by the PP who hates anyone living in a smaller older home in a neighborhood with teardowns. That's me, and I'm not sure what I ever did to you. I like some of the rebuilds in my neighborhood, and dislike some of them, on the merits - some have been done tastefully, in a way that doesn't look ridiculous, and some are literally so wacky looking that they have become the butt of jokes on this forum and elsewhere. But why would anyone who either lives in those houses or wants to bash me for living in a 2000 sqft place that could use more work? To suggest that I'm either intensely jealous of the rebuilds or that I can't afford my neighborhood is just patently false. Wrong on both counts.[/quote]

YES!! Or to assume we don't have the $.  We love old houses.  We hate clutter, unused-- wasted space, etc. we only have two children and no need for more than 2200 sq feetI

We could afford a mammoth addition, etc.  We are in 22201 and make a shitload of money and we actually own two houses in more affluent neighborhoods than this in the city.  We moved here for public schools and found great neighbors.  Surprising to now see some in the 'hood may be judging us on the size of our house :roll: ....ESP the ones that bought 10 years ago when sh*t was dirt cheap over here.  They paid $600k less than the rest of us, btw.[/quote]

It wasn't dirt cheap in 22201, 10 years ago. Even 40 years ago it wasn't dirt cheap.  Generally speaking, Arlington has always been expensive, just much less expensive than today in some neighborhoods. A large 4 bedroom colonial in 22201 or 22207 that sold for 300k in 1988 or 150k in '78 is probably close to 2 mill today.[/quote]

Not dirt cheap...but those neighbors in the 2 million house purchased it for $450k in 1998.  $450k compared to $2 million is dirt cheap.  20% down on $450k is a lot less than on $2 million.  Salaries were not on the same trajetory.  The type of people (as in earners) that could afford these neighborhoods then are very different than those that can afford it now.[/quote]I

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Those people would not be able to afford today's prices and would be in the places they love to mock.[/quote]

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