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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fact that the next posh area is just further and further away doesnt seem to phase anyone. The posh area of the boomer generation was arlington. Now our next up and coming posh area is like, manassas. Assuming all parties work in DC, can we agree the commute from manassas is significantly worse than arlington? And by the way the manassas home is $500k and a 1970 build- seems squarely fixer upper category.[/quote]

This is where the goalposts have changed so much. I responded in this vein above and someone said "there are houses closer, you re just too picky to live in those neighborhoods." That's just...not true! I'm not even talking about posh neighborhoods. You just can't get a 300k house close to DC anymore the way you could even 5 years ago. Commuting 1-2 hours each way IS different than previous generations. [/quote]

In the 80s my dad commuted 90 mins each way and so did most of the working parents in town. People who wanted a decent house and had middle class incomes moved way out even back then. [/quote]

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