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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most people on CH can’t afford to move or go private, so they are really stuck. However there are more charter high schools than the ones DCUM finds acceptable and many families I know send their kids to these high schools. [/quote]

Total BS. Whether a family rents or buys on CH, the same money spent on rent and equity/mortgage payments could be spent on housing in the DC burbs. No middle-class family is stuck with mediocre or bad schooling options in Ward 6.[/quote]

No, housing is relatively cheaper on the Hill. Many of us can’t trade up that easily. [/quote]

Cheaper as compared to where? North and Central Arlington 3-bedroom houses and Hill houses are priced comparably (we've done lots of searching).  Same with 3-bedroom rentals.  Almost all of Fairfax and Falls Church and at least half of MoCo are cheaper than the Hill. [/quote]

Not for schools that are clearly better.

NW DC, Arlington, Falls Church and MoCo zoned for the “good” schools have almosr nothing under $1m. 20002/20003 currently have 150+ 2br+ properties for under $1 mil. Fairfax is better but you start getting really deep into the burbs and trading off time for money.

This leaves families contemplating a move to the DCC or Richard Montgomery HS. At that point many Hill families will stick it out a bit longer to hope that Walls or McKinley or a cheaper Catholic HS will work out.

[/quote]You keep saying this.  But you've been told over and over again that things sell quickly in these areas so you just won't ever see lots of inventory at any price point.  (At least not in the 7 years I've lived in Arlington.)  There are never ever 150+ properties on the market in a single price range.  You have to watch when things come up and pounce.  It doesn't mean that there aren't options.  It just means that they don't sit around.  [/quote]

This is not even remotely limited to Arlington. Houses in the Dc area sell fast. And i don’t know where you’re finding homes under 1 million on Capitol Hill. They don’t really exist.

As a final note- Arlington middle schools are not good. [/quote]There's some poster who is convinced there are >150 properties on the Hill for sale for less than $1m.  That doesn't seem right to me, but I'm not going to waste my time checking.  She has some crazy notion that there are endless cheap options on the Hill, but nothing at all is affordable in Arlington.  (Of course her reference for Arlington is that nothing is listed the last week of July--literally the worst time to look for real estate in the DMV.). [/quote]

“I don’t believe you and I’m not going to check but you’re wrong for sure.”

truly amazing[/quote]

I checked. There is exactly 1 (one) 3 bedroom home on Capitol Hill under a million dollars. One. And the reason for the low price has mostly to do with the condition of the home. If you remove the filter for 3 bedrooms and choose 2 bedrooms and up, there are 5 homes for sale, and 4 of them are condos.

So whoever you are, stop being crazy and pretending there are tons of homes on the hill for sale for under a million. I wish there were- I would happily buy one![/quote]

Oh please. Of course you aren't going to find much if you only look at what's on the market right this minute. Set your Redfin to view things sold in the last 3 months and you'll get a much more representative sample. Summer is the worst time to buy.
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There are plenty of homes for sale above one million. But if you want to lie to yourself feel free.

Also I did actually consider selling and moving to Arlington, but the confederacy, I mean Virginia, doesn’t do well with kids with special needs. While DC actually did with strong start and support services. So while our house would likely go north of 2 million, and I considered trading it for a dumpy little Virginia suburb, DC turned out to be the better choice for me. [/quote]

?? the fact that there are houses that go for over $1 mil doesn’t negate those that go for under $1 mil. Also unless you live in an E Cap mansion, the homes selling for $2mil are either massive or gut renovated.

where did you send your kid for MS and HS?[/quote]

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