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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]The folks who can’t afford a good location are moving to aldie, leesburg, etc. No one actually wants to live out there. [/quote]
 :roll: There are plenty of us who just do not enjoy city life or life in the close in suburbs. I live in an exurb and cannot image a circumstance in which I would move back to the close in suburbs. [/quote]

It’s all the same “life” regardless of your distance from dc. What changes are schools, commute, demographics, cost of living, and amenities. They all improve close in and that comes with a cost that’s unaffordable or not worth it for some.

I don’t think anyone is comparing Aldie to living in DC. [/quote]
No, it’s not the same “life”, my day to day life is drastically different in my exurb 40 miles out than it was when I lived 5 miles from the DC line. All those things you mentioned make up a life. The schools my kids are at now are better than where they were in MCPS, the cost of living out here is much better, and I have access to all the amenities that are important to me. It’s fine that others don’t have the same priorities that I do when it comes to quality of life, but for me and my family our quality of life was much worse closer in than it is now. [/quote]

🤷🏻‍♂️ You upgraded from a bad part of MD to less bad part of VA. Google the school rankings for Aldie, they’re nothing to write home about. [/quote]
I am not actually in Aldie but am in the VA exurbs. I don’t begrudge people their love of DC and the wealthy close-in suburbs, but it just wasn’t for me. The issues that cropped up in my kids’ MCPS ES (you can check out the MoCo schools thread for a sampling of the issues there) have not been present in our exurban ES. I don’t worry about crime ever. I am in a large comfortable home with easy access to Shenandoah, wineries and breweries. There is a sense of community and neighborliness that I didn’t experience in MoCo. YMMV, but the pros of being close-in were easily outweighed by the cons for me. [/quote]

Aldie is Va exurbs, it takes easily an hour and a half from downtown DC to get there. If you live in 540 loudoun (western) or anywhere else with a 540 area code (stafford, clarke, fauquier, etc.) then you’re in the countryside honey. [/quote]
Sweetie, I am happily in the VA exurbs. I’m in a 540 area code and it takes me 1 hour 10 minutes to get to my DC office. [/quote]

you must drive during unconventional hours. during rush hour it takes 30 minutes to get across the river into virginia. [/quote]
No, you just don’t live out here so are talking out of your @ss. I take 66 all the way in, and with the money I’m saving by living out here I pay the HOT lane toll. It’s the easiest commute, especially since I only come in Monday and Friday. [/quote]

Sorry, my farm is in lovettesville, not aldie. point still stands, during rush our it takes 30 mins just to get out of downtown dc across the river. you must work in the suburbs. [/quote]
Nope, I do work right off of 395 though, which helps. [/quote]

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