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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good Gawd.  Fuckin hideous is generous.  I thought the floors were one of the worst parts.

It explains why people overpay for cars, though.  If you're going to spend almost 2 hours each way in your car, and the house at the end of the ride looks like that, you might as well have a nice ride.  [/quote]

I know you, and all your friends, work in/around DC, but this doesn't mean everyone lives in DC. Tysons is the second biggest job center in the DC area, Dullesland up there as well.

[quote=Anonymous]23:49 here - I don't live in Arlington.  I also can't afford $650K for a house.  I don't live in a crammed bungalow, though.  I also don't live in a McMansion.

I honestly don't even "aspire" to a house like this, though.  I truly don't like it.  I don't care WHERE it is.  I don't think it is attractive.

I have friends that live in similarly sized homes in Ashburn.  I don't actually like their homes, either.  I don't find them as unattractive as this one, but there is something about the style of these homes that is unappealing to me.[/quote]

My quibble with those areas is it's just blocks and blocks of residential, no retail, no dining, few amenities. I like having at least the option to walk somewhere.

[quote=Anonymous]Why in the world would a DC URBAN MOM OR DAD want to leave out in the freakin' sticks of Ashburn?!?[/quote]

Because they are tired of living in a neighborhood that's been set to gentrify for the past ten years but never has (or live next to the one or two holdouts that can bring the whole place down?) Because they don't make $300k a year? Because they don't want to sweat the OOB/charter/what have you lottery? Because whatever gene that kicks in (usually in women) that makes them decide their kids need space, a quarter-acre lot, and a family-friendly environment?

[quote=Anonymous]Working and living near or in Ashburn is one thing, but living in Ashburn and commuting to DC  - NO WAY.  I refuse to live in my car!!!  I'd rather live in a 2 bedroom condo near or in the city with my family than drive the distance to Ashburn twice a day.  Love my life in a close-in neighborhood in a small SFH.  A house is not more important than family time.[/quote]

I suspect most who live in Ashburn suck up the extra $200 and take 267 to Tysons, or 7 to Herndon/Reston. They might drive into DC if their job is "work at home unless/until you have to go somewhere" but it's not an every day thing. Of course, when the choice is "work in DC" or "not work at all" folks will make sub-optimal for them choices.

Gaithersburg/Rockville/Burke/Fairfax/Springfield are where the $100-$150k set live and commute to DC; the $50-$100k set live in Bowie/Stafford/Woodbridge.

Throw in the randoms who live in Annapolis, Leesburg, Fredericksburg, or Frederick because they make living in a DCUM-lite environment a priority.

Remember, folks, a higher percentage of Loudoun residents work in the county now than in 2000 -- I don't know how much of this is moms of school-age kids working in doctor's offices or other $30-$50k work though. [/quote]

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