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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think what the OP is getting at is valid, and isn't a full-on attack of the DC area.  The high priced homes in DC and the close-in suburbs are pretty nice.  But that is the minority of the housing stock in the area. The bulk of the housing isn't too hot for the simple reason of timing: The best times in American house building were the 20's-30's, and then the 60's and early 70's.  This area had its housing booms in the 50's, 80's, 2000's.  The highest priced neighborhoods around here are populated with bungalows and craftsman styles from pre-1940, or with solid, handsome brick houses from the 60's.  The lower priced neighborhoods are plain brick rectangles from the 50's and vinyl-siding split-levels from the 80's onwards.  The OP has a point-- you have to have quite a bit of money in the DC area to avoid the brick rectangles and the vinyl siding.   Other areas have a higher percentage of houses that are pre-war, or are 60's-70's brick low-lying ranches, because that is when those area experienced their housing booms.  This is one of those factors that makes home buying any sort of budget in the DC area so frustrating.  You are paying a lot, and not getting much of a house for the money, because there weren't that many great houses built in the area in the first place.    [/quote]

Completely agree. Very well said. [/quote]

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