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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the DC area, it is a class/culture divide. Exurbs are for folks who want an old fashioned upper-middle class lifestyle - big house and yard, SAHM, etc. - without an upper-middle class income.  If you're wealthy enough, you get a big house in an established neighborhood. If you can't, you look further out. If you can afford expensive private schools, you don't have to worry about public schools quality.  If you met your spouse in law/grad school, you're both going to want careers and value commute time over lots of other things.  People want to get as much as they can afford for the lifestyle they aspire to[/quote]
OP here. Thank you - this is helpful. If your take is accurate it would seem to be that the exurbs will suffer desirability at the expense of the suburbs if we continue to see a greater division of income. I would have thought that with more folks working from home through the use of technology this would not be the case. It seems like since the recession this is indeed the case though, that is more folks wanting to suburban vs exurban life style.[/quote]

I'm the pp from the other thread that owns the house in Manassas.  We bought because it was affordable.  We had a 1 bedroom+den apartment that was 1300 and IIRC going up to about 1400.  A two bedroom in that building was 1800.  Our house is big (at least to us) and only 1500/month.  We had other debts.  The place was affordable - that's why we bought out here.  It wasn't any of this "lifestyle" Mumbojumbo - it was purely a financial decision.  TBH, it was odd coming out here.  The culture isn't that different but it is a slight shift.  The biggest shock was seeing how badly people needed work out here in 2010.  Self employed laborers, painters, landscapers, tree companies, etc would leave unsolicited business cards on or door nearly every day.  Unfortunately we couldn't afford to hire them back then.  Now we could probably hire someone to help with some work but they aren't leaving the business cards any longer.  I went with DH to the hardware store to pick out a couple of things a couple weeks after we moved and there were 3 people that approached us in the actual hardware store asking if we needed help with the work.  It made me sad.[/quote]

If it was just about the money you'd still be on your 1BR and saving 1200 each year. For you it was money and lifestyle. [/quote]

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