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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s funny every time a listing like this comes up, the DCUM crew who think they’re so wealthy and privileged hyperventilate about why someone would pay to live “SO FAR!!”.

The entire market of western loudoun and adjacent areas is filled with large houses on large pieces of land and owned by people who have lots of money and don’t have to work in the same way DC-centric office drones need to, if they have to work at all.

But to all the inside the beltway drones, these people can’t possibly be spending much on real estate because where does their money come from if they don’t work in a building in DC upstairs from a Chopt?

Wait till you learn there are properties that cost 10x this much.

The real money in the region lives in western Loudoun and they don’t care if you think they live far away and they’re unconcerned with what your commute would be if you lived where they do.  To them, the people who are tied to their offices have the lowest quality of life and they can’t understand why anyone would pay millions to be on a 2000sf lot.[/quote]

My DH and I both work fully remote and we still chose to be inside the beltway in a walkable neighborhood close to metro. Lots of my neighbors are the same. There’s plenty of money close-in and we’re not tied to some office building in DC (hence the dwindling commercial real estate market).

I can’t understand why anyone would pay to live in a McMansion on a plot of land in exurban sprawl (I am someone who needs mature trees and a good coffee shop to walk to).

To each their own, tell all the people in $3M+ homes in Arlington, McLean, Georgetown, CC, Bethesda etc. that the “real money” is practically out in WV.[/quote]

We get that you "don't understand it." It's clear you don't understand a lot of things. But it's amusing you think your opinion is valid. This is often the case with people who are usually wrong but rarely in doubt, however. Stands to reason.

BTW, the house posted isn't a "McMansion." That's an actual mansion. A lot of the properties out here are.

This is where the old money is. People here aren't wage slaves. We also have mature trees and ... shhhhh ... cawfee. We also have wineries, breweries, mountains, axe throwing venues, charming towns with old fashioned main streets. We have ethnic restaurants and professional sports. All the things. And many things you cannot find closer in. [/quote]

You are a hoot.  The old money owned all of the land, died, the heirs subdivided it to developers and the types of people buying this house are new money people getting McMansions.  And may I remind you, this site is [b]DC Urban Moms and Dads[/b][i][u] So yes, to the people this site is meant for, Leesburg is far out.[/quote]

The old money is still where it's always been, pocketed in hunt country, which is why those areas of the county remain mostly undeveloped (for now). It was mostly working farmland that was no longer profitable, sold off and rezoned starting in the 80s-90s. Loudoun had a very intentional plan to attract new money and improve its economic standing. They courted investors, developers, and tech companies. They built the greenway, aol, verizon, started carving up western loudoun into hamlet developments and the money followed. "Charming towns with old-fashioned main streets" that previously could not sustain retail became weekend tourist attractions, along with wineries, breweries, and event venues. I'm not sure PP would have much to brag about otherwise. The development and traffic continue to creep westward and any suggestion that it's not funded by the same sources as further east or populated by the same wage slaves is definitely a hoot. Plenty of commuters and super commuters along with virtual workers who choose to live here based on whatever calculus makes sense to them.

It's nice, we love it, but we didn't crack some code by moving out here. I grew up here and it felt right to return to a familiar place, even for how much it's changed. I still love DC and the close-in suburbs and that lifestyle can't be replicated here.
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