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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thoughts about Manassas? I'm seeing stuff I like there, but not sure if the commute would be too much of a bitch.

In a perfect world I'd buy in Falls Church or Arlington. Not sure if that'll be possibly financially, though. My plan B is Annandale. I can afford that but don't really like the houses as much, so that'd be the compromise. Also looking in Franconia-Springfield, Fairfax, and Alexandria West.[/quote]

OP, we were basically in the same situation as you.  For over a year, we looked in the areas you note above.  We have a DC who is 1 yo.  We bid on house after house, and I was very unenthusiastic because they were all, well, old shoeboxes.  My DH, who works in PG county, kept saying "Why don't we look in PG?" and I would say "Ick, are you kidding?"

Then we actually went to an open house in PG County.  Then we started looking at the neighborhoods in PG County, and other houses, and I did a ton of research to figure out what we'd actually be risking by living there (answer: not very much, unless you have a thing against well-to-do black people).

This week, we are closing on a gorgeous home in a lovely, convenient neighborhood in PGC.  It won't hurt you to look at all the options available to you.  Just saying.[/quote]

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