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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've never thought of exurbs as wealthy!  If anything I picture hicks living in McMansions.  People who demand to live in a 5 bedroom house on a 70k salary. [/quote]

No 5 BR places for under 300k anywhere in Loudoun County VA.

They aren't even that common in Frederick MD or Winchester VA. Only in Martinsburg WV and Hagerstown MD are you getting that with some frequency.

Loudoun is dominated by families making a solid 100k-200k a year. Not much poverty or single-person/young couple households, comparatively speaking, to drag the averages down. Fairfax and to a greater extent Montgomery is divided more sharply between the "have a lots" and the "not having much." In DC it is much worse.

Frederick MD has a little more residual poverty due to a larger "legacy city". It is like Loudoun except the newbies are all making 80-160k a year instead of 100k-200k a year. I'll also argue the agricultural sector is more functional as opposed to boutique (*) but that is quibbling.

(*) Super-organic farms and 1%er retreats.

As for Bawlmer and DC ... Bawlmer is way too big to be a satellite city. But PP is right, they're not associated the same way that say Minneapolis/St. Paul are or other city pairings like the Tri-Cities of Bristol/Johnston City/Kingsport or the Quad Cities of IA.

But they're too close to *not* be associated. [/quote]

Exactly 100-200k a year isn't wealthy and will require a lengthy commute if you want a big house. [/quote]

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