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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't weep for the prices in Great Falls.

Depends on what you want, but if you are buying something that isn't getting torn down, the number starts at around a million bucks - the high end is the high end - multiple millions of dollars.

As for the number of sales, etc - GF is relatively small so it is never going to produce the numbers that McLean or Vienna do.  It also doesn't have lower priced units so the overall sales number and volume will always be a little slower.

It isn't for everyone, but there will ALWAYS be people who appreciate the small town feel, privacy, large lots and quiet environment that GF provides.   If we weren't here, we would probably be in Oakton, not Vienna or McLean because it offers a similar setup[/quote]

While the inventory in GF is certainly lower, there are plenty of homes in GF in the $700,000-900,000 price range that are not destined to be torn down, and that are comparable to homes in (at least) Vienna.  We looked at a $750,000 home in Vienna and a $750,000 home in GF.  They were about the same size, and both homes had been updated; but, the GF home had a larger lot.  We love GF, though we would have considered Oakton if we could have avoided driving through Vienna!  As for McLean, the only neighborhood I liked was the Hamlet, because they don't allow teardowns.[/quote]

[b]Are you stupid? Teardowns are a good thing both for look and feel of the neighborhood and desirability.[/b][/quote]

But some people resent tear downs, and you do NOT want to live next to people who resent new houses, because resentful people (many, not all) have problems. 
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It has nothing to do with feeling resentful.  I simply don't like the mis-matched look of tiny outdated houses next to tiny outdated houses with a out-of-place addition next to large new houses of an entirely different style.  That is not desirable to me.  Sorry.  I grew up in an historic neighborhood.  We renovated (tastefully), not rebuilt.  While all the houses looked different, the neighborhood had a common theme (prairie style or arts and crafts).  It was cohesive.  McLean is not.  [/quote]

Go buy in a historic place but don't complain when it costs 50k to replace two windows for your cramped outdated home[/quote]

I DID buy a home - in Great Falls, in a neighborhood that isn't mismatched.  PP suggested I was resentful; I said I was not.  YOU sound resentful, though, because you seem to want to argue this (I'm not even sure what) to death.  I don't like McLean.  I like Great Falls.  You like McLean.  You don't like Great Falls.  It doesn't upset me in the least.  I'm happy where I am living.[/quote]

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