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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean yeah OP- the problem is usually cost.

We paid a fortune for our tiny rowhome in DC to avoid the suburbs for all the reasons you mention. But others can’t afford it.

Or they’re worried about the schools. We are fortunate to be in a stronger school area but many of us still send our kids to private. That of course also requires money.

There is an American fixation on size, too. I know people who could afford to stay in the city but they absolutely needed a 9 bedroom home with a 4 car garage in the middle of nowhere. That personally is a nightmare to me but to each his own.[/quote]

Oh no I get it, if cost is an issue of course you have to do what you have to do. If you can only afford say a two bedroom condo in town, but further out can afford a TH or SFH that is much larger for your family, then yeah completely get it.

What I don't get is those that can afford a decently sized (which I define as 2000sq ft) SFH/TH in walkable areas, but choose to go further out to massive properties.

But I do see some of the other points people are trying to make, with the increase in crime, homelesness and etc in DC, that they would rather be in a suburb where it's quiet and safe for their kids (hell tbh, and not to sound like a hypocrite, but we partially made that choice when buying, rather than staying directly in DC we chose to move to the Clarendon area). But that's still a walkable area and of course compromises had to be made size wise (ie TH vs SFH). But to each their own and yeah I completely get (since partially that's what we did) why you chose to get a townhouse in DC.

It's not just DC as well though, traveling through some of the US and seeing just suburbs, feels quiet "alien" to me compared to Europe and Asia. [/quote]

Could you be more pretentious?  We understand that you need to compensate, living in Arlington, but jeez.  [/quote]

Could you be more negative and provide so little value to the discussion? Sometimes the number of sad angry idiots on this forum astounds me.

In what way was I being pretentious? Simply stating that we had to make the compromise on walkability, size, and safety ourselves and therefore given our budget could not be in DC had to move to Arlington. As someone who is 31 (and partner is 30) and recently married, at current interest rates no way could we afford to buy in DC. Very hard to find a TH in a decent area in DC for our budget of $1m  or less (Georgetown area, Dupont, Kalorama, Friendships Heights, etc) so yeah had to make the move to Arlington if wanted to be in a nice walkable area but also have a TH. So I get the compromises that have to be if constrained by finances.

But you be you being all negative, you dumb cnt. [/quote]

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