Anonymous
09/22/2013 20:36
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
Ashburn is for first generation middle class people. Lots of families where the owners/parents were only the first generation to graduate from a four year college (junior college and community college do to count). Arlington is for people who grew up in families with comfortable lifestyles and where education was a primary focus (several generations of middle middle and upper middle class). That is the real difference. The different choices in housing styles and lifestyles is totally contributable to SES class. I bet if a survey was done of homeowner's own education levels and the education levels of their parents and grandparents this fact would be glaringly obvious.
Anonymous
09/22/2013 09:57
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
And yes, Ashburn and Arlington there is no comparison unless someone's professional and social life revolves around proximity to Ashburn vs. Arlington.
Anonymous
09/22/2013 09:56
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Any school system is going to have flaws, but I think you'd agree that DCPS and FCPS are not animals of the same tribe. Just because they both have flaws, it doesn't make them comparable. Any desirable school is going to be overcrowded.
Ashburn isn't in FCPS. It's Loudoun County, so LCPS.
And didn't we start out comparing Ashburn to Arlington?
Who said it was comparable? I was only pointing out that Ashburn does have its own issues to deal with. The growth out that direction does com with drawbacks.
Yes, it's in LC. You're right. My mistake.
I didn't look at the thread title, I was responding to the poster who lives on Capitol Hill and wonders who would want to live in Ashburn and why.
Anonymous
09/21/2013 23:22
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
Anonymous wrote:
Any school system is going to have flaws, but I think you'd agree that DCPS and FCPS are not animals of the same tribe. Just because they both have flaws, it doesn't make them comparable. Any desirable school is going to be overcrowded.
Ashburn isn't in FCPS. It's Loudoun County, so LCPS.
And didn't we start out comparing Ashburn to Arlington?
Who said it was comparable? I was only pointing out that Ashburn does have its own issues to deal with. The growth out that direction does com with drawbacks.
Anonymous
09/21/2013 22:37
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why would I buy a house 2x bigger than what I need with a godawful commute and an ugly development with nothing in walking distance ... When for the same amount I can live on Capitol Hill with parks, stores, and metro?
You have no idea where that person commutes. And they don't have to worry about school lottery madness or private school bills.
except they have their own school issues of overcrowding and being reassigned due to constant boundary changes.
It isn't utopia, either.
Any school system is going to have flaws, but I think you'd agree that DCPS and FCPS are not animals of the same tribe. Just because they both have flaws, it doesn't make them comparable. Any desirable school is going to be overcrowded.
Anonymous
09/21/2013 21:45
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
Anonymous wrote:I feel out of touch when I see listings like this. Who is paying $650K for a tract house in Ashburn? I have nothing against Ashburn or the house, but it seems really, really expensive for what it is. I wonder who is purchasing homes like this and if we are headed for another housing bubble.
Dunno. People are asking $850K now for rowhouses in DC with 2300 SF and terrible schools. Does that cause you similar concern?
Anonymous
09/21/2013 21:25
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
as another poster already stated, this is actually less than people were paying just a couple years ago.
Yes, that is a normal price in Ashburn for a 4K+ sf home. That is about what my friends in Brambleton paid 2 years ago.
My 40 year old house with half the space and only about half the big stuff upgraded in Chantilly would sell for $515K, so I think this price is reasonable for a newer home with all the bells and whistles.
Yes, that is a normal price in Ashburn for a 4K+ sf home. That is about what my friends in Brambleton paid 2 years ago.
My 40 year old house with half the space and only about half the big stuff upgraded in Chantilly would sell for $515K, so I think this price is reasonable for a newer home with all the bells and whistles.
Anonymous
09/21/2013 21:01
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
I feel out of touch when I see listings like this. Who is paying $650K for a tract house in Ashburn? I have nothing against Ashburn or the house, but it seems really, really expensive for what it is. I wonder who is purchasing homes like this and if we are headed for another housing bubble.
Anonymous
09/21/2013 18:23
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why would I buy a house 2x bigger than what I need with a godawful commute and an ugly development with nothing in walking distance ... When for the same amount I can live on Capitol Hill with parks, stores, and metro?
You have no idea where that person commutes. And they don't have to worry about school lottery madness or private school bills.
except they have their own school issues of overcrowding and being reassigned due to constant boundary changes.
It isn't utopia, either.
Anonymous
09/21/2013 17:12
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
Anonymous wrote:Why would I buy a house 2x bigger than what I need with a godawful commute and an ugly development with nothing in walking distance ... When for the same amount I can live on Capitol Hill with parks, stores, and metro?
You have no idea where that person commutes. And they don't have to worry about school lottery madness or private school bills.
Anonymous
09/21/2013 15:59
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
I live in an Arlington shit shack with lots of ESOL at my kids school.
It's amazing we somehow are happy.
It's amazing we somehow are happy.
Anonymous
09/21/2013 03:19
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
Right, and someone in McLean is looking at this thread shaking his head at people arguing over who has the best small house on a small lot.Anonymous wrote:I'm thinking someone looking for a house in Ashburn will like that house. The person looking for a house in Arlington will not.
To each their own. The OP is wrong to put down others just because he does not mind living in Ashburn.
Anonymous
09/21/2013 00:35
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
I'm thinking someone looking for a house in Ashburn will like that house. The person looking for a house in Arlington will not.
Anonymous
09/21/2013 00:32
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
Anonymous wrote:If you moved the ashburn house to Arlington everyone would sing to the high heavens how great it is. Face it you you have to settle with that gross outdated crap for the location
07:48 here....
not me ... that is one fugly house no matter where it is ... I dislike ones like it in Arlington just as much as in Ashburn or CC or wherever...
Anonymous
09/20/2013 22:36
Subject: This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington
No thanks, OP.