Anonymous wrote:I live in FCC and work in Old Town. For years I've been trying to pull the trigger on moving to OTA, as I love the walkability and the liveliness. But, we stayed in FCC for the schools. There are some really nice homes in Alexandria, but then we would need to send the kids to private, and the school commute has not been worth it. I guess it really depends on what you need in terms of schools- FCC has an amazing IB program, and Alexandria has...a lot of problems.
Also to get back to the pot issue- I work on Fairfax St. in Old Town and there is almost always a group of men smoking pot on the corner. I don't mind though, our street has never felt unsafe.

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Anonymous wrote:The latest published data from NVAR shows that Alexandria is basically a backup market for those that can't get into Mclean, FCC, and N. Arlington.

Alexandria: Median 546k, Mean 649k (lower than literally every jurisdiction in NOVA).
Falls Church: Median 709k, Mean 760k (highest or second highest depending on which month you look in NOVA).

Again, not comparable markets.

https://www.nvar.com/realtors/news/market-statistics/market-statistics-february-2022

What a careful analysis. You forgot to do an apples to apples comparison. Alexandria has substantially more condos than Falls Church. Go back and do s SFH comparison, and then do a price per square foot comparison.

And it's certainly not a "backup" market except in your petty little mind.

Don't you think that's the PP's point? They aren't apples to apples.

Alexandria has made a choice to support cramming more people in by building more condos. FCC has not made that same choice.

No wonder everyone is stuck in Alexandria not able to go anywhere. Their infrastructure isn't made to support their choice to chase property tax dollars made on condo owners. They are reaping what they sow. Oh well, lesson learned?

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Anonymous wrote:The latest published data from NVAR shows that Alexandria is basically a backup market for those that can't get into Mclean, FCC, and N. Arlington.

Alexandria: Median 546k, Mean 649k (lower than literally every jurisdiction in NOVA).
Falls Church: Median 709k, Mean 760k (highest or second highest depending on which month you look in NOVA).

Again, not comparable markets.

https://www.nvar.com/realtors/news/market-statistics/market-statistics-february-2022

What a careful analysis. You forgot to do an apples to apples comparison. Alexandria has substantially more condos than Falls Church. Go back and do s SFH comparison, and then do a price per square foot comparison.

And it's certainly not a "backup" market except in your petty little mind.

Don't you think that's the PP's point? They aren't apples to apples.

Alexandria has made a choice to support cramming more people in by building more condos. FCC has not made that same choice.

No wonder everyone is stuck in Alexandria not able to go anywhere. Their infrastructure isn't made to support their choice to chase property tax dollars made on condo owners. They are reaping what they sow. Oh well, lesson learned?

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Anonymous wrote:The latest published data from NVAR shows that Alexandria is basically a backup market for those that can't get into Mclean, FCC, and N. Arlington.

Alexandria: Median 546k, Mean 649k (lower than literally every jurisdiction in NOVA).
Falls Church: Median 709k, Mean 760k (highest or second highest depending on which month you look in NOVA).

Again, not comparable markets.

https://www.nvar.com/realtors/news/market-statistics/market-statistics-february-2022

What a careful analysis. You forgot to do an apples to apples comparison. Alexandria has substantially more condos than Falls Church. Go back and do s SFH comparison, and then do a price per square foot comparison.

And it's certainly not a "backup" market except in your petty little mind.

Anonymous wrote:The latest published data from NVAR shows that Alexandria is basically a backup market for those that can't get into Mclean, FCC, and N. Arlington.

Alexandria: Median 546k, Mean 649k (lower than literally every jurisdiction in NOVA).
Falls Church: Median 709k, Mean 760k (highest or second highest depending on which month you look in NOVA).

Again, not comparable markets.

https://www.nvar.com/realtors/news/market-statistics/market-statistics-february-2022

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Anonymous wrote:Alexandria has some beautiful parts near the water and the historic Old Town areas that FCC lacks. Alexandria outside Old Town is not walkable and lacks metro (people drive and park).

FCC has better schools, city services, safety, better walk ability (other than Old Town) but is more expensive and higher taxes.

But like a PP said, not comparable markets. People select between FCC, Mclean, North Arlington and Alexandria is not really in that mix.

Agree, Alexandria is not in the mix of places like that plus Bethesda and Chevy Chase. Old Town is a special market of course, and I love the landscape there, but the rest of Alexandria is whatever.

Sure, if you like endless blocks of suburban-feeling houses with very few side walks than Bethesda, CC, McLean Fairfax etc are great options

+1. Not to mention the ugly power wires. Gross. And the overrated schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Alexandria has some beautiful parts near the water and the historic Old Town areas that FCC lacks. Alexandria outside Old Town is not walkable and lacks metro (people drive and park).

FCC has better schools, city services, safety, better walk ability (other than Old Town) but is more expensive and higher taxes.

But like a PP said, not comparable markets. People select between FCC, Mclean, North Arlington and Alexandria is not really in that mix.

Agree, Alexandria is not in the mix of places like that plus Bethesda and Chevy Chase. Old Town is a special market of course, and I love the landscape there, but the rest of Alexandria is whatever.

Sure, if you like endless blocks of suburban-feeling houses with very few side walks than Bethesda, CC, McLean Fairfax etc are great options

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Anonymous wrote:Almost anybody reading this who is legitimately familiar with either place understands both are excellent places to live and raise a family. And people trying to knock one to praise the other are obnoxious rich people who apparently have nothing better to do than sling mud.

To some extent I agree. Alexandria does seem to have some serious systemic issues though (flooding, internet, shooting of the high school student by another student, cover-up of the rape at the high school).

Not fooling anyone…

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Anonymous wrote:Almost anybody reading this who is legitimately familiar with either place understands both are excellent places to live and raise a family. And people trying to knock one to praise the other are obnoxious rich people who apparently have nothing better to do than sling mud.

To some extent I agree. Alexandria does seem to have some serious systemic issues though (flooding, internet, shooting of the high school student by another student, cover-up of the rape at the high school).

Not fooling anyone…

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Anonymous wrote:Almost anybody reading this who is legitimately familiar with either place understands both are excellent places to live and raise a family. And people trying to knock one to praise the other are obnoxious rich people who apparently have nothing better to do than sling mud.

To some extent I agree. Alexandria does seem to have some serious systemic issues though (flooding, internet, shooting of the high school student by another student, cover-up of the rape at the high school).

Anonymous wrote:Almost anybody reading this who is legitimately familiar with either place understands both are excellent places to live and raise a family. And people trying to knock one to praise the other are obnoxious rich people who apparently have nothing better to do than sling mud.